POLYCHAR 16 Special Issue

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The ENBIS-16 quality and reliability engineering international special issue

It is with great pleasure and pride that I introduce to you this special issue of papers presented at the 10th Annual Conference of ENBIS, The European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics. The conference was held at the beautiful location of the University of Antwerp with Professor Martina Vandebroek as the Programme Committee chair and Professor Peter Goos as the Organising Committe...

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j Abstract After legislative changes in 1978, Italian psychiatry underwent a thorough overhaul, with the gradual closure of all Mental Hospitals. A nation-wide network of Departments of Mental Health now deliver outpatient and inpatient care, but also run semi-residential and residential facilities (the latter with 2.9 beds per 10,000 inhabitants). Hospital care is delivered through small psych...

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It is with great pleasure that I introduce this specia l i s sue of Aging Successfully that focuses on Preventive Gerontology. Aging successfully is dependent on the individual himself or herself. While health professionals can act as a guide through life’s journey, it is only through one’s own efforts that the best outcomes can be assured. This issue provides tools that all of us can use to ag...

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Microbial species participate in the genesis of a substantial number of malignancies worldwide, and conservative estimates indicate that >15% of all cancer cases are attributable to infectious agents. Helicobacter pylori is the most common bacterial infection worldwide, and colonization typically lasts for decades in the absence of targeted antimicrobial therapy. One biological cost to this lon...