1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796927103321

Titolo

Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection : April 14 / / World Health Organization

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

92-4-069390-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Disciplina

616.3623

Soggetti

Hepatitis C - Diagnosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES; 2. BACKGROUND; 2.1 Epidemiology of hepatitis C; 2.1.1 Routes of transmission; 2.1.2 Coinfections; 2.2 Hepatitis C virus; 2.3 Natural history of HCV infection; 2.4 Prevention of HCV infection; 2.5 Screening for HCV infection; 2.6 Care of patients with HCV infection; 2.7 Treatment of patients with HCV infection; 2.8 Cost-effectiveness of treatment; 3. GUIDING PRINCIPLES; 3.1 Human rights; 3.2 Access to health care; 3.3 Service provision; 3.4 Integrated health care

4. METHODS5. RECOMMENDATIONS ON SCREENING; 5.1 Screening to identify persons with HCV infection; 5.2 When to confirm a diagnosis of chronic HCV infection; 6. RECOMMENDATIONS ON CARE OF PEOPLE INFECTED WITH HCV; 6.1 Screening for alcohol use and counselling to reduce moderate and high levels of alcohol intake; 6.2 Assessing the degree of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis; 7. RECOMMENDATIONS ON TREATMENT; 7.1 Assessment for HCV treatment; 7.2 Treatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin; 7.3 Treatment with telaprevir or boceprevir

7.4 Introduction to recommendations concerning sofosbuvir and simeprevir7.5 Treatment with sofosbuvir; 7.6 Treatment with simeprevir; 8. CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 8.1 Monitoring for toxicity; 8.2 Dose modification; 8.3 Monitoring for efficacy; 9. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPECIFIC POPULATIONS; 9.1 People who inject



drugs; 9.2 Persons with HIV and HCV coinfection; 9.3 Children and adolescents; 9.4 Persons with liver cirrhosis; 9.5 Persons with HBV and TB coinfection; 9.6 Persons with renal impairment; 10. OPERATIONAL AND IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES; 10.1 Service planning; 10.2 Service delivery

10.3 Future considerations10.4 Dissemination, monitoring and implementation of the Guidelines; 11. REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

These are the first WHO guidelines on the screening  care and treatment ofpersons with HCV infection. They are intended to complement existing guidanceon the primary prevention of HCV and other bloodborne viruses by improvingblood and injection safety  and health care for people who inject drugs (PWID)and other vulnerable groups  including those living with HIV (see section 2.4 forrelated WHO guidelines).These guidelines are primarily targeted at policy-makers in ministries of healthworking in low- and middle-income countries who formulate country-specifictreatment guidelines and who plan infe

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969003803321

Titolo

Green automation for sustainable environment / / edited by Sherin Zafar, Mohd Abdul Ahad, M. Afshar Alam, and Kashish Ara Shakil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL, : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021

ISBN

1-00-300079-7

1-000-19034-X

1-003-00079-7

1-000-19032-3

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 pages)

Collana

Green engineering and technology : concepts and applications

Altri autori (Persone)

ZafarSherin

AhadMohd Abdul

AlamM. Afshar

ShakilKashish Ara

Disciplina

628

620.00286

Soggetti

Sustainable engineering

Sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Green Computing in Wireless Sensor Networks through Energy-Efficient Techniques for Lifetime Improvement -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Taxonomy of Energy-Efficient Routing Protocols -- 1.2.1 Energy Conservation Techniques -- 1.3 Energy-Efficient Routing Protocols in WSN -- 1.4 Hierarchical Routing Protocols -- 1.4.1 Classical-Based Clustering Protocols -- 1.4.1.1 Centralized and Distributive Clustering -- 1.4.2 Meta-Heuristic-Based Clustering Protocols -- 1.5 Experimental Review of Leach Protocol -- 1.5.1 Simulation of LEACH -- 1.5.2 Simulation Results -- 1.5.3 Analysis of LEACH Protocol -- 1.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 2 Challenges and Opportunities with Green and Sustainable Computing in Healthcare -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Applications of Technology in the Healthcare Sector -- 2.3 Strategies to Enable Green and Sustainable Computing in the Healthcare sector -- 2.3.1 Green and Sustainable Computing in the Cloud -- 2.3.2 Green and Sustainable Computing in Big Data -- 2.3.3 Green and Sustainable Computing in IoT -- 2.3.4 Green and Sustainable Computing at Hardware and Software Levels -- 2.4 Roadmap for Healthcare Settings for Green Practices -- 2.5 Challenges -- 2.6 Case Studies -- 2.7 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Green Computing and Its Related Technologies -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Related Work -- 3.3 Green Computing Approaches -- 3.3.1 Power Management -- 3.3.2 Resource Management -- 3.3.3 Server Virtualization -- 3.3.4 The Design of the Data Center -- 3.3.5 Eco-Labeling of IT product -- 3.3.6 Liable Disposal and Recycling of e-Wastes -- 3.3.7 Green Cloud Computing -- 3.4 Green Approaches in Other Sectors -- 3.4.1 Green Healthcare -- 3.4.2 Green Agriculture.

3.4.3 Green Internet of Things -- 3.4.4 Green Marketing -- 3.4.5 Green Economy -- 3.4.6 Green Industry -- 3.4.7 Green Architecture -- 3.5 Challenges in Going Green -- 3.5.1 Life Style Problems and Issues -- 3.5.2 People Don't Dump E-Wastes Appropriately -- 3.5.3 Poor Accessibility of Eco-friendly Products -- 3.5.4 Lack of Awareness among the General Masses -- 3.5.5 Planting Trees Is a Challenge -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Wearable Computing and Its Applications: An Approach towards Sustainable Living -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 History and Evolution of Wearable Devices -- 4.3 Industrial Growth and Wearable Portfolio -- 4.4 Sustainable Living: Impact of Wearable Devices -- 4.4.1 Sustaining Quality of Life -- 4.4.2 Sustainable Living: A User Centric Approach -- 4.5 Security Concerns and Technological Challenges -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Role of IoT and Sensors in Achieving Sustainability -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Technologies Involved with IoT -- 5.2 Communication Protocols -- 5.2.1 Near-Field Communication -- 5.2.2 Z-Wave -- 5.2.3 LTE-Advanced -- 5.2.4 ZigBee -- 5.3 Shift towards Green IoT -- 5.3.1 Requirements and Challenges to Green IoT -- 5.4 IoT Applications -- 5.4.1 Smart Cities -- 5.4.2 Home Automation and Smart Security -- 5.4.3 Medical and Healthcare -- 5.4.4 Smart Agriculture -- 5.4.5 Water and Sanitation -- 5.4.6 Environment Protection -- 5.5 Case Study: Santander City -- 5.6 Future Advancements -- 5.6 Conclusions -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the concepts and role of green computing and its recent developments for making the environment sustainable. It focuses on green automation in disciplines such as computers, nanoscience, information technology, and biochemistry. This book is



characterized through descriptions of sustainability, green computing, their relevance to the environment, society, and its applications. Presents how to make the environment sustainable through engineering aspects and green computing Explores concepts and the role of green computing with recent developments Processes green automation linked with various disciplines such as nanoscience, information technology, and biochemistry Explains the concepts of green computing linked with sustainable environment through information technology This book will be of interest to researchers, libraries, students, and academicians that are interested in the concepts of green computing linked with green automation through information technology and their impacts on the future.