Dentists are involved in diagnosing disease in every aspect of their clinical practice. A range of tests, systems, guides and equipment--which can be generally referred to as diagnostic procedures--are available to aid in diagnostic decision making. In this era of evidence-based dentistry, and given the increasing demand for diagnostic accuracy and properly targeted health care, it is important...

Industrial rule-based diagnostic systems are often data-dependant in the sense that they rely on specific characteristics of individual pieces of equipment. This dependence poses significant challenges in rule authoring, reuse, and maintenance by engineers. In this work we address these problems by relying on Ontology-Based Data Access: we use ontologies to mediate the equipment and the rules. ...

Historically, not-for-profits’ strategic capital plans were heavily oriented toward tangible physical assets (e.g., real estate, property, plant, and equipment, diagnostic/clinical equipment). Today, facing a more complex operating environment, these health systems are more heavily focused on physician acquisition, clinical IT investments, and reengineering their ambulatory strategies to transf...

Most of the previous diagnostics research for vapor compression equipment has been performed for packaged air conditioners and chillers. This paper describes application of a decoupling-based diagnostic technique that was originally developed for air conditioners to equipment used in walk-in coolers and freezers. Testing was performed on a small, restaurant-style walk-in cooler and a small walk...

INTRODUCTION Primary healthcare centers (PHCCs) frequently are contacted for emergency reasons and are expected to provide basic and advanced life support during emergency situations. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the availability of emergency equipment and the knowledge of the staff working in PHCCs. METHODS The survey was conducted in 21 PHCCs located in the rural city of...

Chest diagnostic imaging is essential when dealing with a critically ill patient. At present, direct visualization of the lung parenchyma is performed with a chest x-ray and computed tomography with the patient in the supine position. The relative ease of bedside ultrasound examination and the availability of user-friendly, inexpensive, portable equipment have made chest ultrasonography an int...