In the 1980s, automated dispensing devices appeared on the scene, a generation after the advent of unit-dose dispensing (Chapter 11). The invention and production of these devices brought hopes of reduced rates of medication errors, increased efficiency for pharmacy and nursing staff, ready availability of medications where they are most often used (the nursing unit or inpatient ward), and impr...

In this paper the two identical unit cold standby systems with single repairman has been discussed.The concept of inspection policy has also been introduced for detecting the kind of failures (major or minor) before the failed unit get repaired by some repair mechanism.The model has been design for the system to calculate the various important measures of reliability i.e MTSF, steady state avai...

SUMMARY We propose SW#, a new CUDA graphical processor unit-enabled and memory-efficient implementation of dynamic programming algorithm, for local alignment. It can be used as either a stand-alone application or a library. Although there are other graphical processor unit implementations of the Smith-Waterman algorithm, SW# is the only one publicly available that can produce sequence alignment...

Young individuals of a single black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa Torr. & Gray) clone were raised for three growing seasons in whole-tree chambers and exposed to either ambient or elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]), with either a high or a low mineral nutrient supply, in a factorial experimental design. Nutrient availability had a larger effect on growth and dry matter ...

BACKGROUND This paper is one of three linked studies that attempts to understand the process of institutionalisation of policy units within Burkina Faso's health system. It examines the relationships between the existence of an institutional framework, data production capacity and other resource availability in the institutionalisation of policy units in health systems. It therefore contributes...

Background: Client satisfaction may be considered to be one of the desired outcomes of care, even an element in health status itself. It is futile to argue about the validity of patient satisfaction as a measure of quality. Aim: This study amid to identify the effect of quality management system on client satisfaction of the health services at Rural Health Unit/ Center. Design: Ex post facto re...

The availability of evening dialysis is considered important if the patient with renal failure is to return to work. Dialysis units are categorized by location and whether or not dialysis services are offered in the evening. The location of dialysis patients is compared with these estimates to determine the percentage of patients having access to evening dialysis either in their own dialysis un...

The effect of supervisory control on a redundant database unit representing a command and control (C2) system that supports air operations is investigated through simulation. Several supervisory control policies are considered. They authorize restoration and/or routing upon the failure of a server in the system. The performance of the modeled system under these policies is evaluated based on th...

The new Statistics Act (No. 6 of 1999) prohibits the disclosure of any information that relates to an individual or a household. As against the practice in the past, unit records for Census96, could therefore not be released. To compensate for the non-availability of unit records Stats SA has compiled 14 Community Profile summary databases for dissemination purposes. These databases, covering d...

For a stable supply of electricity power plants are required to provide ancillary services in addition to energy production. This paper suggests a solution for optimal bidding strategy for hydroelectric units operating in markets where both energy and ancillary services are priced simultaneously. The model is illustrated on a numerical example of a hydro unit operating in such markets of New Yo...