TREATMENT MONITORING OF ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUG: ON THE BASIS OF THE ADHERENCE TO THE CURRENT ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AVAILABLE IN BANGLADESH
Published In: 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN APPLIED SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Author(s): FARIHA HOSSAIN , RAUSHANARA AKTER
Abstract: though the prevalence of HIV is still less than 0.1% in Bangladesh, the number of newly infected patient is rising day by day. After the invention of combine ARV (antiretroviral) regiments, the success rate of antiretroviral drug has been increased dramatically. Therefore, the study has been designed to find out the factors related to adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). This study was designed as a cross-sectional study which was conducted through a selfdesigned questionnaire and non-probability purposive sampling technique had been used to select the sample size. The data had been collected from159 eligible HIV infected adults who have been receiving ARV for at least one year and the study had been conducted in the Hospitals of Dhaka city. This study found the current prescribed ARV regiments along with the socio-demographic characteristics of the patients and the major factors that influence the adherence rate among the patients. The findings of the study will help to strength
- Publication Date: 04-Feb-2018
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-143-6-06
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TRANSCRITICAL CO2 REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS FOR BUILDING COOLING AND HEATING REDUCE ENERGY AND COOLING WATER CONSUMPTION, EMISSIONS AND THE LEGIONELLA DANGER
Published In: 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN APPLIED SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Author(s): KLAAS VISSER
Abstract: In many large office buildings, hospitals and hotels AC cooling is affected by chilled water generated by a refrigerating plant which rejects its heat to the environment by means of cooling tower water or, increasingly so, by air cooled condensers and adiabatically assisted air-cooled condensers. Hot water for space heating, AC reheat and sanitary purposes is usually provided by a boiler. Using a COAG, the Council of Australian Governments, data base on annual energy consumption per m2 of building, it is shown that significant reductions in the electrical energy, natural gas and cooling water consumption may be achieved when using transcritical CO2 refrigerating systems for building cooling, heating and sanitary hot water, thus saving gas and attendant emissions, and cooling water. It is shown that the specific energy consumption measured in kWh/m2.annum reduces about 30% when retrofitting trans-critical CO2 systems to existing Australian buildings and about 55% in new buildings. These
- Publication Date: 04-Feb-2018
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-143-6-25
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