PURPOSE To identify risk factors and develop a prediction model for the development of profound and recurrent shock amongst children presenting with dengue shock syndrome (DSS). METHODS We analyzed data from a prospective cohort of children with DSS recruited at the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital for Tropical Disease in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The primary endpoint was "prof...

Information systems were developed in early 1960s to process orders, billings, inventory controls, payrolls, and accounts payables. Soon information systems research began. Harry Stern started the “Information Systems in Management Science” column in Management Science journal to provide a forum for discussion beyond just research papers (Banker & Kauffman, 2004). Ackoff (1967) led the earliest...

BACKGROUND The Department of Veterans Affairs is adopting the Decision Support System (DSS), computer software and databases which include a cost-accounting system which determines the cost of health care products and patient encounters. OBJECTIVES A system for providing cost data for cost-effectiveness analysis should be provide valid, detailed, and comprehensive data that can be aggregated....

In today’s digital economy, the emerging patterns are that intellectual capital will replace natural resources, commodities, finance, technology and production processes as the key factor influencing competitive advantage. However, knowledge management is still in its infancy. This paper aims to identify the critical success factors and best practices of knowledge codification for knowledge man...

Many contingencies, both natural and man-made, have taught people that well coordination of organizations involved in emergency is most critical for effective response, and decisions ought to be made on the foundation of a synthetical analysis of data from multiple sources. These lessons bring new requirements for emergency Decision Support System (DSS), which include the capability of integrat...

An analysis of multiple criteria decision support systems and facilities management web-based automation applications that were developed by researchers from various countries assisted the authors to create their own Multiple Criteria Decision Support Web-Based System for Facilities Management (DSS-FM). DSS-FM differs from others in its use of new multiple criteria analysis methods as were deve...

Equipment logistics, maintenance, and repair are important aspects of construction equipment management. A well-managed equipment fleet helps reduce downtime, as well as total maintenance and repair costs. With quickly growing fleets of equipment, large contractors tend to divert the maintenance and repair of equipment from equipment managers to project managers. As a result, the equipment mana...