Chlorination has been the major strategy for disinfection of drinking water in Taiwan. An ecologic epidemiological study design was used to examine whether chlorination of drinking water was associated with cancer risks. A "chlorinating municipality" (CHM) was defined as one in which more than 90% of the municipality population was served by the chlorinated water while an "nonchlorinating munic...

This study examined the association between the presence of pedestrian and bicycle plans to pedestrian and bicyclist nonfatal and fatal injuries from 1997 to 2009 among 553 North Carolina (NC) municipalities. We considered all municipal plans (n=92; 49 pedestrian; 34 bicycle; and 9 combined plans featuring pedestrian and bicyclist components) published through 2009. Counts of pedestrian and bic...

BACKGROUND Intermediate care is a health care model developed to optimize the coordination of health care services and functional independence. In Central Norway, an intermediate care hospital (ICH) was established in a municipality to improve hospital discharge and follow-up among elderly patients with chronic conditions and comprehensive care needs. The aim of this study was to investigate th...

The purpose of this study is to explore infrastructures for establishment of electronic municipality in metropolis city of Tabriz. Thisis a descriptive survey and it is an applied one in terms of goal .Total sample consisted of total number of 120 employees in Statistics and Information Technology Department of municipality as well as those working in related sections to information technolog...

An ecological study analyzes tuberculosis incidence in the municipality of Marianao, Havana City Province, Cuba. The study characterizes tuberculosis incidence, identifies spatial distribution patterns, and relates tuberculosis incidence rates to socioeconomic factors. The spatial units are the 29 neighborhoods in the municipality of Marianao. A pattern of neighborhoods with high rates located ...

Xerostomia (dry mouth) is dryness of the mouth that may be associated with a change in the composition of saliva or decreased salivary secretion. Saliva lubricates and protects the oral tissues against irritating agents and behaves as a buffer system to protect the mouth. It has a basic role in keeping the physical-chemical integrity of the enamel (1). Consequently, decrease in saliva results i...

A new approach of using data mining tools for customer complaint management is presented in this paper. The association rule mining technique is applied to discover the relationship between different groups of citizens and different kinds of complainers. The data refers to citizens' complaints from the performance of municipality of Tehran, the capital of Iran. Analyzing these rules, make it po...

The purpose of this research was to analyze municipality’s actions and steps towards planning leisure time of the citizenries, with an emphasis on recreational activities. 384 people from 1.269.810 (citizenries over 15 years of age, municipality managers and authorities and physical education authorities of city of Isfahan) were selected as samples by using Cochran formula. The data is collec...

Background: The emergence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii complicates the therapy of the related infections. Hospital isolates of A. baumannii are usually multidrug-resistant. The problem is compounded by increasing resistance to broad-spectrum antibiotics including carbapenems. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and distribut...