A Heuristic for Drone-Utilized Blood Inventory and Delivery Planning

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-116
Author(s):  
Jin-Myeong Jang ◽  
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Hwa-Joong Kim ◽  
Dong-Hoon Son
Keyword(s):  
Delivery Planning

scholarly journals Computational Experiment Study on Selection Mechanism of Project Delivery Method Based on Complex Factors

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Ding ◽  
Zhaohan Sheng ◽  
Jianguo Du ◽  
Qian Li
Keyword(s):  
Project Performance ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Project Complexity ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Delivery Planning ◽  
Project Delivery Method ◽  
Design Construction

Project delivery planning is a key stage used by the project owner (or project investor) for organizing design, construction, and other operations in a construction project. The main task in this stage is to select an appropriate project delivery method. In order to analyze different factors affecting the PDM selection, this paper establishes a multiagent model mainly to show how project complexity, governance strength, and market environment affect the project owner’s decision on PDM. Experiment results show that project owner usually choose Design-Build method when the project is very complex within a certain range. Besides, this paper points out that Design-Build method will be the prior choice when the potential contractors develop quickly. This paper provides the owners with methods and suggestions in terms of showing how the factors affect PDM selection, and it may improve the project performance.

Delivery planning for pregnancies with gastroschisis: findings from a prospective national registry

2015 ◽  
Vol 213 (4) ◽  
pp. 557.e1-557.e8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alya Al-Kaff ◽  
Sarah C. MacDonald ◽  
Nancy Kent ◽  
Jason Burrows ◽  
Erik D. Skarsgard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Registry ◽  
Delivery Planning

scholarly journals An Integrated Approach to Product Delivery Planning and Scheduling

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galina Merkuryeva ◽  
Vitaly Bolshakov ◽  
Maksims Kornevs
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Classification Model ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Planning And Scheduling ◽  
Delivery Planning ◽  
Product Delivery

An Integrated Approach to Product Delivery Planning and SchedulingProduct delivery planning and scheduling is a task of high priority in transport logistics. In distribution centres this task is related to deliveries of various types of goods in predefined time windows. In real-life applications the problem has different stochastic performance criteria and conditions. Optimisation of schedules itself is time consuming and requires an expert knowledge. In this paper an integrated approach to product delivery planning and scheduling is proposed. It is based on a cluster analysis of demand data of stores to identify typical dynamic demand patterns and product delivery tactical plans, and simulation optimisation to find optimal parameters of transportation or vehicle schedules. Here, a cluster analysis of the demand data by using the K-means clustering algorithm and silhouette plots mean values is performed, and an NBTree-based classification model is built. In order to find an optimal grouping of stores into regions based on their geographical locations and the total demand uniformly distributed over regions, a multiobjective optimisation problem is formulated and solved with the NSGA II algorithm.

scholarly journals ESTIMATION OF WORKLOAD OF ANMS AND CALCULATING THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF ANMS IN IMPLEMENTING MOTHER CHILD TRACKING SYSTEM IN NORTHERN INDIA: WISN METHODOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 645-655
Author(s):  
Monika a ◽  
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Sukhpal Kaur ◽  
Amarjeet Singh ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Health ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Northern India ◽  
Time Motion ◽  
Auxiliary Nurse ◽  
Delivery Planning ◽  
Annual Working ◽  
Staffing Needs

Mother child tracking system(MCTS) is an information system for tracking maternal and child health beneficiaries in Indias public health system, and improving service delivery planning and outcomes. Auxiliary nurse midwife(ANM) has broad spectrum of responsibilities to play in under National health mission. In the present study the workload of ANM was estimated using standard methodology WISN(Workload indicators of staffing needs) given by WHO. Quantitative research approach with time-motion research design was chosen for the study. Workload was estimated in 21 civil dispensaries of Chandigarh, India. The workload was found to be high in 9 dispensaries. It was very high in 4 dispensaries where ANMs spent their total annual working time in doing activities under MCTS and they are left with no time for doing activities under other national health programs.

scholarly journals Delivery planning: a contamporary approach to breech presentation in obstetrics

2018 ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
O.M. Kalanzhova ◽  
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S.R. Galych ◽  
R.P. Nіkіtenko ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cesarean Section ◽  
Perinatal Outcomes ◽  
Breech Presentation ◽  
Birth Trauma ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Perinatal Complications ◽  
Ischemic Brain ◽  
Cesarean Deliveries ◽  
The World ◽  
Delivery Planning

The world data on stable perinatal losses in breech presentation and a significant increase in the number of cesarean deliveries (70–80%) have led to a search for fundamentally new approaches to breech deliveries. The objective: the aim of the research is to evaluate the effectiveness and the validity of individual delivery planning for breech presentations. Materials and methods. Pregnant patients were divided into two groups: 1) the main group (MG) (n=36) which included women with planned conservative deliveries for breech presentations; 2) the control group (CG) (n=33) which included women with planned cesarean deliveries for breech presentations. Results. Pregnancy completion in the majority of patients from both groups occurred in the planned way: MG – 27 (75%), CG – 29 (87.8%). The MG patients gave birth in the all-fours position – 11 (40.7%) and with the help of the Tsoyanov method – 16 (53.9%). There were 9 (25%) cases of cesarean deliveries in the CG which were mainly classified as the 1st urgency category – 5 (55.5%). The need for urgent cesarean section in the CG occurred in half as many cases – 4 (12.2%) and most cases – 3 (75%) – had the 3rd urgency category. Perinatal complications were more common among the children from the CG who had received manual help at birth: birth trauma – 8 (22.2%), asphyxia – 3 (8.3%), aspiration – 2 (5.55%), hypoxic-ischemic brain damage – 3 (8.3%). Conclusion. The presented data indicate the lack of highly professional skills which require thorough execution and improvement of obstetrical manipulations by obstetricians and gynecologists. Key words: breech position, conservative delivery, cesarean section, perinatal outcomes.

Delivery Planning After a Third- or Fourth-Degree Perineal Laceration

2014 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. 83S ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Worstell ◽  
Rahel Nardos ◽  
W. Thomas Gregory ◽  
Aaron B. Caughey
Keyword(s):  
Perineal Laceration ◽  
Fourth Degree ◽  
Delivery Planning

Intrauterine Fetal Demise

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianna L Wilkie ◽  
Sarah E Little
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Umbilical Cord ◽  
Fetal Death ◽  
Genetic Evaluation ◽  
Placental Pathology ◽  
Fetal Demise ◽  
Maternal History ◽  
Intrauterine Fetal Demise ◽  
Delivery Planning

Intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD) and stillbirth are interchangeable terms to describe a fetal death in the second half of pregnancy. IUFD is defined as the delivery of a fetus showing no signs of life as indicated by the absence of heart rate, breathing, umbilical cord pulsation, or voluntary muscle movements. A thorough evaluation of maternal history and risk factors, fetal evaluation involving autopsy and genetic evaluation, and placental pathology should be offered at the time of IUFD diagnosis. Significant counseling should be provided to patients regarding future pregnancies and the risk of recurrence as well as the need for increased antenatal testing and delivery planning in subsequent pregnancies.  This review contains 5 tables, 10 figures and 55 references.  Keywords: fetal kick counts, intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD), management of intrauterine fetal demise, microarray, placental pathology, risk factors for intrauterine fetal demise

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