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Background/Aims: Clinical engineers operate and manage the radiofrequency ablation (RFA) generator during RFA for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in our hospital. Clinical engineers also carry out data management of patient information. Initially, patient information including the patient status, treatment site, and nodule diameter at the time of treatment has been recording in database by Microsoft Office Excel. However, increased RFA sessions including recurrent HCC patients have a risen complicated problem.

Zimbabwe’s public health industry continues to be plagued with diminishing national budget allocations, the brain drain of medical professionals and a growing population that depends on this sector that is so under-resourced. This means the industry has to do more with fewer resources which is very arduous and Zimbabwe’s Healthcare system is currently in a crisis.

This study was aimed to investigate use of Taguchi method in animal researches which is as an alternative to factorial experiments. Modeling real-world phenomena often requires more than one factor to explain changes on response variables. Factorial designs are very powerful statistical tools because they allow a researcher to simultaneously test the effects of multiple factor-level combinations on response. But sometimes factor numbers and their levels used in the factorial experiments as difficult and expensive.

HIV/AIDS is a serious public health and alarming burden disease in Bangladesh. The aim of the present study was to identify HIV related knowledge, attitude and practice of rickshaw pullers are utmost needed to know and preventive measures of HIV/AIDS. This descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of rickshaw pullers on HIV/AIDS in Chittagong city. Regarding knowledge on HIV/AIDS 97% of the respondents were heard regarding HIV/AIDS.

Objective: Remembrance capacity in children and adolescents ages 5–19 with autism (n = 50) and typically developing controls (n = 36) was assessed using a clinical assessment battery, the Test of Memory and Learning (TOMAL).
Method: Participant groups were statistically comparable in age, nonverbal IQ, handedness, and head circumference, and were administered the TOMAL.

Background: Akshay Patra served mid day meal is implemented in both urban and rural Vadodara since November, 2009 to improve the acceptability of the programme as well as its health and nutritional impact. 
Aim: To conduct a situational analysis of MDM served through Akshay Patra and its impact on the nutritional status of children in rural area of Vadodara district. 

Culture is described as a critical element of healthcare safety and quality. This study aims to assess a patient safety culture in GS hospitals.A cross-sectional, descriptive design was utilized. A total number of 376 clinical and non-clinical hospitals’ staff participated in the current study. Data were collected using an Arabic version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). The study data was evaluated using the SPSS for Windows 20.0. Dimensional- and item-level positive scores were used for results reporting.

On 8th August 2009, the extreme rainfall of typhoon Morakot dumped record breaking rain in southern Taiwan.  The typhoon significantly changed landscape patterns in Linbian Township, Pingtung County, in the southern part of Taiwan. Land use/land cover changes and the direct and indirect effects of these changes have drawn much public attention. This study aims at detecting typhoon Morakot induced land use changes and the dynamic landscape structure changes between 2006 and 2012. Three images from Formosat-2 satellite with resolution of 8 m were used for land use change detection.

Central Highland is one of the driest regions in Vietnam. Extended dry spells linked to El Nino phenomenon have raised serious concerns and often affects the local economy and livelihood of local residents. The main objective of this study is to assess causes of this worsening drought problem and to suggest possible solutions for alleviating this problem. In recent years, the exploitation of excess water sources for growing high cash crops such as coffee has caused a serious imbalance between surface water and groundwater.

Ghana’s electricity producing trio; VRA, GRIDCO and ECG, in recent times have been plagued by certain operational, financial and logistical difficulties leading to a significant reduction its electricity generation capacity and hence, has had to endure irregular power supply for some time now.