Ecosystem services have become a mainstream concept for the expression of values assigned by people to various functions of ecosystems. Even though the introduction of the concept has initiated a vast amount of research, ...

SETTING: Thirty-six priority cities in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, with a high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) cases, deaths and treatment default. OBJECTIVE: To identify the perspectives of city TB control coordinators regarding ...

During the operation of the electrical power system (SEP), there are often protection failures that can result in shutdowns in the power supply, causing a reduction in quality of service. This is not common, but it happens ...

Over the last three decades, the broad adoption of the Internet triggered a shift toward a globally accessible and service-oriented application design. Hyper-scale services like ecommerce, search, social networking, IoT, ...

Care coordination is a priority for the improvement of healthcare provision in complex health problems like cancer. The purpose of this study is to analyze the barriers and facilitators of care coordination for the diagnosis ...

Although fragmentation in the provision of services is considered an obstacle to effective health care, there is scant evidence on the impact of interventions to improve care coordination between primary care and secondary ...

Architecting mobile collaborative applications has always been a challenge for designers. However, counting on a structural design as a reference can help developers to reduce risks and efforts involved in system design. ...