A Comparison of Facilitating Practices

Organizational Patterns of English Language Teachers’ Repair Practices

Despite the abundance of research on teachers’ repair practices in language classroom interaction, there are not enough conversation analytic studies on repair organization with the focus on the details of interaction in the context of EFL. Drawing on sociocultural and situated learning theories, this study explores the contingent nature of English language teachers’ org...

Observing Patients’ Rights and the Facilitating and Deterrent Organizational Factors From the Viewpoint of Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units

Background: The rights of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are threatened more than the ones admitted to other hospital wards due to the nature of ICU and special health conditions of the patients admitted such as lower consciousness and their need for invasive and noninvasive care practices. Awareness of obstacles and observance of patients’ rights are of particular i...

Complementarities Between Information Technology and Human Resource Practices in Knowledge Work

This study presents a framework of complementarities between specific Human Resources (HR) and Information Technology (IT) practices, and validates this framework empirically. We conceptualize a system of HR-related work practices (facilitating HR) and system of IT-related practices (facilitating IT) that are specific to knowledge workers. We examine the interaction between facilitating HR prac...

Professional Practices Promoting Health of Healthcare Workers: Comparison of Public and Private Hospitals in Pakistan

Health Literacy and Men\'s Attitudes and Practices toward Prostate Cancer Screening

Background:  Health literacy as a vital indicator of health care costs plays an important role in facilitating effective health communication strategies. Screening is one of these strategies, so that intervention and management can be provided ahead of schedule. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between health literacy and men's practices and their attitude toward   prosta...

Role of Watershed Management Practices on Flood Hydrograph Characteristics (Case Study: Kakhk Paired Watershed)

In the present study, the impact of watershed management practices on flood hydrograph characteristics was investigated using HEC-HMS model. In order to design, calibrate, and validate the model, data from a representative paired watershed (Kakhk Watershed, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran) was collected and field surveys were performed to have the dataset further completed. Results of paired sam...