background to get more precise responses when gathering information about sensitive topics such as drug use, it is important to use the most optimal method. objectives this study was carried out to address the impact of three interview methods (street-based, household, and telephone interviews) on response pattern to sensitive and non-sensitive questions in terms of participation, disclosure an...

BACKGROUND Playground equipment resulted in >200 000 injuries from 1990 to 1994, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission; 88% were attributable to climbers (monkeybars/jungle gyms [MB/JGs]), swings, and slides. Equipment-specific injury requiring emergency department (ED) evaluation has not been reported previously. OBJECTIVE To describe the spectrum of significant MB/JG-related i...

In this paper, we present a system that allows emergency telephone calls to be made when a patient activates the alarm by pressing a button on the wireless ambulatory monitor. The system involves a triaxial accelerometer in-built to an RF (Radio Frequency) transmitter, RF receiver, telephone dialer module and a Personal Computer (PC) where data is stored for analysis. Introduction The telephone...

Researchers have the potential to be exposed a wide variety of hazards inherent equipment they use and maintain. When does not function as expected, researchers sometimes reach out their vendors for assistance. Early diagnostic or troubleshooting interactions between researcher vendor are often conducted over telephone can lead performing work outside area expertise exposure unknown hazards. Th...