International Collaboration Beyond the Culture Gap

The International Cochrane Collaboration.

Introduction If we are asked how effective mefloquine is in preventing malaria, our response might tell our questioner a lot about how we learn about the world around us, how we assimilate that knowledge and experience, and how it influences our subsequent decision making and action. Thirty years ago, Archie Cochrane drew attention to the haphazard way in which the research evidence about the e...

Bridging the gap between researchers and policy-makers: international collaboration through the biosafety clearing-house.

Most governments have developed, or are developing, national biosafety frameworks to enable them to address known and potential risks associated with the introduction of GMOs into their territories, and these regulatory systems may have a great impact on biotechnology research – not only at the stage of environmental testing, but also during laboratory studies. These national systems are in tur...

Culture and International Relations : The Culture of International Relations

Beyond International Law: Unilateral Resort to Force in Syria

On April 14, 2018, the United States, Britain and France launched missile attacks on specific targets in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the provinces of Damascus and Homs. According to coalition of three states, these attacks were followed by the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons and targeted solely against its chemical weapons facilities. What have in the days after the act been...

Relationship between Assertiveness and physician-nurse collaboration with Safety Culture

Introduction and Aims: Improving patient safety is one of the main pillars of health services. On the other hand, the professional communication between the health team members and some personality characteristics of nurses, such as Assertiveness, can affect the quality of services provided to the patient. Therefore, this study aimed to determine how safety culture is associated with nurse-phys...