background one common challenge to social systems is achieving equity in financial contributions and preventing financial loss. because of the large and unpredictable nature of some costs, achieving this goal in the health system presents important and unique problems. the present study investigated the household financial contributions (hfcs) to the health system.   methods the study investiga...

Lakes and other freshwater bodies recharges underground water table, cooling of the ambient air and reducing heat in the surrounding areas of the city. Anthropogenic activities and discharge of untreated industrial effluents and sewages into lakes has been monitored from past five years. The results are very evident showing depletion in oxygen level, high level of chlorophyll ‘a’, TDS, BOD, pho...

lkylphenol ethoxylates are nonA ionic surfactants widely used in many institutional and household cleaning products and industrial processes. They have been popular for their effectiveness, economy and ease of handling and formulating for more than 40 years. They function as emulsifiers, detergents, wetting agents and dispersants. One of the largest application areas for alkylphenol ethoxylates...

Naphthalene, a widely used industrial and household chemical, has rarely been an agent of poisoning worldwide. Severe haemolysis from naphthalene poisoning is rare and can be a challenge to clinicians. We report a 22-year-old female, who accidentally ingested naphthalene mixed coconut oil and got admitted with recurrent vomiting, headache and passage of dark urine. Severe intravascular haemolys...

Elastomers or rubbers are materials used in a large range of industrial and household applications. A common physical-chemical treatment is curing (crosslinking), imparting the rubber mechanical and thermal stability. Elastomers show low thermal conductivity values, and therefore, require complex and high cost heating methods; thus, the ionizing (accelerated electrons) method shows high interes...

Humans are decisively influenced by their sense of taste and odour and human history is, therefore, closely tied to the development and usage of flavours. Whereas in prehistoric times, only herbs and spices could be employed for flavouring purposes, today a broad spectrum of flavourings is available, not only for use in the individual household, but especially for the production of food on an i...

We present an industrial robot system whose workspace is supervised by several stationary cameras detecting obstacles using a difference image method. All robot transfer motions are checked for collision by an image-based method. If any collision is detected, the robot motion path is changed accordingly. The image processing is simple and robust and could be extended to mobile robots for exampl...