Fifty years of dental research at the National Bureau of Standards.

[U. S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards. Bibliography of publications by the Dental Research Section of the National Bureau of Standards].

Developing Clinical Nursing Education Standards in Iran Based on International Standards

Introduction: Accreditation is one of the most important quality assurance and improvement methods in medical sciences education, especially in the field of nursing clinical education. However, there are not compiled standards in this regard and employing international standards does not seem to be practical. Accordingly, the researchers in this study tried to develop the national standards for...

Conformity of Drug Abuse International Standards, Psychological and Sociologic Theories and Drug and Alcohol Use Prevention in Iran in 4 National Development Programs

Background: The international drug abuse standards were achieved by review of a vast meta-analysis in the world and released 2 years ago in Vienna. Review of national programs in recent 20 years and conformity of them is the main objective of this presentation. Methods: Based on research that was supported by UNODC and DCHQ, the demand reduction program in Iran at the mentioned time was studied...

Iranian National Standards regarding safety, health and environmental aspects of nanotechnology: A review

Introduction: In recent years, the rapid growth of nanotechnology has posed challenges related to health and safety of nanomaterials. Standardization is one of the first steps in assessing and controlling the risks posed by nanotechnology. Therefore, this study was conducted to review the national standards of Iran regarding the safety, health and environmental aspects of nanotechnology. Metho...

Cavity pressure method for measuring the gain of hearing aids.

'I A cavity pressure method for measuring t he gain of hearing aids has been--developed. It has the advantage of req uiring no " dead " room, allo~ing a compact setup. The method has been investigated as to its validity and t he degree to which diffraction effects are avoided. Comparisons with free-field data are made. The applicability of results obtained by this method to t he specifi cation ...