than the NN and the ANN will be retrained. The aim of the research is to combine Symbolic Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Case Base Reasoning systems) and Connectionist AJ (particularly Radial Basis Functions, Multi-layer Perceptron and Neuro-fuzzy Algorithms) to develop an improved joint approach to forecasting. New ways to combine Connection& and Symbolic AI techniques to obtain stronger, more ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the current study is to identify strategies to promote healthy eating in young children that can be applied by caregivers, based on their own perceptions of effectiveness and feasibility. Whereas previous research mainly focused on parental influences on children's eating behavior, the growing role of other caregivers in the upbringing of children can no longer be denied. ...

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) may play a central role in managing carbon emissions from the power sector and industry, but public support for the technology is unclear. To address this knowledge gap, and to test the use of discrete choice analysis for determining public attitudes, two focus groups and a national survey were conducted in Canada to investigate the public’s perceptions of the b...

BACKGROUND Dutch adults grew up in a highly individualized country, characterized by high divorce rates, which may have influenced their views on cohabitation and marriage. OBJECTIVE We examine Dutch adults‘ perceptions of how similar or different cohabitation and marriage are, whether they believe that cohabitation would be a strategy to avoid the risk of divorce, as well as their views on why...

Based on the goal of delivering innovative and reliable pharmaceutical products to cancer patients for whom no effective treatments exist, Astellas is focusing its efforts on a strategy of precision medicine in its drug discovery which is carried out at three research sites with diversity in their research platforms and research styles.

today, to increase effectiveness is a strategy for success of organizations and their viability. in health care organization not only service cost- effectiveness is a major problem for productivity and organizational management but also customer-centred is in first priority. because of these reasons, most of health organization trend to patient satisfaction for their viability. if complex proce...