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Evaluation of community pharmacists' preparedness for the provision of cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management services: A study with simulated patients
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
Background
Individuals who suffer from major cardiovascular events every year have one or more risk factors. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment is an important strategy for the early identification of modifiable ...
Assessment of preconstruction factors in sustainable project management performance
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: The construction sector has a global reach, and construction professionals worldwide often encounter challenges in delivering a project on time and within the assigned budget. Hence, this paper aims to investigate ...
Efficacy of aerosol reduction measures for dental aerosol generating procedures
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2022 , Article)
Aerosol particles generated by dental procedures could facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases and contain carcinogen particles. Such particles can penetrate common surgical masks and reach the lungs, leading ...
Assessing the risk perception of cost overrun through importance rating
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
, 2018 , Article)
Cost overrun in construction projects is a common issue affecting project performance. After a review of the literature, a list of 39 cost overrun attributes were gathered and presented in a survey. The survey was distributed ...
Risk analysis with the dempster-shafer theory for smart city planning: The case of qatar
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Smart cities support the enhancement of the quality of life of their residents, for which the use of a robust integrated platform of information and communication technology is required. However, not all cities have similar ...
Defect-based ArcGIS tool for prioritizing inspection of sewer pipelines
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2018 , Article)
This paper presents a defect-based model for assessing risk of failure for sewer pipelines. The proposed model deploys a Sugeno fuzzy inference system to create a risk index from which inspection and replacement activities ...
Quality, safety and efficiency in practice: Risk assessment and standardisation of anesthesia equipment and supplies in operating theaters of high-volume tertiary-care academic medical center
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American University of Beirut
, 2019 , Article)
Background: Operating theatres (OTs) are valuable and costly resources that need to be appropriately designed and stocked for efficient, quality and safe patient care. We assessed the logistic inefficiency including the ...
Construction safety risk assessment with introduced control levels
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
, 2018 , Article)
It is of great importance to facilitate the risk assessment process in construction projects because risk assessment is a requirement in most legislation and safety standards. A great majority of construction SMEs (Small ...
Multi-Objective Optimization Model for Inspection Scheduling of Sewer Pipelines
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2019 , Article)
Inspection activities play an important role in the operation and maintenance (O&M) strategy in municipalities. Efficient O&M strategies can help in making informed decisions based on the actual condition of pipelines ...
A risk-based availability estimation using Markov method
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Emerald Group Publishing
, 2014 , Article)
Purpose: Asset intensive process industries are under immense pressure to achieve promised return on investments and production targets. This can be accomplished by ensuring the highest level of availability, reliability ...