HIV treatment works

This is a collage poster for HIV Treatment WorksVisit CDC\u2019s HIV Treatment Works website to find resources for people living with HIV. See how each of these people is living well with HIV and find available services and support groups.Get in care. Stay in care. Live well.cdc.gov/HIVTreatmentWorksCS 256366Publication date from document propertries.cdc-hivtw-poster-collage-print.pdf201

for Training Firm Selection

Training & development and continuous learning are the most important issues for companies. Companies are aware of the importance of the training programs in order to be competitive in the market. But selecting the right training firm is not a simple process. Since evaluation of training firms contains subjective perceptions, fuzzy approach can be more appropriate to select the best training firm for companies. So in this study, Fuzzy Axiomatic Design (FAD) and Fuzzy TOPSIS methods are proposed. These two methods are applied to the training firm selection problem of a textile company and results are presented. At the end of the study comparison of these two methods is also given

Selection of vineyard location for a winery with fuzzy AHP and consistent fuzzy linguistic preference relations

Nowadays making decisions quickly and selecting the best alternative are very important for companies to gain competitive advantage in a complex environment. In this manner vineyard location selection problem of a winery is considered in this paper. Because this selection affects the quality of wine as the grape quality affects the wine quality directly. Selection of vineyard location is a multi-criteria decision problem and the conventional methods for selection problems are inadequate for dealing with the imprecise or vague nature of linguistic assessments. To overcome this difficulty, fuzzy multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods are proposed. This paper attempts to solve the vineyard location selection problem by adopting two methods: fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (fuzzy AHP) and consistent fuzzy linguistic preference relations. The proposed methods have been applied to a vineyard location selection problem of a winery in Denizli, Turkey. After determining the criteria and alternatives that affect the vineyard location decisions, these methods are used to solve the problem and results are presented. The similarities and differences of two methods are also discussed. Copyright © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd

Associations between human leukocyte antigens and leprosy in the Turkish population

WOS: 000176272200017PubMed: 12072016Leprosy is a chronic infection caused by an intracellular microorganism. Genetic predisposition to both disease susceptibility and to host immunological response has been postulated for many years. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is HLA-linked susceptibility to leprosy and its different types. HLA-class I (A, B, C) and II (DR, DQ) antigen frequencies in 80 patients with leprosy (35 borderline lepromatous, 25 lepromatous, 15 borderline tuberculoid, five tuberculoid) were compared with those in 120 healthy individuals. HLA-class I antigens A9, A10, A32, B5, B21, Bw4, Bw6, Cw1, Cw2 and HLA-class II antigens DR9, DR10, DRw52, DQ1, DQ3 were found to be significantly more frequent in patients with leprosy, whereas HLA-class I antigens A3, B44, B49 and HLA-class II antigen DQ5 were so in controls. However, there was no significant difference in HLA-class I and II antigen frequencies between subtypes of leprosy. HLA-A null antigen was found to have weak expression in patients with leprosy. In conclusion, factors other than HLA-class I and class II antigens may have a more critical role in the pathophysiology of leprosy infection in man