RICC Usage Report for Fiscal Year 2012

RICC Usage Report for Fiscal Year 2013 Project Title : Theoretical Modeling of Photosynthesis

Issues related to medical students' engagement in integrated rural placements: an exploratory factor analysis.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to identify and investigate the factors derived from the rural integrated community clerkship (RICC) questionnaire that influenced the decision of medical students to pursue a 36-week rural community placement option. METHODS A total of 162 first-year (n = 92) and second-year (n = 70) medical students completed the 35-item RICC questionnaire. We used qu...

Diclofenac-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: A Case Report

Drugs are an important cause of Stevens–Johnson syndrome(SJS) in about 95% of reports. 100 drugs have been reported as causes of SJS or toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). There are very few reports of SJS due to use of diclofenac. In this report we present a 65 year old lady who developed SJS after usage of diclofenac suppository.

Screening for data clustering in multicenter studies: the residual intraclass correlation

BACKGROUND In multicenter studies, center-specific variations in measurements may arise for various reasons, such as low interrater reliability, differences in equipment, deviations from the protocol, sociocultural characteristics, and differences in patient populations due to e.g. local referral patterns. The aim of this research is to derive measures for the degree of clustering. We present a...

The Asymmetric Effects of Tax Revenues on Government Expenditures in Iran

The tax-expenditure hypothesis posed by Milton Friedman emphasizes a positive causal relationship between government tax revenues and government expenditures. If citizens do not have a correct perception of the real tax burden and under-estimate the price of public goods and services, there is a negative causal relationship between tax revenues and government expenditures, which indicates exist...