Applying Decision Analysis to Transfusion Medicine in the Real World to Improve Transfusion Safety

Transfusion Medicine: Quo Vadis? What Has Been Achieved, What Is to Be Expected ◽

10.1007/978-1-4615-1735-1_4 ◽

2001 ◽

pp. 37-44

Author(s):

J. P. AuBuchon

Keyword(s):

Decision Analysis ◽

Real World ◽

Transfusion Medicine ◽

The Real

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Reasoning with linguistic preferences using NPN logic

Computer Science and Information Systems ◽

10.2298/csis090223003d ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 511-528 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Goran Devedzic ◽

Danijela Milosevic ◽

Lozica Ivanovic ◽

Dragan Adamovic ◽

Miodrag Manic

Keyword(s):

Side Effects ◽

Decision Analysis ◽

Decision Maker ◽

Real World ◽

Cognitive Maps ◽

Fuzzy Cognitive Maps ◽

Basic Notion ◽

The Real ◽

Alternative Framework ◽

Linguistic Models

Negative-positive-neutral logic provides an alternative framework for fuzzy cognitive maps development and decision analysis. This paper reviews basic notion of NPN logic and NPN relations and proposes adaptive approach to causality weights assessment. It employs linguistic models of causality weights activated by measurement-based fuzzy cognitive maps? concepts values. These models allow for quasi-dynamical adaptation to the change of concepts values, providing deeper understanding of possible side effects. Since in the real-world environments almost every decision has its consequences, presenting very valuable portion of information upon which we also make our decisions, the knowledge about the side effects enables more reliable decision analysis and directs actions of decision maker.

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Evaluating Mental Health Services; How Do Programs for Children “Work” in the Real World? Edited by Carol T. Nixon & Denine A. Northrup. Sage, Thousand Oaks CA, 1997. pp. 306. £16.60 (pb).

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1017/s0021963098222918 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 39 (6) ◽

pp. 935-936

Author(s):

Anne Worrall-Davies

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Real World ◽

The Real

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Current Issues: Evidence-Based Practice for the Real World: Thoughts on Clinical Education in Communication Disorders

Perspectives on Administration and Supervision ◽

10.1044/aas20.3.100 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 100-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Anne K. Bothe

Keyword(s):

Clinical Education ◽

Real World ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Communication Disorders ◽

University Faculty ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Speech Language Pathology ◽

Basic Principles ◽

The Real ◽

Language Pathology

This article presents some streamlined and intentionally oversimplified ideas about educating future communication disorders professionals to use some of the most basic principles of evidence-based practice. Working from a popular five-step approach, modifications are suggested that may make the ideas more accessible, and therefore more useful, for university faculty, other supervisors, and future professionals in speech-language pathology, audiology, and related fields.

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