periodic vehicle routing problem focuses on establishing a plan of visits to clients over a given time horizon so as to satisfy some service level while optimizing the routes used in each time period. This paper presents a new effective heuristic algorithm based on data mining tools for periodic vehicle routing problem (PVRP). The related results of proposed algorithm are compared with the resu...

The American Society of Health- System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that specially trained pharmacy technicians can assume important supportive roles in pharmacy informatics. These roles include automation and technology systems management, management of projects, training and education, policy and governance, customer service, charge integrity, and reporting. Such roles require pharmacy technic...

Introduction The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has a Veterinary and Capture Services Department at its headquarters in Nairobi, and four satellite clinics strategically located in key conservation areas to ensure quick response and effective monitoring of diseases in wildlife. The department was established in 1990 and has grown from a rudimentary unit to a fully fledged department that is regul...

Introduction Prehospital trauma systems have been shown to significantly reduce mortality in resource limited areas[1]. Nepal has an annual per-capita health expenditure of $30[2]. In 2012, the first professionally trained, non profit Nepali Ambulance Service (NAS) began operations with five ambulances. It is a non-profit initiative in Kathmandu valley aiming to deliver rapid ambulance transpor...

Interaction between emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and doctors is essential in emergency medical care. Doctors require diverse information related to a patient to provide efficient aid. In 2005, we started the Ikoma119 project and have developed a ubiquitous communication platform for emergency medical care called Mobile ER. Our platform, which is based on wireless internet technology, ha...

The number o f patients in the Witwatersrand-Vaal area, requiring maxillofacial prosthodontic treatment has in­ creased rapidly in the past few years. In order to deter­ mine the future manpower needs a questionnaire was sent to 306 medical and dental specialists, and speech ther­ apists who practised in the Witwatersrand-Vaal area. The results o f this study showed that the projected increase ...

Vehicle safety related applications which are drawing increasing attention in public have attracted extensive research both in academic and industry areas. However, it is assumed that one service is offered by one provider, thus forcing vehicle drivers to subscribe to several service providers within limited computation capabilities. In this paper, we present a fine-grained privacy preserving p...

323. Knowledge, attitudes, and infection prevention practices regarding multidrug-resistant organisms among Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers Stephen Liang, MD; Paige Vantassell, BS; Brian Froelke, MD; Remle Crowe, BS, NREMT; Melissa Bentley, MS, NRP; Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington Univ...

Car sharing services promise “green” transportation systems. Two vehicle technologies offer marketable, sustainable sharing: autonomous vehicles (AVs) eliminate customer requirements for car pick-up and return, and battery electric vehicles entail zero emissions. Designing an autonomous electric vehicle (AEV) fleet must account for the relationships among fleet operations, charging station (CS)...