The Registry Imperative

Iranian Joint Registry(Iranian National Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Registry)

   Periodic evaluation and monitoring the health and economic outcome of joint replacement surgery is a common and popular process under the territory of joint registries in many countries. In this article we introduce the methodology used for the foundation of the National Iranian Joint Registry (IJR) with a joint collaboration of the Social Security Organization (SSO) and academic research de...

Windows Registry Forensics: An Imperative Step in Tracking Data Theft via USB Devices

Owing to the increasing pace of occurrence of crimes in digital world, cyber forensic investigation is becoming a burning topic in the field of information security. Registry is an important location in Windows system that contains footprints of user activities and other configuration data, which may be valuable for forensic investigators in collecting potential evidences from the system. This ...

The natural holistic imperative.

Biodiversity is nature's expression of the principle of holism. This 'natural holistic imperative' is manifested in all aspects of the environment. While environmental health originated through a concern for protecting humans from environmental risks, it is now concerned with protecting the environment from the activities of humans. In order to protect the health of humans, there is a need to b...

The territorial imperative.

The relentless therapeutic imperative.

many helpful comments; and the Thai teachers and students who received us with such great friendliness. We also thank Ronald Frankenberg for supervision of AW's fieldwork and Kimberly Rosegger for help with the manuscript. Contributors and sources: Both authors have a German medical background and currently teach anatomy to medical students. This paper arose from AW's MSc dissertation in medica...