Abstract Background In response to increases in methamphatemine-associated sexually transmitted diseases, the San Francisco Department of Public Health implemented a contingency management (CM) field program called the Positive Reinforcement Opportunity Project (PROP).Methods Methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men (MSM) in San Francisco qu
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to devastate health systems worldwide, there is particular concern over the health and safety of one high-risk group, pregnant women, due to their altered immune systems.Since health workers regularly rely on symptoms to inform clinical treatment, it became critical to maintain a ranked list of C
Study region: The study region is Germany and two sub-regions in Germany, i.e.the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the city of Reutlingen.Study focus: Opportunistic rainfall sensors, namely personal weather stations and commercial microwave links, together with rain gauge data from the German Weather Service, were used in different combinations to
In this thesis, we present fault-tolerant routing policies based on concepts of adaptability and deadlock freedom, capable of serving interconnection networks affected by a large number of dynamic link failures.The strongest point of this thesis is that it provides a simple but complete solution to the problem of dynamic fault tolerance in intercon