POST 01112E : COSTS - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 25 June 2007
I am looking for recent data on refrigeration energy and maintenance costs.
I have some information from Emmanuel Taylor and Bob Davis and am wondering if anybody else has done work in this area.
Specifically I am looking for the following:
- Bottled gas prices/gas refrigerator running costs.
- Kerosene prices/kerosene refrigerator running costs.
- Electricity prices/ electric refrigerator running costs.
- Lifetime maintenance costs for gas, kerosene, electric and solar refrigerators.
- Any available data on cold room maintenance costs.
Regards,
Andrew
Andrew Garnett
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POST 01113E : APPREHENDED PANDEMIC
27 June 2007
The recent spread of avian influenza in wild birds and poultry may be a precursor to the emergence of a human pandemic. While it is accepted that in 1918 the virus originated in birds, it is debated whether it went directly to humans, or transited in mammals where the virus was reassorted (type of mutation). Nevertheless, countries have started to prepare for such a pandemic.
A set of activities identified in the World Health Organization's (WHO's) new Global pandemic influenza action plan to increase vaccine supply requires immediate and sustained action and funding, if the world is to be prepared for an influenza pandemic to which there would be almost universal susceptibility.
FluRadar reports on an article recently published in the Public Library of Science (Medicine) online journal that questions vaccination strategies in the event of a pandemic. In "Optimizing the Dose of Pre-Pandemic Influenza Vaccines to Reduce the Infection Attack Rate", authors Steven Riley, Joseph T. Wu and Gabriel M. Leung conclude that it would be better to give smaller doses to more people than target specific groups.
Read the full text and/or an interesting commentary by Christophe Fraser
Can these conclusions have wider implications that just the framework of preparedness to a potential influenza pandemic, for example for the administration of other vaccines? Share your ideas and comments!
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POST 01114E : STOCK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
29 June 2007
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