BACKGROUND After renovation of the adult intensive care unit (ICU) with installation of ten single rooms, an enhanced infection control program was conducted to control the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in our hospital. METHODS Since the ICU renovation, all patients colonized or infected with MRSA were nursed in single rooms with contact precautions. The inciden...

Many building-related health problems coincide with moisture damage and mold growth within a building. Their elimination is assumed to improve indoor air quality. The aim of this study was to follow the success of remediation in two individual buildings by analyzing the microbial flora and immunotoxicological activity of filter samples. We compare results from samples collected from indoor air ...

The main aim of this paper is to present the characteristics of business renovation efforts and research into some aspects of the business process and information modelling. Different business-rule categories are discussed and the relationships that exist between business rules and other business-related concepts are presented. The paper also introduces a business activity meta-model as an inte...

3.1 LAND TENURE SECURITY AND LEGALIZATION............................................................... 8 3.1.1 Land Tenure Security and Legalization: Lessons Learned...........................13 3.2 IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE DELIVERY.............................................. 15 3.2.1 Infrastructure and Building Standards ............................................................

Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems can achieve high yields through percentages of building envelope surface coverage associated with material savings by substituting conventional components and avoiding land-use change to install open-land PV installations. This article discusses the life cycle assessment (LCA) costing (LCC) BIPV in timber-hybrid extensions renovation three exempla...

in this research, the effects of combine renovation as a mechanic harvest evaluation index of wheat were studied. results show that this renovation has decreased wheat losses by 1368 thousand tons which worth 2462400 million rials. two scenarios were investigated. first, under real condition with earmark of government subsidies for purchasing machines, was studied at both guaranteed and world p...

Abstract The conventional renovation practices, which are mainly characterized by time-consuming manual on-site techniques, partly contribute to the low rate. Accordingly, a faster and more efficient approach is necessary. implementation of prefabricated systems could offer possible solution. These increasingly being studied, but little known about their environmental impact. Hence, this study ...

This thesis examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of land supply restriction on housing price and housing production. The analysis is conducted in the context of a closed city, where any increase in population must be accommodated within the market. The theoretical part of the analysis extends the urban spatial theory by including natural and contrived land supply restrictio...

The Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) is one of the first ISO spatial domain standards, and has been proven one of the best candidates for unambiguously representing 3D Rights, Restrictions and Responsibilities. Consequently, multiple LADM-based country profile implementations have been developed since the approval of LADM as an ISO standard; however, there is still a gap for technical im...