BACKGROUND The major objective of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria is to protect families from the financial hardship of large medical bills. Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) is rampart in Nigeria despite the take-off of the NHIS. This study aimed to determine if households enrolled in the NHIS were protected from having CHE. METHODS The study took place among 714 h...

Siamo interessati a risolvere i seguenti problemi: Problema 1 (Covering Problem,CP) Trovare la copertura di costo totale minimo, cioè il sottoinsieme J ′ di J tale che: 1. Ognuna delle caselle è ricoperta da almeno un pezzo contenuto in J ; 2. La somma dei “costi” dei pezzi di J ′ è minima tra tutti i sottoinsiemi che soddisfano (1). Problema 2 (Partitioning Problem,PP) Trovare la partizione di...

Le persone organizzano sempre di più ogni aspetto della propria vita attraverso l’utilizzo di sistemi software, dal lavoro al trasporto alla salute. Possiamo essere sicuri che i programmi dai quali ci accingiamo a dipendere sono affidabili ? Tali programmi possono tollerare maltrattamenti degli utenti? Questa tesi affronta il problema di verificare i sistemi software rispetto ad errori introdot...

Despite the fact that Esenbeckia leiocarpa, a Brazilian plant, possesses potential anti-inflammatory properties, its effect in neutrophils, key players in inflammation, has never been investigated. In this study, a crude hydroalcoholic extract (CHE) was used to evaluate the potential toxic or agonistic effect of E. leiocarpa in human neutrophils. At a noncytotoxic concentration of 500 μg/mL, CH...

BACKGROUND Health expenditure for tuberculosis (TB) care often pushes households into catastrophe and poverty. New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) aims to protect households from catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment in rural China. This article assesses the effect of NCMS on relieving CHE and impoverishment from TB care in rural China. METHODS Three hundred fourty-seven ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the trend of catastrophic health expenses (CHE) for inpatient care in relation to the commencement of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) in rural China from 2003 to 2013, and the roles of NCMS in protecting affected households from CHE. METHODS We assessed the 10-year trend of the incidence and severity of CHE in rural households with hospitalised members using da...

Information Technology (IT) now plays a very important role in sustainable development of Chinese society and economy at all levels. Especially for Chinese higher education (CHE), it is a bridgehead to lead the society, culture, and economy. Therefore, the progress of higher education informatization has received much attention in China. In this paper, we firstly choose the development of CHE i...

In questo articolo viene presentato MAgentA, un sistema multi-agente sviluppato nel contesto del progetto interuniversitario ANEMONE allo scopo di gestire agende e pianificare riunioni tra gli utenti in modo semiautomatico. Ogni agenda è gestita da un agente che conosce gli impegni personali e le preferenze di un particolare utente, mentre le riunioni vengono organizzate da un apposito agente i...

The transcriptional cofactor Che-1/AATF is currently emerging as an important component of the DNA damage response (DDR) machinery, the complex signaling network that maintains genome integrity and prevents tumorigenesis. Moreover this protein is involved in a wide range of cellular pathways, regulating proliferation and survival in both physiological and pathological conditions. Notably, some ...

Trefoil factor 3 (TFF3), cholinesterase activity (ChE activity) and homocysteine (Hcy) play critical roles in modulating recognition, learning and memory in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) and vascular parkinsonism with dementia (VPD). However, whether they can be used as reliable predictors to evaluate the severity and progression of PDD and VPD remains l...