accessibility to all levels of information technology has experienced rapid progress in recent years, particularly in the health sector. rapid penetration into this technology has led to changes in lifestyles and changes in the working procedures of institutions. in 2014, the number of internet users reached 3 billion, and this number is predicted to exceed 8 billion in 2018. statistics estimat...

Forest treatment planning and scheduling is an important part of forest resource management. It is a complex task requiring expertise and integration of multi-disciplinary fields. In this paper, we outline a real life problem from the ECOPLAN project called the Long Term Forest Treatment Scheduling Problem (LTFTSP). A review of optimization techniques applicable to forest treatment problems in ...

This is a period of rapid developments in radiotherapy for malignant disease. New methods of targeting tumors with computed tomography (CT) virtual simulation, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron-emission tomography (PET) fusion provide the clinician with information heretofore unknown. Linear accelerators (linacs) with multileaf collimation (MLC) have replaced lead-alloy blocks. Ind...

INTRODUCTION Small wastewater treatment plants (SWTP) are here defined as plants with a size less than about 2000 p.e., or with a daily load less than 1000 m/d and 200 kg BOD/d. There are, however, no such exact limits in reality. Therefore, plants up to 5000 p.e. are some times included. The interesting thing is that several practical conditions are more or less of the same type for this class...

Anaerobic digestion is the most suitable option for the treatment of high strength organic effluents. The presence of biodegradable components in the effluents coupled with the advantages of anaerobic process over other treatment methods makes it an attractive option. This paper reviews the suitability and the status of development of anaerobic reactors for the digestion of selected organic eff...

Hyperhidrosis is the production of sweat above and beyond normal physiological needs, regardless of the ambient temperature, and it affects > 4% of the population. In addition, a poll showed up to 21% of the population is bothered on a daily basis by their amount of underarm sweating. Despite the large number of patients who suffer from hyperhidrosis, there are relatively few effective nonsurgi...