In this paper we consider the inverse and reverse network facility location problems with considering the equity on servers. The inverse facility location with equality measure deals with modifying the weights of vertices with minimum cost, such that the difference between the maximum and minimum weights of clients allocated to the given facilities is minimized. On the other hand, the reverse c...

If this article has presented all the facts/details about the resident’s case, then there is more than one quality improvement issue to be identified and corrected. The four criteria for the malpractice action to have merit include establishing the duty or obligation of the institution to perform a particular service and/or provide care, to establish a breach of that duty, to show injury to the...

Disrespect and abuse (D&A) experienced by women during facility-based childbirth has gained global recognition as a threat to eliminating preventable maternal mortality and morbidity. This study explored the frequency and associated factors of D&A in four rural health centres in Ethiopia. Experiences of women who delivered in these facilities were captured by direct observation of client-provid...

A novel test facility for the efficient evaluation of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switches and the development of alternative contact materials is described. The facility utilizes the upper cantilever from commercial MEMS contact switches, and tests these against alternative bottom contact materials within a modified atomic force microscope (AFM). The test closely approximates the real...

Improvements to the DUST-MS computer code have been made that permit simulation of distributed container failure rates. The new models permit instant failure of all containers within a computational volume, uniform failure of these containers over time, or a normal distribution in container failures. Incorporation of a distributed failure model requires wasteform releases to be calculated using...

The Precise Time Facility (PTF) of the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) contains presently 4 Cesium clocks HP5071A, one with standard tubes (since 1995), and three with High Perf. Tubes (since 2012), and one active H-maser CH175A (since 2006). UTC(ORB) is generated from the CH1-75A frequency, steered weekly upon the rapid UTC values. Due to an important maser failure, UTC(ORB) was generated b...