BACKGROUND Antenatal care is a very important component of maternal health services. It provides the opportunity to learn about risks associated with pregnancy and guides to plan the place of deliveries thereby preventing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. In 'Pakistan' antenatal services to rural population are being provided through a network of primary health care facilities design...

Various algorithms are in use in medical processes to improve the speed, sensitivity and accuracy of the computations and analyses involved in those experiments. The aim of this paper is to suggest three improvements, namely Multi Hit, Dropoff percentage and NCM-2 in the BLAST algorithm. BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) is a popular tool used for determining the patterns in genomic seq...

In this paper, we have presented a novel transmission protocol which is suited for battery-powered sensors that are worn by a patient when under medical treatment, and allow constant monitoring of health indices. These body-wearable sensors log data from the patient and transmit the data to a base-station or gateway, via a wireless link at specific intervals. The signal link quality varies beca...

Almost all Dial-a-Ride problems (DARP) described in the literature pertain to the design of optimal routes and schedules for n customers who specify pick-up and drop-off times. In this article we assume that the customer is mainly concerned with the drop-off time because it is the most important to the customer. Based on the drop-off time specified by the customer and the customer’s location, a...

Convergence is a central concept in evolutionary studies because it provides strong evidence for adaptation. It also provides information about the nature of the fitness landscape and the repeatability of evolution, and can mislead phylogenetic inference. To understand the role of adaptive convergence, we need to understand the patterns of nonadaptive convergence. Here, we consider the relation...

OBJECTIVE To establish a statewide network to detect, control, and prevent the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in a region with a low incidence of CRE infection. DESIGN Implementation of the Drug Resistant Organism Prevention and Coordinated Regional Epidemiology (DROP-CRE) Network. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Oregon infection prevention and microbiology laboratory pers...

Traffic accidents are still one of the serious problems faced by Indonesian Government. Based on traffic accident data from Corps Republic Indonesia number in 2020 is 100,028 incidents and deaths due to 23,529 people. caused several factors such as vehicles, human error road users, conditions environment. Road geometry factor that contributes high value risk accidents. One effort reduce identif...

Taxis have always been an important part of the urban transportation system in metropolises since they can meet many demands and greatly improve travel efficiency. This study explores distributions hot spot destinations taxi, land surface temperature data, VIIRS nighttime light data Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan. further selects point interests (POIs) that are very close to taxi ridership patterns. ...