Power companies such as Southern California Edison (SCE) uses Demand Response (DR) contracts to incentivize consumers to reduce their power consumption during periods when demand forecast exceeds supply. Current mechanisms in use offer contracts to consumers independent of one another, do not take into consideration consumers’ heterogeneity in consumption profile or reliability, and fail to ach...

background granisetron is a first-generation 5-ht3-receptor antagonist that has shown efficacy in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv). in this randomized double-blind parallel-group clinical trial, we assessed the efficacy of generic granisetron versus kytril®, in the prevention of ponv in patients undergoing general anesthesia for gynaecological surgeries. method one hundred an...

introduction: it has been experienced that performance improvement and promotion of human resources as the most valuable assets of an organization has the most vital role in its success. the aim of this study was measuring impression of achieve (ability and skill, clarity, help, incentive, evaluation, validity, environment) model on functional promotion of staff. methods: it was a descriptive s...

introduction: drug utilization evaluation (due) studies are designed to assess drug usage appropriateness. dues have traditionally focused on drugs with high price tags, complicated dosage schedules, narrow therapeutic indices and regular side effects. the primary goal of the present study is to evaluate imipenem usage in bone marrow transplantation (bmt) wards. methods: the study was a prospec...

Background Granisetron is a first-generation 5-HT3-receptor antagonist that has shown efficacy in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). In this randomized double-blind parallel-group clinical trial, we assessed the efficacy of generic granisetron versus Kytril®, in the prevention of PONV in patients undergoing general anesthesia for gynaecological surgeries. Method One hundred an...

This is an admirable little monograph from an admirable series of little volumes. Not merely the layman, but also the medical man and the research worker will be interested in Dr Singers well written, carefully compiled and useful little book. Commencing with ancient days he reviews in turn Aristotle s viewswho regarded the heart as the seat of intelligence and the source of bodily heat; the vi...

Author Disclosure Drs Hellström-Westas, Rosén, and de Vries have been involved in development or testing of the instruments (BrainZ [BrainZ Instruments Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand], Olympic 6000 [Olympic Medical, Seattle, Washington], and Nervus Monitor [Viasys, Nicolet Biomedical, Madison, Wisconsin]) from which records are shown in this article. None has an economic interest in the production ...