Uptake and Behavioural and Attitudinal Determinants of Immunization in an Expanded Routine Infant Hepatitis B Vaccination Program in British Columbia

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

Hepatitis B Prevention and Immunization

هپاتیت به معنی التهاب کبد است. هپاتیت B هپاتیت سرمی هم نامیده می شود، ویروس آن از خون، مایعات سروزی بدن، بزاق و مایع منی یافت شده و باعث می گردد که سلولهای کبدی به دنبال واکنش التهابی عملکرد خود را از دست دهند که این حالت ممکن است منجر به انسداد مجاری صفراوی و یا نارسایی کبد شود. 

Hepatitis B Testing and Vaccination in Immigrants Attending ESL Classes in British Columbia

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is highly endemic in most Asian countries (Nguyen and Keeffe, 2003) and between 30% and 50% of Chinese immigrants to North America show serologic evidence of past HBV infection (Walker and Jaranson, 1999; Merican et al., 2000). In 2004, approximately 250,000 persons in Canada were infected with HBV, 70% being immigrants (Sherman et al., 2004). Immigrants from c...

Hepatitis B Virus Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients: A Necessity for Individualizing of Immunization?

Measuring hepatitis B uptake in a new universal infant program.

BACKGROUND Vancouver-Richmond Health Board has the highest reported rate of hepatitis B in Canada, including an annual average of 25 cases in children under 12 years of age, based on reports from 1994-1997 inclusive. The current provincial adolescent grade-six hepatitis B immunization program does not protect against childhood infection. The regional health board implemented universal infant he...