The technique Private Information Retrieval (PIR) perfectly protects a user’s access pattern to a database. An attacker cannot observe (or determine) which data element is requested by a user and so cannot deduce the interest of the user. We discuss the application of PIR on the World Wide Web and compare it to the MIX approach. We demonstrate particularly that in this context the method does n...

BACKGROUND Private-sector retail drug outlets are often the first point of contact for common health ailments, including tuberculosis (TB). Systematic reviews on public-private mix (PPM) interventions for TB did not perform in-depth reviews specifically on engaging retail drug outlets and related stakeholders in the pharmaceutical sector. Our objective was to better understand the extent to whi...

This study was carried out to evaluate the use of directly observed treatment short course by private medical practitioners in the management of tuberculosis (TB) as a step towards achieving public-private mix strategy in Enugu, Nigeria. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from all private practitioners practicing in Enugu North Local Government Area. Three hundred and fo...

Project portfolio management (PPM) is evolving swiftly and becoming the main tool of managing complex project environment. Many organisations are adopting this system in an effort to achieve a better strategic alignment, reduce organisational project complexity, increase the project success rate and improve utilisation of organisation’s resources. The paper aims to examine motivations for imple...

Nutrisi AB Mix mengandung unsur hara makro dan mikro yang penting untuk memenuhi kebutuhan nutrisi pada pertumbuhan tanaman. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui pengaruh pemberian (konsentrasi 1000 ppm 600 ppm) terhadap tanaman sawi pakcoy (Brassica rafa L) Selada hijau (Lactuva sativa secara hidroponik. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Aceh Hidroponik desa Medang Ara kecamatan Karang Baru k...

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact on the existing public private mix of the reforms undertaken in the French health care system in the past twenty years. As for financing, the system has slowly moved closer to the Beveridge model, with greater emphasis on general levy taxes in order to enhance universality and equity. For hospital funding, the reforms have fostered the developme...

INTRODUCTION In recent years, medical tourism market has been raised as one of the income-earning and competitive industries in the world and is considered as a modern field of advanced tourism. Therefore, a great number of countries are seeking to develop this type of tourism and one of the strategies for developing this industry is using the marketing mix elements. METHODS This study was a ...

The belief that patients seen in hospital outpatient departments are sicker than those patients seen by private practice physicians is examined in this article. A large scale data set developed by Robert Mendenhall at the University of Southern California and modeled on the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) is used for secondary analysis. Differences in case-mix complexity were fo...

was: 'I don't understand all the objections – I mean [Netcare] Park Lane Clinic [in Parktown, Johannesburg] has more gynaes than Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces put together! It will be difficult to force them to move – but should we allow more gynaes to move into that small space called Park Lane? I don't think so!' Motsoso promised: 'I'm going to translate the primary law through secondary r...