The distribution of people in buildings, the occupancy of lecture-, workand study places and the accessibility of facilities are essential information at university campuses who have to cope with limited and even shrinking budgets and huge, rising real estate costs. Only little insight is gained in both occupancy and movement patterns with traditional counting techniques and user-based question...

informational resources has emerged as an important requirement for scientific simulations using high-performance computing facilities. Both the input data and the output generated have reached levels exceeding the data management capabilities and the storage capacities of the researcher's workstation or other local facilities. We here describe FTM, a system deployed at the University of Stuttg...

Dermatology is a medical-surgical specialty in which most of the day-to-day work is performed in outpatient clinics. However, the few studies that have recorded the activity of dermatology outpatient clinics only analyzed short periods. Knowing which diseases consume the most resources facilitates decision making and the order in which decisions should be taken to improve outcomes in terms of h...

RATIONALE A 33-year-old male presented with complete weakness of the right extremities due to corona radiata infarct. PATIENT CONCERNS The main concerns of the patient is recovery of hand function especially related to finger extension. DIAGNOSES Right corona radiata infarct. INTERVENTIONS He underwent physical therapy and occupational therapy at the outpatient clinic of the rehabilitatio...

BACKGROUND The writing of prescriptions is an important aspect of medical practice. This activity presents some specific problems given a danger of misinterpretation and dispensing errors in community pharmacies. The objective of this study was to determine the evolution of the prescription practice and writing quality in the outpatient clinics of our paediatric university hospital. METHODS C...

BACKGROUND Coping is defined as the behavioral and cognitive efforts used in an attempt to deal with stressful events. The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between coping with diabetes and the following outcome variables in type 1 and insulin treated type 2 diabetes mellitus: glycemic control, microangiopathic complications, adherence to self monitoring of blood glucose, ...

introduction: telemedicine is defined as the ability to provide interactive health care by modern technologies and telecommunications which require related infrastructure and technologies. the aim of this study was to assess infrastructures of telemedicine at health centers, hospitals and clinics affiliated to shiraz university of medical sciences. method: this is a cross-sectional study conduc...