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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"treatment costs"”.
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Burden of illness of bulimia nervosa in the United States : an evaluation of the prevalence, incidence, and treatment costs of bulimia nervosa
Ziel dieser Dissertation ist es - basierend auf dem Prävalenzansatz - die medizinischen Kosten der Bulimie in den USA zu schätzen und in einen globalen Kontext zu stellen. Zu diesem Zweck wurde eine eingehende Literaturrecherche bezüglich der globalen epidemiologischen Evidenz zur Bulimie …
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Verfahrenskombination von Nanofiltration und Adsorption an Pulverkohle zur kontinuierlichen Abwasserreinigung
… high content of poorly biodegradable organics. A treatment process has to provide both a low cost sink for the organic contaminants and a near-complete removal of critical components. Single step processes can achive only one of these goals. Powdered adsorbents have to be used in high (i.e. …
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Cancer treatment pathways: AML a detailed costing study example
… acute diseases among the types of leukaemia. The treatment costs for AML/APML are considerably high as it involves the use of expensive treatments (such as stem cell transplantation). Over the past 20 years, the topic has attracted the interest of an increasing number of economic evaluation …
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Effect of Coagulation Pretreatment on Membrane Filtration Performance
… goals with important implications for the water treatment industry. First, an understanding of the conditions under which coagulation can improve membrane performance has been developed. Improved understanding of this relationship allows microfiltration and ultrafiltration to be applied to a …
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Estimating the treatment cost of colon cancer at Groote Schuur Hospital
… public health measures are needed to improve treatment outcomes. Costing studies can be leveraged to understand the treatment cost burden for colon cancer, providing crucial insights for allocating resources to finance such measures. This study aims to assess treatment options and costs for …
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Long-term Comparative Effectiveness of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Strategies
… the most expensive specialty drugs. Although the treatment costs of RA have recently increased with the introduction of biologics, most of the economic and societal impacts are due to consequences of RA rather than direct treatment costs. Thus, the cost-effectiveness of biologics in RA is of high …
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Market Policies for Control of Multiple Pollutants: Management Issues and Methods of Analysis
… environmental impacts and by the joint treatment costs of the pollutants. Under such systems, pollutants may be managed as several individual commodities, or grouped together and managed as a weighted sum of the various pollutants. This thesis presents approaches for (1) evaluating the …
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Comparison of chemical and manual methods of precommerical thinning oak stump-sprouts
… and compare residual crop-stem growth and treatment costs between treatments and application methods. 2,4-D and triclopyr were applied to competing stump-sprouts using stem injection and low volume basal spray techniques. Kerosene, the carrier for the ester formulations, was also tested for …
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Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation in soils: use of alternative raw materials and analysis of environmental implications
… increases both the environmental impact and treatment costs of MICP.<br/><br/>This thesis considered, on the basis of a circular economy, use of available ‘waste’ products as alternatives to the chemical-based treatment used for MICP to increase sustainability and potentially reduce treatment …
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Development of an advanced deep learning and neural network method for automatic early detection of mastitis in dairy cattle : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… quality, and animal welfare, while increasing treatment costs. Early detection, especially in the subclinical stage, is crucial for controlling the disease and maintaining milk production. This study explores advanced methods for early mastitis detection using data from a robotic milking …
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PATIENT LENGTH OF STAY: PREDICTIVE VARIABILITY AMONG FORENSIC AND CIVIL PSYCHIATRIC UNITS AND POPULATIONS
… most popular but least understood measures of treatment efficiency and total cost of care. The initiative to decrease LOS in an effort to reduce total treatment costs will ultimately be more costly, unless LOS predictors are appropriately applied and revised based on individual patient needs to …
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Cost effectiveness of community-based (DOT) and self-supervised treatment of tuberculosis in Maracha Arua, Uganda
… the less expensive strategy of directly observed treatment (DOT). The cost-effectiveness of DOT however varies with its method of supervision. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of community-based and self-supervision strategies of DOT in Maracha, Arua District, Uganda. Patients', …
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The Non-Medical Expenses Associated with Childhood Cancer
<p>The purpose of this study is to: 1) describe the types of non-reimbursable, nonmedical, direct expenses incurred by North Central families of children with cancer, and 2) determine the amount of money families spend for these expenses.<br> A descriptive-correlation design was used in a survey of …
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Bacteriophage based diagnostics for on-farm bovine mastitis testing
… up to 32 billion USD through reduced milk yield, treatment costs, and premature culling. Current diagnostic tools – such as somatic cell counts, microbial culture, and PCR – are hindered by slow turnaround times, high costs, and technical demands, leading many producers to default to broad …
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The effect of copper on the eutectoid transformation in ductile iron
… to excessive scrap as well as additional heat treatment costs, especially when ferritic or fully pearlitic microstructures are required. This work focuses on the effect of one element, copper, that occurs as a trace element or is often deliberately added when pearlitic microstructures are …
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Patient compliance to exercise prescription at the Victoria University osteopathic medicine clinic
… setting. As exercise has shown to augment treatment efficacy and speed of recovery, it is important that osteopaths are informed of the current likely adherence rate to PRA and all factors that may cause non-compliance to their exercise prescription. The overall compliance rate to PRA at …
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The adoption of the Taguchi Design of Experiments theory for the optimisation of a cosmetic manufacturers effluent treatment plant.
… with a chemical precipitation effluent treatment plant based at the cosmetic manufacturer L'Oreal, South Wales. The main aims of the research are to identify methods to achieve greater automatic control of the process and to eliminate consent breaches. In addition recommendations are …
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Computational Intelligence Techniques for Control and Optimization of Wastewater Treatment Plants
… and control strategies for wastewater treatment plants in order to improve energy efficiency, while guaranteeing process stability and maintenance of high cleaning capacity, has become a priority for WWTP operators due to increasing treatment costs. To achieve these ambitious and even …
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Techno-economic assessment of jet fuel naphthalene removal to reduce non-volatile particulate matter emissions
… of jet fuel naphthalene removal (via hydro-treatment or extractive distillation). We develop a stochastic discounted cash flow model based on the retrofit of existing US refineries with naphthalene removal systems, and compute costs from both societal and market perspectives. We find that …
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In-situ Ammonia Removal Of Leachate From Bioreactor Landfills
… outside of the landfill. However, additional costs are associated with ex-situ treatment of ammonia, as separate treatment units on site must be maintained or the leachate must be pumped to a publicly owned wastewater treatment facility. Therefore, the development of an in-situ nitrogen …
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