Multilayer interference structures acting as dispersion elements for a mirror spectrometer wavelength range of 7-30 nm have been calculated and synthesized. Three are implemented: the λ=7-12 – multilayer structure Mo/B4C (periods N=60; period thickness d=6.50 nm); λ=11-18 Mo/Be (N=50; d=9.83 nm) λ=17-30 Be/Si/Al (N=40; d=18.2 nm). For entire spectral range, an efficiency more than 10% was obtai...

INTRODUCTION Cluster surveys are frequently used to measure key nutrition and health indicators in humanitarian emergencies. The survey design of 30 clusters of 7 children (30 x 7) was initially proposed by the World Health Organization for measuring vaccination coverage, and later a design of 30 clusters of 30 children (30 x 30) was introduced to measure acute malnutrition in emergency setting...

Salt preference was assessed in 60 adults of 18-21 yrs of age (30 males and 30 females) and in 60 children of 7-12 yrs of age (30 boys and 30 girls). Subjects rated the preference on Likert scale for popcorns of five salt concentrations (OM, 1M, 2M, 3M and +3M). Statistical analysis using Two way ANOVA revealed statistically significant effect of age and sex on salt preference (F4,100 = 15.027,...

OBJECTIVES To describe readmissions among children hospitalized with H1N1 (influenza subtype, hemagglutinin1, neuraminidase 1) pandemic influenza and secondarily to determine the association of oseltamivir during index hospitalization with readmission. METHODS We reviewed data from 42 freestanding children's hospitals contributing to the Pediatric Health Information System from May through De...

Two hundred seventy-one children reported at the WHO Collaborative Centre for Rabies Epidemiology for South-East Asia at National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, for advice and antirabies antibody assessment after post-exposure prophylaxis with purified chick embryo cell (PCEC) antirabies vaccine from January 1986 to October 1992. Vaccine was very well tolerated by these children and...