About 400 million school-age children are infected with roundworm, whipworm and hookworm worldwide. This study aims to assess prevalence of parasitic infections among rural primary school pupils at Minia Governorate, Egypt, and to identify relevant predisposing factors of the school and pupils to intestinal parasitic infections. A total of 264 pupils out of 1,053, aged 6-12 years, were randomly...

A modified sanitary napkin was compared with endocervical swab and urine specimens for the detection of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Endocervical swabs and/or first-catch urine were collected from 510 women at medical or community settings in Quebec City. Participants were also asked to wear a modified sanitary napkin (Ezy-Detek) during 4 consecutive hours and to bring it back to...

Sanitary surveillance is an intersectorial and multidisciplinary practice of health regulation. The aim was to describe the scientific research on sanitary surveillance and its research groups in Brazil during the period of 1997 to 2003, through the Census of 2000, 2002 and 2004 of Directory of Research Groups of the Scientific and Technological Development National Council (CNPq). The term "sa...

Whether all members of the coliform group of bacteria should be accorded equal sanitary significance has been debated for at least a generation. English and German authorities are disposed to assign special significance to the presence of Escherichia coli, whereas it is the American practice, particularly as applied to water analyses, to consider all coliform bacteria of equal sanitary signific...

In this article, a mobile, internet-based service tool for the support of technical customer service processes is described. The tool uses a fuzzy component structuring repair information formatted for multimedia use and makes this information available to customer service technicians through the process-oriented use of mobile end devices. Through the use of mobile technologies in connection wi...

The Association began life in 1896 when a small group of women, employed as sanitary inspectors in London public health departments, decided to meet informally to discuss common problems and issues of current interest. This small discussion group, then known as "The Women Sanitary Inspectors' Association", has gone on during the course of the twentieth century to extend its membership widely in...

Waste management is a distinct practice aimed at reducing its effects on health and the environment and increasing energy and material recovery. The urban waste management industry has been slow to adopt new technologies, such as sanitary landfills and incineration, which enable better treatment results. The aim of a thorough ecological-economic evaluation of different treatment technologies is...

The 8th International Symposium on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (SIDISA 08) was held in Florence, Italy, on June 24–28, 2008 and hosted a special session on the applications of modelling and automation to water and wastewater treatment processes. The session, under the auspices of IWA, ISWA Italy, GE Water & Process Technologies and many other local institutions, was attended by over ...

OBJECTIVES To examine patterns of disease and injury in people living on boats in Hue City, Vietnam, and their relations to socioeconomic conditions, sanitary practices, disease prevention proficiency, and people's preference to continued living on boats. METHODS The subjects were 3737 people aged 5 years and over living on boats in Hue City, Vietnam. Diseases and injuries were diagnosed acco...