OBJECTIVE To explore how hand hygiene observer scheduling influences the number of events and unique individuals observed. DESIGN We deployed a mobile sensor network to capture detailed movement data for 6 categories of healthcare workers over a 2-week period. SETTING   University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic medical intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS We recorded 33,721 time-stamped health...

The ultimate purpose of this work is to reconstruct photogrammetrically a distinguished building in the centre of Athens, which has been torn down years ago. Five old photographs were available taken apparently with the same camera, the nominal calibration parameters of which could be somehow ‘guessed’. As a first step, it was decided to employ our own bundle-adjustment software, which works wi...

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the major barriers to application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) technologies in sustainability of livestock by ranchers of Meshkinshahr. A sample of 120 farmers was selected by using proportional random sampling method. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire. Validity of questionnaire was determined through Agricultural Jihad ex...

‘Survival of the fittest’ is the reality in modern global competition. Organizations around the globe are adopting or willing to embrace just-in-time (JIT) production to reinforce the competitiveness. Even though JIT is the most powerful inventory management methodologies it is not free from barriers. Barriers derail the implementation of JIT production system. One of the most significant tasks...

current interests towards lowering fat content in food products and producing healthier and safer foods, have convinced ice cream manufacturers to substitute milk fat in ice cream with either carbohydrate or protein based fat replacers. in the present work, reduced-fat ice cream (5% fat) was produced using milk protein concentrate (65%) and inulin as fat replacers (0, 2 and 4%) as well as two t...

rapid thermal processing (rtp) has become a key technology for semiconductor device manufacturing in a variety of applications, such as thermal oxidation, annealing, and thin-film growth. hence, understanding the radiative properties of silicon and other relevant materials is essential for the analysis of the thermal transport processes. we have analyzed and calculated the spectral, directional...

one of the most significant issues in pharmaceutical industries, prior to commercializationof a pharmaceutical preparation is the “preformulation” stage. however, far too attention hasbeen paid to verification of the software assisted statistical designs in preformulation studies.the main aim of this study was to report a step by step preformulation approach for a semisolidpreparation based on ...

objective anti-rh d igg is used for the prevention of anti-d antibody production in rh- individuals who have been exposed to rh+ red blood cells. the stability of igg preparations as a solution is low, with a shelf life of a year or more. formulation of anti-rh d igg as a lyophilized preparation would decrease its degradation rate and increases its shelf life. the objective of this study was to...