Aimable Nkurunziza, Madeleine Mukeshimana, Tamrat Endale, Michael Habtu, Yvonne Delphine Nsaba Uwera, Reverien Rutayisire, Justine Bagirisano, Jean Bosco Henri Hitayezu, Marie Laetitia Bazakare Ishimwe, Jean de Dieu Uwimana
Perceived self-efficacy and willingness to teach family planning among nursing and midwifery faculty in higher learning institutions in Rwanda
BMC medical education
within global sustainable resource management efforts reducing healthcare energy consumption public concern study aims analyze energy consumption three dualenergy computed tomography dect scanners predict power consumption based scan acquisition parameters study consisted two parts assessing three dect scanners one dualsource two singlesource dect part energy consumption various single dect scans different acquisition parameters using chest phantom measured measurements compared calculated power consumption part b energy consumption baselines nonutilization states dect devices idle ready scan lowpower incomplete shutdown systemoff mode complete shutdown measured descriptive statistics used phantom study revealed positive correlation measured calculated energy consumption r2 082 except singlesource splitfilter dect acquisitions indicating relationship scan parameters energy consumption baseline study results showed mean energy consumption 26kwhhour 134kwh idle 089kwhhour 042kwh lowpower 001kwhhour 0003kwh systemoff state potential total annual co2 savings assessed dect scanners amounted 3767kg co2 low power 5868kg co2 system compared idle state timerelated calculations indicated energy savings starting 5 min lowpower 2 min systemoff state therefore switching scanner even shorter periods nonutilization efficient results emphasize positive correlation scan parameters energy consumption dect complete shutdown dect devices significant ecologicaleconomic impact