To lead or not to lead: regional powers and regional leadership

To lead or not to lead? Prospective controlled study of emergency nurses' provision of advanced life support team leadership.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In many emergency departments advanced life support (ALS) trained nurses do not assume a lead role in advanced resuscitation. This study investigated whether emergency nurses with previous ALS training provided good team leadership in a simulated cardiac arrest situation. METHODS A prospective study was conducted at five emergency departments and one nurses' associat...

Children’s Health/Regional Collaboration to Reduce Lead Exposure in Children

For more than three decades, the NIEHS has been one of the recognized leaders in the world in the study of endocrine disruptors, substances that mimic or alter hormonal effects in the body. In the 1970s, NIEHS scientists pioneered research on reproductive toxicity and discovered the hormonal toxicity of diethylstilbestrol (DES), a drug that for years had been prescribed to women to prevent misc...

Assessment of exposure to lead through air and biological monitoring in a lead and zinc mine

 Background and aim: Lead is ubiquitous and one of the earliest metals discovered by the human. This metal is widely used in different industries due to its important physico-chemical properties like softness, high malleability, ductility, low melting point and resistance to corrosion. Lead absorbed in body with several routs and when transfer in blood is primarily in red blood cells. Human exp...

Regional and International Cooperation to Reduce Nagorno – Karabakh Conflict

Almost two decades since conflict broke out between Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, two northern neighbors of Iran, in Nagorno – Karabakh region. Although military conflict in this region has minimized with the existing ceasefire, and reaching a sustainable agreement is likely to be happened by the two parties. Close regional and international cooperation seems necessary more than ever in o...

Reform And Efficiency: An Application To Iranian Regional Electricity Companies