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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleClinical and Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Tuberculosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected PatientsPaz-Ayar Nibardo, Jose Antonio Mata-Marin, Jesus Gaytan-Martinez et al.To identify clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with the risk of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients. A case-control study in a cohort of HIV-infected patients. Cases: patients coinfected with HIV and pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Controls: no clinical tuberculosis and PPD negative, matched for age and sex. Primary data were obtained from medical records and personal interviews. We identified 47 cases … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 30 Nov 2013 · 8,236 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleRISK ANALYSIS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: A PRACTICAL SELECTION METHODOLOGYAlberto De Marco, Muhammad Jamaluddin ThaheemProject Risk Management (PRM) is gaining attention from researchers and practitioners in the form of sophisticated tools and techniques to help construction managers perform risk management. However, the large variety of techniques has made selecting an appropriate solution a complex and risky task in itself. Accordingly, this study proposes a practical framework methodology to assist construction project managers and practitioners … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 28 Nov 2013 · 9,193 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA NOVEL OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR SIMULTANEOUS COST-RISK REDUCTION IN MULTI-SUPPLIERS JUST-IN-TIME SYSTEMSFaraj El Dabee, Romeo Marian, Yousef AmerIn today’s competitive global markets, Just-in-Time (JIT) is one of the main lean manufacturing approaches. It is used in organizations to improve performance and reduce costs and as a strategic core capability to ensure their market position. However, using JIT tightly couples various functions of the Supply Chain and increases the risk of propagating disruptions through the entire system. This … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 12 · 25 Nov 2013 · 7,610 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleCONSUMERS’ PERCEIVED RISK AND ITS EFFECT ON ADOPTION OF ONLINE BANKING SERVICESFereshteh Farzianpour, Mahsa Pishdar, Masoumeh Danesh Shakib, Mohammad Reza Seyyed Hashemi TolounAlthough online banking services have gained a lot of attention, many consumers are still not willing to use them. Since online banking services can be a competitive advantage for banks, it is useful to know the core factors affecting the use of online banking services. This study sheds light on different aspects of consumers’ perceived risk to analyses the influence … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 23 Nov 2013 · 8,362 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleDesign and Study of Online Fuzzy Risk Score Analyzer for Diabetes MellitusSunithaKarnam Anantha, Senthil Kumar Natarajan, Subransu Sekar DashThe aim of this study is to determine the risks of various subjects to type 2 Diabetes and its dependence on the different subject records. A Fuzzy based system was designed to find the risk scores for diabetes based on risk score derived from Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES). The risk score that has been adapted into the system … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 9 · 24 Aug 2013 · 6,379 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleIncreasing Integration Across the Supply Chain Through an Approach to Match Performance and RiskMaria Elena Nenni, Luca GiustinianoIt is well known by researchers and practitioners that shared risks among actors support integration and collaboration across a supply chain. Moreover many authors have linked risk to performance contribution. Nevertheless these ideas remain still theoretical and in literature applications are missing. The aim of this study is to develop a logical framework in which risk, performance and actors are … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 9 · 24 Aug 2013 · 7,713 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleRisk Analysis in Handling and Storage of Petroleum ProductsGuarascio Massimo, Lombardi Mara, Massi FedericaIncrease in productivity and technological system innovation have resulted a boost in the specific activity of use and handling petroleum Products the chemical and physical properties of petroleum products represent an advantage when they are used for its own uses, but may result in accidental scenarios which can cause serious damage to people and to environment. The quantitative risk analysis … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 9 · 24 Aug 2013 · 7,151 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleConstruction Risk Taxonomy: An International Convergence of Academic and Industry PerspectivesKristen Barlish, Alberto De Marco, Muhammad Jamaluddin ThaheemRisk management is a topic heavily researched and important for industry professionals. Both academic and industry perspectives are critical to advancing this field, especially in risk identification and taxonomy. A unique comparison and convergence of these perspectives is developed in order to understand the most relevant risks for projects and to ensure they are addressed in the risk management process. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 7 · 24 Jun 2013 · 7,331 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleNevirapine Hepatotoxicity: Implications of Risk FactorsElias Adikwu, Oputiri Deo, Oru-Bo Precious Geoffrey, D. Akuegbe EnimeyaHighly active antiretroviral therapy is used in the management of HIV/AIDS; it has contributed tremendously in the reduction of mortality and morbidity rate in HIV patients. Despite the outstanding achievement with the use of HAART its major limitation is toxicity. Among these toxicities is hepatotoxicity which is said to be associated with nevirapine containing highly active antiretroviral therapy. Recent reports … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 3 Jun 2013 · 7,653 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAssessment of Ecotourism Travel Risk on Word-of-Mouth: Via Fuzzy Set PerspectiveFangyi Liu, Cheng-Hsi Fang, Hsueh-Lan Chan, Tom Meng-Yen LinBecause of the subjective cognition on Word-Of Mouth (WOM) influence and the fuzziness on perceived-risk judgment, perceived risk in WOM Influence is a venture variable, which cannot be measured directly. The aim of this study is to define the mathematics meaning of the influence and develop a new fuzzy set method to build the influence membership function to exactly measure … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 5 · 31 May 2013 · 7,143 accessesView PDFCite