Publications by authors named "Shan Hsu"
Article Synopsis
- Measles and rubella micro-array patches (MR-MAPs) are innovative alternatives to traditional needle and syringe vaccines, offering single-dose convenience, easier handling, and better temperature stability.
- An initial full value vaccine assessment (iFVVA) evaluated their potential impact, finding that widespread use of MR-MAPs could prevent millions of measles cases, deaths, and years lost to disability by reaching an additional 80 million children over the next decade.
- The assessment also emphasized the need for financial investment in manufacturing and clinical studies, while showing that MR-MAPs have the potential to be cost-effective for routine immunization in many low- and middle-income countries, depending on pricing and coverage uncertainties.*
Background: Effective infection prevention and control programs can positively influence quality of care, increase patient safety, and protect health care providers. Chlorine, a widely used and effective chemical disinfectant, is recommended for infection prevention and control in health care settings. However, lack of consistent chlorine availability limits its use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA method is proposed for obtaining full-range sequential measurements of the slow axis angle and phase retardation of linear birefringent materials (LBMs) using a full-field heterodyne interferometer with a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera and an image processing algorithm based on a three-frame integrating-bucket method. The dynamic ranges of the principal axis and phase retardation measurements extend from 0 degrees to 180 degrees and from 0 degrees to 360 degrees , respectively. The proposed method not only enables full-range measurements of the slow axis angle to be obtained, but also allows a decision to be made as to whether the principal axis labeled by the manufacturer is the slow axis or the fast axis.
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