Results 31 to 40 of about 2,454,904 (305)

The role of Computer Aided Process Engineering in physiology and clinical medicine [PDF]

, 2009
This paper discusses the potential role for Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) in developing engineering analysis and design approaches to biological systems across multiple levels—cell signalling networks, gene, protein and metabolic networks ...
Allen, R., Bogle, I.D.L., Sumner, T.
core   +1 more source

Toward Personalized Control of Human Gut Bacterial Communities

mSystems, 2018
A key challenge in microbiology will be developing tools for manipulating human gut bacterial communities. Our ability to predict and control the dynamics of these communities is now in its infancy. To manage human gut microbiota, I am developing methods
Lawrence A. David
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wireless recording of the calls of Rousettus aegyptiacus and their reproduction using electrostatic transducers [PDF]

, 2008
Bats are capable of imaging their surroundings in great detail using echolocation. To apply similar methods to human engineering systems requires the capability to measure and recreate the signals used, and to understand the processing applied to ...
D A Waters, G Hayward, Henson O W, Henson O W, I Farr, Kick S A, Lancaster W C, Lancaster W C, Manthey W, Rafiq M, S G Pierce, S M Whiteley, Waters D A, Waters D A   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engineering Digital Systems for Humanity: A Research Roadmap

ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
As testified by new regulations like the European AI Act, worries about the human and societal impact of (autonomous) software technologies are becoming of public concern. Human, societal, and environmental values, alongside traditional software quality, are increasingly recognized as essential for sustainability and long-term well-being. Traditionally,
Marco Autili, Martina De Sanctis, Paola Inverardi, Patrizio Pelliccione   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Numerical Heat Transfer and the Structural Model to Design Slim and Translucent Vacuum Layer Type Insulation Panels to Retrofitting Insulation in Existing Buildings

Energies, 2017
The authors develop slim and light-weight vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) by producing vacuum layers with spacers and plastic plates. The developed VIPs have the advantages of a low cost and easy installation, thus facilitating retrofitting insulation of
Zhang Yang, Takao Katsura, Masahiro Aihara, Makoto Nakamura, Katsunori Nagano   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling Human Systems in Support of Process Engineering [PDF]

, 2006
There is a general requirement to resource the business processes of manufacturing enterprises with suitably structured human and technical systems. Further custom and practice is based upon specifying, building, utilizing and developing multiple human and technical systems so that they must be capable of interoperating in a customized way in order to ...
Joseph O. Ajaefobi, Richard H. Weston
openaire   +1 more source

Software systems engineering: a journey to contemporary agile and beyond, do people matter? [PDF]

, 2017
It is fascinating to view the evolution of software systems engineering over the decades. At the first glance, it could be perceived that the various approaches and processes are different. Are they indeed different?
AlQaisi, Raid, Gray, Eddie, Steves, Bonnie   +2 more
core   +2 more sources