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Change in the room temperature magnetic property of ZnO upon Mn doping
We present in this paper the changes in the room temperature magnetic
property of ZnO on Mn doping prepared using solvo-thermal process. The zero
field cooled (ZFC) and field cooled (FC) magnetisation of undoped ZnO showed
bifurcation and magnetic hysteresis at room temperature. Upon Mn doping the
magnetic hysteresis at room temperature and the bifurcation in ZFC-FC
magnetization vanishes. The results seem to indicate that undoped ZnO is
ferromagnetic while on the other hand the Mn doped ZnO is not a ferromagnetic
system. We observe that on addition of Mn atoms the system shows
antiferromagnetism with very giant magnetic moments.Comment: 5 figure
An economic evaluation of implementing a decentralized dengue screening intervention under the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme in Tamil Nadu, South India.
BACKGROUND
Lack of effective early screening is a major obstacle for reducing the fatality rate and disease burden of dengue. In light of this, the government of Tamil Nadu has adopted a decentralized dengue screening strategy at the primary healthcare (PHC) facilities using blood platelet count. Our objective was to determine the cost-effectiveness of a decentralized screening strategy for dengue at PHC facilities compared with the current strategy at the tertiary health facility (THC) level.
METHODS
Decision tree analysis followed a hypothetical cohort of 1000 suspected dengue cases entering the model. The cost-effectiveness analysis was performed at a 3% discount rate for the proposed and current strategy. The outcomes are expressed in incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) per quality-adjusted life years gained. One-way sensitivity analysis and probabilistic sensitivity analysis were done to check the uncertainty in the outcome.
RESULTS
The proposed strategy was found to be cost-saving and ICER was estimated to be -41Â 197. PSA showed that the proposed strategy had a 0.84 probability of being an economically dominant strategy.
CONCLUSIONS
The proposed strategy is cost-saving, however, it is recommended to consider optimal population coverage, costs to economic human resources and collateral benefits of equipment