Anaemia has remained a widespread public health problem in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Prevalence figures vary from a low of 17% to a high of over 70% among preschool children; from 14% to 42% among adolescents and from 11% to over 40% among women of childbearing age. Although the prevalence of anaemia has often been used as a proxy indicator for iron deficiency anaemia, this...

The potential effects of proposed lead-zinc mining in an ecologically sensitive area were assessed by studying a nearby mining district that has been exploited for about 30 y under contemporary environmental regulations and with modern technology. Blood and liver samples representing fish of three species (largescale stoneroller, Campostoma oligolepis, n=91; longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis, ...

Prof. Dr. Katharina Morik Informatik LS8 Das Internet, Fabriken, (private) Mediensammlungen, Geschäftsvorgänge hinterlassen eine Fülle von Daten. Aus diesen Daten etwas zu extrahieren, was nützlich ist für den Benutzer, für den Fertigungsprozess, für Dienstprogramme, für die Entscheidungsfindung, ist die Aufgabe von Maschinellem Lernen und Data Mining. Inzwischen sind diese Teilgebiete der Küns...

During the last few years, most production-based businesses have been under enormous pressure to improve their top-line growth and bottom-line savings. As a result, many companies are turning to systems and technologies that can help optimise their supply chain activities. In this paper, we discuss a real-world application of scheduling in the mining industry. This is a highly constrained probl...

A study of the incidence of iron deficiency and its risk factors was carried out in 90 hospitalized or outpatient children and infants, 4 to 48 months old. Iron deficiency (serum iron concentration less than 10 mumol/l) was found in 70% of them and microcytosis (mean corpuscular volume less than 70 fl) in 10%. A good correlation was observed between hemoglobin concentration or mean corpuscular ...