BACKGROUND Screening for alcohol use disorders identifies a wide range of needs, varying from hazardous and harmful drinking to alcohol dependence. Stepped care offers a potentially resource-efficient way of meeting these needs, but requires evaluation in a randomised controlled trial. AIMS To evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and a step...

1 Discussion Verification and Validation of a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Model for Air Entrainment at Spillway Aerators By M. Cihan AYDIN and Mualla OZTURK, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 2009, 36, 826-838. Discussers: Hubert Chanson, Professor, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia, E-Mail: [email protected] Pierre Lubin, Unive...

We describe a method to make even insulation layers for high-pressure laser-heated diamond-anvil cell samples using stepped anvils. The method works for both single-sided and double-sided laser heating using solid or fluid insulation. The stepped anvils are used as matched pairs or paired with a flat culet anvil to make gasket insulation layers and not actually used at high pressures; thus, the...

A bandpass filter is designed using two end-connected quarter-wavelength stepped impedance resonators. The quarter-wavelength stepped impedance resonators are implemented by a half-wavelength stepped impedance resonator with its middle shorting to ground. Hence, the modes that the λ/4 stepped impedance resonator supports are the (1+2n)/4 which also occur on the branches of a combline. An enhanc...

Stepped-care approaches may offer a solution to delivering accessible, effective and efficient services for individuals with depression. In stepped care, all patients commence with a low-intensity, low-cost treatment. Treatment results are monitored systematically, and patients move to a higher-intensity treatment only if necessary. We deliver a stepped-care model targeting patients with depres...

BACKGROUND Since 2004, 'stepped-care models' have been adopted in several international evidence-based clinical guidelines to guide clinicians in the organisation of depression care. To enhance the adoption of this new treatment approach, a Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) was initiated in the Netherlands. METHODS Alongside the QIC, an intervention study using a controlled before-and-a...

In arid regions, the construction of hydraulic structures is relevant due to shortage water resources. Using example Pskov hydroelectric power station, results calculation end structure energy spillway, made in form a well unique design, are presented. A culvert wall, with an initial expanding part and sloping spillway forming oblique forms well. The depths speeds each parameters jump calculate...