COMMUNAL SEPTIC TANKS AS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY TO ACHIEVE SURABAYA OPEN DEFECATION FREE (ODF)

Performance Evaluation of Septic Tanks as onsite Sanitation System

Onsite sanitation with septic tanks is popular in most of the Asian countries. The case study conducted in Hanoi and suburban area of Bangkok indicates that the septic tanks employed did not perform as required. The septic tanks just convert the suspended pollutants into dissolved form and release them to the environment due to insufficient maintenance. Thus the effluent from the septic tank is...

Reducing Errors by RFID Technology to Achieve Lean Healthcare

Reducing wastes in the healthcare processes is crucial for developing a high performance health system. Adopted from the Toyota Production System (TPS), the Lean concept has emerged in recent years as a way of introducing innovative ideas to improve industrial processes. In the context of health care, Lean is considered as a continuous improvement model, which provides healthcare organization t...

OPEN MANAGEMENT OF THE SEPTIC ABDOMEN

Severe intraabdominal infection associated with abdominal wall, intraperitoneal and remote organ complications, still carries an unacceptably high morality rate. In addition to the fundamental principle of eradication of the source of infection, various treatment modalities have been suggested to improve the commonly grave outcome. Amongst these, open management (OM) of the septic abdomen,...

Identifying the Global Components Involved in Teachers’ Professional Development as an Effort to Achieve an Appropriate Model

The present research aims to identify the global components involved in the professional development of teachers. The research is of qualitative kind, and synthesis research has been used. The data have been collected by means of literature review and studying theoretical background, and systematic searching of library resources, dissertation theses and articles on databases such as IranDoc, Ma...

Breeding of Chrysomyia Megacephala in Closed Septic Tanks