The current readiness of the U.S. forces [[electronic resource] ] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, April 14, 2010

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910703146603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (iii, 112 pages)
• Collana: S. hrg. ; ; 111-868
• Soggetti: Military planning - United States; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-2021; United States Armed Forces Operational readiness; United States Armed Forces Combat sustainability; United States Armed Forces Equipment
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed on May 10, 2011).; Paper version available for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.

Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth / / Joe D. Burchfield ; with a new afterword

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785303703321
• Autore: Burchfield Joe D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1990
• ISBN: 1-283-05813-8; 9786613058133; 0-226-08026-9
• Edizione: [University of Chicago Press edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 pages) : portraits
• Disciplina: 551.7
• Soggetti: SCIENCE / General; Earth Age
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Science History Publications, 1975.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- II. Kelvin and the Physics of Time -- III. Kelvin's Influence: The Initial Reception -- IV/ The Triumph of Limited Time -- V. Opposition and Controversy -- VI. Radioactivity and the Age of the Earth -- VII. Conclusion -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists. "Anyone interested in geologic time, and that should include all geologists and a fair smattering of biologists, physicists and chemists, should make Burchfield's commendable and time-tested volume part of their personal library"-Brent Darymple, Quartely Review of Biology

Operations Research Applications in Health Care Management / / edited by Cengiz Kahraman, Y. Ilker Topcu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298180603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
• ISBN: 3-319-65455-1
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2018.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XV, 604 p. 99 illus., 42 illus. in color.)
• Collana: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, , 0884-8289 ; ; 262
• Disciplina: 658.4034
• Soggetti: Health care management; Health services administration; Operations research; Decision making; Engineering economics; Engineering economy; Health Care Management; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part 1: Overview -- A Taxonomy of Operations Research Studies in Health Care Management -- A Comprehensive Survey on Health Care Management -- Part 2: Medical Units in Hospital -- The Real Time Management of Operating Rooms. Mixed fuzzy clustering for deriving predictive models in intensive care units -- Operations Research for Occupancy Modeling at Hospital Wards and its Integration into Practice -- Part 3: Care Process: Preparedness -- Evaluating Health Care System Efficiency of OECD Countries: A DEA-Based Study -- Health Care Expenditure Prediction in Turkey using Genetic Algorithm based Grey Forecasting Models -- The Impact of Social Networks in Developing and Managing Chronic Care Models -- Part 4: Care Process: Precaution -- The design and planning of organ transplantation networks -- Blood ; Supply Chain Management and Future Research Opportunities -- Vaccine Supply Management -- Part 5: Care Process: Diagnosis and Prognosis -- OR Applications in Disease Screening -- Classification of Cancer Data: Analyzing Gene Expression Data Using a Fuzzy Decision Tree Algorithm -- Part 6: Care Process: Treatment -- Efficiency of Diabetes Treatment: Evidence from the UK -- A Multiobjective Solution Method for Radiation Treatment Planning -- Part 7: Medical Issues -- OR Models for Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Management -- Health Informatics -- OR applications in pharmaceutical supply chain management -- A Categorical DEA Framework for Evaluating Medical Tourism Efficiency of “Top Destinations” -- Part 8: Health Care Management -- Health Care Human Resource Planning -- Lean Health Care -- Procurement management in Health Care systems.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a comprehensive reference guide to operations research theory and applications in health care systems. It provides readers with all the necessary tools for solving health care problems. The respective chapters, written by prominent researchers, explain a wealth of both basic and advanced concepts of operations research for the management of operating rooms, intensive care units, supply chain, emergency medical service, human resources, lean health care, and procurement. To foster a better understanding, the chapters include relevant examples or case studies. Taken together, they form an excellent reference guide for researchers, lecturers and postgraduate students pursuing research on health care management problems. The book presents a dynamic snapshot on the field that is expected to stimulate new directions and stimulate new ideas and developments.