Background and Objectives: Hand hygiene (HH) is crucial for preventing of infectious complications in health care settings. Informing healthcare workers on the recommended hand washing method can promote this practice in the clinical staff. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of training the WHO-recommended five-moment hand washing method in promoting hand hygiene in a health care setting. ...

Recent theoretical literature has debated the desirability of permitting debtors to contract with lenders over control rights in bankruptcy. Proponents point to the monitoring benefits brought from concentrating control rights in the hands of a single lender. Detractors point to the costs imposed on other creditors by a senior claimant’s inadequate incentives to maximise net recoveries. The UK ...

Interaction between synoptic eddy and lowfrequency flow (SELF) has been the subject of many studies. In this study, we further examine the interaction by introducing a transformed eddy-potential-vorticity (TEPV) flux that is obtained from eddy-potential-vorticity flux through a quasi-geostrophic potential-vorticity inversion. The main advantage of using the TEPV flux is that it combines the eff...

One of the stages of medical training is the residency programme. Hosting institutions often claim compensation for the training provided. How much should this compensation be? According to our results, given the benefits arising from having residents among the house staff, no transfer (either tuition fee or subsidy) should be set to compensate the hosting institution for providing medical trai...

We present DCOOL-NET, a scalable distributed in-network algorithm for sensor network localization based on noisy range measurements. DCOOL-NET operates by parallel, collaborative message passing between single-hop neighbor sensors, and involves simple computations at each node. It stems from an application of the majorization-minimization (MM) framework to the nonconvex optimization problem at ...

Pitch detection based on neural-net classifiers is investigated. T o this end, the extent of generalization attainable with neural nets is first examined, and i t is shown t h a t a suitable choice of features is required t o utilize this property. Specifically, invaria n t features should be used whenever possible. For pitch detection, two feature sets, one based on waveform samples and the ot...

This paper gives an overview of theories on interregional migration. Conventional theories within economics and geography are discussed, and some new ideas are introduced. For example, the value of physical capital in a welfare society is now so large that it will slow down net migration. Finally, contemporary progress in research is discussed. New methods will make it possible to understand ma...

Forest wetlands are biodiversity hotspots that perform functions of vital ecological importance, but they among the world's most threatened ecosystems. Due to their high diversity habitats and species, study benthic macroinvertebrate communities is challenging, there no consensus on which sampling methods allow a better representation these communities. Here we compared performance 3 (hand net,...

Historically, molecular imaging of somatostatin receptor (SSTR) expression in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NET) was performed using SSTR scintigraphy (SRS). Sustained advances medical have led to its gradual replacement positron-emission tomography (SSTR-PET). The higher sensitivity comparison SRS on the one hand and conventional cross-sectional imaging, other hand, enables more accurat...