The development of healthcare information systems is broadly considered a promising strategy to ensure, enhance and deliver of quality patient services, thus improving the healthcare economic sustainability [1]. However, their systematic evaluation needs to implement economic evaluation models that can help decision makers to determine a feasible and suitable analysis of the impact of an information system in the appropriate healthcare setting [2]. Aim of this paper is to define a mathematical model to provide an "ex-ante" measure of adequacy and significance in the adoption process of Electronic Healthcare Records (EHRs). In particular, the model establishes how different subjects (General Practitioners, GPs and patients) are involved in the testing process and how the resources provided can be invested to find out the most suitable intervention strategies.
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Environ Technol
January 2025
Centre for Biotechnology, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, India.
Biokinetic models can optimise pollutant degradation and enhance microbial growth processes, aiding to protect ecosystem protection. Traditional biokinetic approaches (such as Monod, Haldane, etc.) can be challenging, as they require detailed knowledge of the organism's metabolism and the ability to solve numerous kinetic differential equations based on the principles of micro, molecular biology and biochemistry (first engineering principles) which can lead to discrepancies between predicted and actual degradation rates.
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Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, The Globe Institute, The University of Copenhagen, 5A, Oester Farimagsgade, Copenhagen, 1353, Denmark.
The stone marten (Martes foina) is an important species for cytogenetic studies in the order Carnivora. ZooFISH probes created from its chromosomes provided a strong and clean signal in chromosome painting experiments and were valuable for studying the evolution of carnivoran genome architecture. The research revealed that the stone marten chromosome set is similar to the presumed ancestral karyotype of the Carnivora, which added an additional value for the species.
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Serviço de Arritmia Cardíaca, Hospital SOS Cardio, Florianópolis, SC - Brasil.
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Cien Saude Colet
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Departamento de Química e Energia. Faculdade de Engenharia e Ciências, UNESP/Campus Guaratinguetá. Guaratinguetá SP Brasil.
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January 2025
Departamento de Odontologia Social, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Campinas SP Brasil.
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