C. R. Fuerte-Esquivel Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico Abstract A general approach to real-time transient stability control is described, yielding various complementary techniques: pure preventive, open-loop emergency, and closed-loop emergency controls. Recent progress in terms of a global transient stability-constrained optimal power flow is presented, yieldin...

BACKGROUND To determine the effectiveness of a single checklist reminder form to improve the delivery of preventive health services at adult health check-ups in a family practice setting. METHODS A prospective cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted at four urban family practice clinics among 38 primary care physicians affiliated with the University of Toronto. Preventive Care Check...

Anticarcinogenic effect of red ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer cultivated in JiLin, China) on the development of liver cancer induced by diethylnitrosamine (DEN) in rats was studied, especially in preventive and curative groups. In the preventive group, the rats were given with DEN concomitantly with red ginseng fluid, and in the curative group, the rats were administered with red ginseng flu...

SIR WILLIAM OSLER, IN HIS FINAL PUBLISHED LECTURE, THE EVOLUtion of Modern Medicine, discussed with great optimism the emergence of preventive medicine. He marveled at the successful public health campaigns against malaria and yellow fever that decreased morbidity and mortality by “up to an order of magnitude”. Since early in the last century, scientific data have correlated clinical illness wi...

In this paper we describe briefly a dynamic multi-path routing algorithm that has been considered for connection oriented Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks. Our scheme takes advantage of cell multiplexing capability that has particular advantage in the network supporting the Variable Bit Rate (VBR) traffic. The fundamental objective of the scheme is to propose a congestion control based...

Universal access is usually taken to be a fundamental feature of the health care systems of the European Union (EU) member states. Reform debates in other continents regularly look to the European experience as a model to be emulated or as a showcase for methods of preserving access in contexts of marketization and privatization. In the EU, the principle of universal access is indeed a governin...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of a 2-year programme for community-based delivery of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) on intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy coverage, antenatal clinic attendance and pregnancy outcome. METHODS Fourteen intervention and 12 control villages in the catchment areas of Chikwawa and Ngabu Government Hospitals, southern Malawi, were selected. Village-b...