Healthcare is an information rich, knowledge intensive environment. In order to treat and diagnose even a simple condition a physician must combine many varied data elements and information. Such multispectral data must be carefully integrated and synthesized to allow medically appropriate management of the disease. Given the need to combine data and information into a coherent whole and then d...

Point distribution models are flexible shape models in which a shape is represented by a set of labelled points on the boundary. This paper uses techniques drawn from the Finite Element Method to include grey level information in such models. As both Point Distribution Models and the Finite Element Method represent objects using a set of labelled points, the techniques are very compatible. Resu...

This work presents approximate but closed-form expressions for “effective” complexvalued magnetic permeability and electric conductivity that represent the effects of proximity and skin effect losses in wound coil with hexagonally packed wires. Previous work is extended by providing improved accuracy versus finite element results for effective permeability and by providing an expression for eff...

AIM To evaluate awareness of dental surgeons in Pune and Mumbai, India regarding chemomechanical caries removal system (CMCR). STUDY DESIGN Sixty practicing dental surgeons from Mumbai (30) and Pune (30) were surveyed using questionnaire. MATERIALS AND METHODS Qualitative data was collected on the basis of structured schedule questionnaire method. STATISTICS Statistical analysis was done ...

This paper is based on a presentation by Professor Claudio de Moura Castro on Brazilian higher education at a CDE Roundtable: ‘Reflecting on Brazil’s Success’. Professor de Moura Castro was part of a Brazilian delegation of experts brought to CDE for a series of workshops. (See CDE, Reflecting on Brazil’s Success: How Durable? What Lessons for South Africa? CDE Roundtable, No. 20, September, 2012)

A Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a business operations concept that is sometimes inappropriately applied to engineering development. When an SLA is not converted to engineering requirements, development occurs blindly and testing is probably done against some of the values specified in the SLA. The result is higher risk and higher cost. This paper illustrates some concepts concerning data com...

The level and distribution of patient waiting times for elective treatment are a major concern in publicly funded health care systems. Strict targets, which have specified maximum waiting times, have been introduced in the NHS over the last decade and have been criticised for distorting existing clinical priorities in scheduling hospital treatment. We demonstrate the usefulness of conditional d...

The standardization of data element in land and resources management is an important component of the standardization of information technology in the field. It’s an essential method to guarantee the interconnection, intercommunication and interoperability, and achieve the information sharing. This study is a case study on Beijing Municipal Land and Resources Management, especially cadastral ma...