The developed model represents a comprehensive tool, which opens a wide field of possible simulation scenarios for the treatment of heart failure patients with special focus on overall cost estimations and reimbursement strategies. The simulated scenarios show that telemedical care has the...

Costs related to the management of acute HAE attacks with C1 inhibitor deficiency may be substantially reduced through interventions targeting home treatment by training patients to self-administer icatibant. </AbstractSection> Copyright Blasco et al; licensee Springer. 2013

Routine rotavirus vaccination in Germany would reduce the number of hospitalised and outpatient cases. The associated investment could be fully offset by costs avoided in hospital stays, physician visits and SHI reimbursement of productivity losses. Sensitivity analysis indicated that...

Pre-combustion-carbon-capture is one of the three main routes for the mitigation of CO2-emissions by fossil fueled power plants. Based on the data of a detailed technical evaluation of CO2-capture by porous ceramic membranes (CM) and ceramic membrane reactors (WGSMR) in an...

For large volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2) onshore and offshore transportation, pipeline is considered the preferred method. This paper presents a study of the pipeline network planned in the Humber region of the UK. Steady state process simulation models of the CO2 transport pipeline network...

Amartya Sen's multidimensional capability approach focuses on the importance of freedoms to be or do things people have reason to value. It is an alternative to standard utilitarian welfarism, the theoretical approach to quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and cost-utility analyses. Despite the...

This paper presents the performance prediction of a solar/gas driving double effect LiBr–H2O absorption system. In order to use auxiliary energy more effectively and be less dependent on solar irradiation, a new kind of solar/gas driving double effect LiBr–H2O absorption system is designed....

In this paper, the hourly measured wind speed data for years 2007–2010 at 10 m, 30 m and 40 m height for Binalood region in Iran have been statically analyzed to determine the potential of wind power generation. The study showed that the long-term wind speeds were found to be relatively...

Due to their high productivity in both crops and algae, tropical countries are likely to be the future world suppliers of feedstocks as well as biofuels such as biodiesel. In this work five feedstocks: palm, jatropha, microalgae, tallow and waste cooking oil were analyzed and compared using...

A novel methodology for Optimal Sizing of Biomass-Fired Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Combined Heat and Power (CHP) System with Heat Storage is presented in this paper. The ORC technology received a lot of attention recently, especially for medium scale applications (e.g. district heating) where...