Telaprevir: options of application in separate patient groups by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The aim of review. To discuss potential of telaprevir application in patients with the 1-st genotype of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) representing certain difficulties in treatment, in patients having antiviral therapy experience, patients with liver cirrhosis, including, those, enrolled to liver transplantation waiting list, and after liver transplantation, in patients with human immunodeficiency virus coinfection, as well as nephrologic patients receiving renal substitution therapy.Key points. …”
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Learning Theories: From Divine to Mortals by Ahmed Badar

“… Learning is a fascinating journey, a puzzle waiting to be solved. It's like piecing together a complex jigsaw, with each theory offering a unique piece of the puzzle. …”
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Application of medical care linkage model in the whole process management of surgery in the treatment of redundant prepuce and phimosis in children (医护联动模式在小儿门诊包皮手术管理中的应用)... by ZHANG Qing (张庆), CHEN Puxin (陈普新), TAO Yanling (陶艳玲)

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Nurses’ Perception on the Hindrances of Triage System in Emergency Unit by Olunike Blessing Olofinbiyi, Lufuno Makhado

“…Based on the findings of the study, factors like overcrowding, Nurses waiting for doctors when they know what to do, lack of continuous professional development on triage system, inadequate experience, lack of confidence, and lack of adequate training on triage still impede the efficient triage system.…”
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Preoperative Alpha-Fetoprotein Slope is Predictive of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Liver Transplantation by Kathy Han, George N Tzimas, Jeffrey S Barkun, Peter Metrakos, Jean I Tchervenkov, Nir Hilzenrat, Phil Wong, M Deschênes

“…However, tumour progression while on the waiting list and tumour recurrence after LT are common. …”
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Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen by Fahad Abuguyan, Abdulaziz Alhusainy, Omar Alsuliman, Sarah Alqahtani, Abdulrahman Alrajhi

“…Conclusion: We conclude that in our center, prolonged waiting time and ED overcrowding are the main reasons why patients leave the ED without seeing a physician. …”
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Awe and respect in the Psalms by K. Waaijman

“…In a third section, attention is given to awe as the quiet waiting on Be-er, followed, in a final part, by an analysis of love as the result of awe. …”
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Queuing system GI/M/1/N with randomly dropping packets mechanism by WANG Hao1, LI Xiao-ming1

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Computing the Performance Measures in Queueing Models via the Method of Order Statistics by Yousry H. Abdelkader, Maram Al-Wohaibi

“…The expected value and the variance of the maximum (minimum) number of customers in the system as well as the expected value and the variance of the minimum (maximum) waiting time are presented. Application to an M/M/1 model is given to illustrate the idea and the applicability of the proposed measures.…”
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SAV Operations on a Bus Line Corridor: Travel Demand, Service Frequency, and Vehicle Size by Huang Yantao, Kara M. Kockelman, Long T. Truong

“…Results show that the use of smaller, but more frequent, SAVs leads to reduced passenger waiting times but increased vehicle travel times. …”
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Hybrid intelligent optimization strategy of battery swapping station for electric vehicles based on reinforcement learning by Hongwei Yi, Huan Zhang, Jianghong Li, Yanling Zhao

“…The experimental results show that compared with random strategies and traditional PPO algorithms, GSO-PPO reduces vehicle waiting time and improves service efficiency, making the overall operation of the battery swapping station more stable. …”
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Research on Aircraft Surface Taxi Path Planning and Conflict Detection and Resolution by Ningning Zhao, Nan Li, Yu Sun, Lei Zhang

“…Aircraft surface taxiing conflict avoidance is mostly adopted by waiting and rerouting methods, but this method does not consider the difference in total taxiing time that may be caused by different strategies. …”
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Performance Modeling of Proposed GUISET Middleware for Mobile Healthcare Services in E-Marketplaces by Alaba Olu Akingbesote, Mathew Olusegun Adigun, Sibisuso Xulu, Edgar Jembere

“…Our results reveal that the unconditional average waiting time remains the same with reduction in waiting time over the non-preemptive priority model in four out of the five classes observed. …”
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Alpha-Fetoprotein and Novel Tumor Biomarkers as Predictors of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Surgery: A Brilliant Star Raises Again by Quirino Lai, Fabio Melandro, Rafael S. Pinheiro, Andrea Donfrancesco, Bashir A. Fadel, Giovanni B. Levi Sandri, Massimo Rossi, Pasquale B. Berloco, Fabrizio M. Frattaroli

“…All these markers have been largely used as predictors in patients treated with hepatic resection or locoregional therapies, mainly in Eastern countries. In recent studies, AFP has been proposed as predictor of recurrence after liver transplantation and as selector of patients in the waiting list. …”
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Protocol for a feasibility study and process evaluation of a psychosocially modelled diabetes education programme for young people with type 1 diabetes: the Youth Empowerment Skill... by Nick Sevdalis, Khalida Ismail, Tayana Soukup, Trevor Murrells, Dulmini Kariyawasam, Stephen Thomas, Judith Parsons, Angus Forbes, Rita Forde, Maria Baldellou Lopez, Marie Jones, Martha Ford-Adams, Nardos Yemane, Siobhan Pender, Alex Silverstien

“…We will conduct a feasibility randomised controlled trial (waiting-list design) with integrated process evaluation. …”
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MELD Score Is Not Related to Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis by Luciana Haddad, Tatiana Morgado Conte, Liliana Ducatti, Lucas Nacif, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque, Wellington Andraus

“…Demographics data, etiology of liver disease, MELD score, and inscription on the waiting list for liver transplantation were analyzed. …”
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When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus Phenomenon by Munish Sharma, Megha Chandna, Thang Nguyen, Abhay Vakil, Rene Franco, Iqbal Ratnani, Joseph Varon, Salim Surani

“…It is prudent that a physician leading a CPR effort waits for some time and monitors the patient further using blood pressure and electrocardiogram before confirming that a patient is actually dead.…”
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Maroc 2007. Les élections législatives du 7 septembre by Jean-Luc Piermay

“…They were not marked by waited Islamic increase, and hardly changed balance between the political parties. …”
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An Inventory Model under Trapezoidal Type Demand, Weibull-Distributed Deterioration, and Partial Backlogging by Lianxia Zhao

“…This paper studies an inventory model for Weibull-distributed deterioration items with trapezoidal type demand rate, in which shortages are allowed and partially backlogging depends on the waiting time for the next replenishment. The inventory models starting with no shortage is are to be discussed, and an optimal inventory replenishment policy of the model is proposed. …”
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