Using the Collective System Design Methodology to Improve a Medical Center Emergency Room Performance.

Emergency Room (ER) crowding is one of the more complex issues in the healthcare system worldwide. Crowding gives rise to long ER waiting times, patient dissatisfaction, and negative effects on a healthcare systems' performance. This paper focuses on the utilization of the Collective System Design (CSD) methodology to optimize the performance of an ER, which is of principal importance both from a life-threatening and an economic standpoint.

Food Footprint as a Measure of Sustainability for Grazing Dairy Farms.

Livestock productions require significant resources allocation in the form of land, water, energy, air, and capital. Meanwhile, owing to increase in the global demand for livestock products, it is wise to consider sustainable livestock practices. In the past few decades, footprints have emerged as indicators for sustainability assessment.

Evaluating the significance of wetland restoration scenarios on phosphorus removal.

Freshwater resources are vital for human and natural systems. However, anthropogenic activities, such as agricultural practices, have led to the degradation of the quality of these limited resources through pollutant loading. Agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs), such as wetlands, are recommended as a valuable solution for pollutant removal.