Traditional Chinese folk graphics has been the rich cultural heritage of the nation, which provided a wealth of design elements for the modern graphic design. Modern graphic design blends with traditional Chinese folk patterns to give them new characteristics of the times, not only represents the traditional culture and innovation, but also indicates that China's graphic design is entering a ne...

bstract: There is a need for pragmatic and rigorous research designs to evaluate the effectiveness of population-based health interventions. The randomized controlled trial (RCT) has limitations in its practicality, ethical appropriateness, and cost when evaluating populationbased interventions. Like RCTs, the multiple baseline design can demonstrate that a change in behavior has occurred, the ...

Application of a Tactile Way-Finding Device to Facilitate Navigation in Persons With Dementia Lawrence E. M. Grierson PhD a b , John Zelek PhDPEng c , Isabel Lam d , Sandra E. Black MDFRCP(C) d & Heather Carnahan PhD e a Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada b Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada c Department of Systems Design Engine...

The text has not been edited to official publication standards; hence UNICEF accepts no responsibility for errors. The designations in this publication do not imply an opinion on legal status of any country or territory, or of its authorities, or the delimitation of frontiers. 1 Acknowledgements We would like to thank the peer reviewers of this document, whose inputs have been invaluable in str...

Impulse radio ultra wideband (IR-UWB) communication is becoming an important technology for future Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs). One of the critical challenges in IR-UWB system design is the inter-pulse interference (IPI). A Transmit-reference (TR) receiver is proposed to completely remove the IPI especially at low input frame energy-tonoise-ratio (Ef/No) values. This receiver is bas...

1 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, 2 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 3 McMaster Health Forum, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 4 Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway, and He...

Robert Schierwagen, Frank Erhard Uschner, Fernando Magdaleno, Sabine Klein, and Jonel Trebicka Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Germany; Department of Medical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure, Barcelona, Spain; and Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

The text has not been edited to official publication standards; hence UNICEF accepts no responsibility for errors. The designations in this publication do not imply an opinion on legal status of any country or territory, or of its authorities, or the delimitation of frontiers. 1 Acknowledgements We would like to thank the peer reviewers of this document, whose inputs have been invaluable in str...

Gang Luo1, PhD; Bryan L Stone2, MD, MS; Farrant Sakaguchi3, MD, MS; Xiaoming Sheng4, PhD; Maureen A Murtaugh5, PhD, RDN 1Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Suite 140, 421 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA 2Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, 100 N Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA 3Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Universit...