Epilepsy is the most common worldwide neurologic disorder amenable to treatment, if not cure, provided treatment is initiated early and continuously monitored (1). This is feasible in developed countries with their national wealth, organized health care, and availability of health insurance for all. The quality health care includes the all-important critical care medicine and facilities for reh...

Unlike typical office buildings, most retail environments aren’t wired for universal network access. Therefore, existing LAN connections usually dictate where retailers can place intelligent systems such as point of sale (POS), kiosks, security cameras and digital signage. When a system move requires dropping a new LAN line, there are two common hurdles: an onerous approval process (IT and Faci...

Breast cancer has become a common mortality factor in the world. Lesser availability of diagnostic facilities along with large time requirements in manual diagnosis emphasize on automatic diagnosis for early diagnosis of the disease. In this paper a computerized breast cancer diagnosis prototype has been developed to reduce the time taken and indirectly reducing the probability of death. The pa...

Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a common side effect of cancer and cancer treatments. Assessing for sexual dysfunctions in women with cancer is a vital component of helping women to have better, more satisfying sexual experiences. FSD is not widely addressed in most healthcare facilities or by healthcare providers, but it is a topic that all providers should be discussing with their female p...

1. Introduction Web-based Course Management Software (CMS) provides a single portal for students and teaching staff to collaborate in an elaborate interactive environment. This portal provides tools for online submissions, examinations, student performance monitoring, discussion threads, real-time chat, and electronic mail. In higher education, these facilities are becoming more common for deli...

Municipal wastewater effluent has been proposed as one pathway for microplastics to enter the aquatic environment. Here we present a broad study of municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent as a pathway for microplastic pollution to enter receiving waters. A total of 90 samples were analyzed from 17 different facilities across the United States. Averaging all facilities and sampling dates, ...

BACKGROUND Performance indicators in the long term care sector are important to evaluate the efficiency and quality of care delivery. We are, however, still far from being able to refer to a common set of indicators at the European level.We therefore demonstrate the calculation of Long Term Care Facility Quality Indicators (LTCFQIs) from data of the European Services and Health for Elderly in L...

BACKGROUND World Health Organization's essential drugs list can control the highly prevalent HIV-related pain and symptoms. Availability of essential medicines directly influences clinicians' ability to effectively manage distressing manifestations of HIV. AIM To determine the availability of pain and symptom controlling drugs in East Africa within President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief-f...

In 2009, we conducted a survey to assess the use of mercury-based thermometers and sphygmomanometers and their disposal in Croatian healthcare facilities. The questionnaire addressing the use of mercury-based medical devices, waste management, preferences between mercury-based and electronic devices, and the knowledge on mercury toxicity was filled by ward nurses affiliated with 40 (71.4 %) out...