Advisory Committee on the Welfare of the Blind.

The Use of Electro-immobilisation on Live Farm Animals in Ireland a Short Report by Sub-committee to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Animal Health and Welfare

The Role and Evolution of Independent Government Advisory Committees: The New Zealand Experience from 1985 to 2005

In the New Zealand national animal welfare infrastructure, the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC), the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) and the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART) all play important and discrete roles in ensuring that the New Zealand government receives independent, broadly-based advice ...

Implementation of a Health Policy Advisory Committee as a Knowledge Translation Platform: The Nigeria Experience

Background In recent times, there has been a growing demand internationally for health policies to be based on reliable research evidence. Consequently, there is a need to strengthen institutions and mechanisms that can promote interactions among researchers, policy-makers and other stakeholders who can influence the uptake of research findings. The Health Policy Advisory Committee (HPAC) is on...

Effective factors on desirable quality of advisory services from perspective of students and academic advisors

Background: Academic consultation will help students in achieving educational goals and success. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors affecting desirable quality of advisory services from the perspective of students and academic advisors. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study. 25 academic advisors and 318 students were chosen using convenience sampling of Neyshabur Unive...

The objectives of the upper-extremity prosthetics program.

1 Professor of Engineering and Biophysics, University of California, Los Angeles; member, Advisory Committee on Artificial Limbs, National Research Council; chairman, Upper-Extremity Technical Committee, ACAL, NRC. 2 Strong, F. S., Jr., The Artificial Limb Program: Five Years of Progress. Advisory Committee on Artificial Limbs, NRC, Washington, November 1951. 3 Bronk, D. W., President, National...

Nature and Health

The influence of nature on social, psychological and physical well-being Part 1 of a two-part study: review of the current level of knowledge At the request of the then State Secretary of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries (acting also on behalf of the then Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, and State Secretary of Health, Welfare and Sport), we are pleased to p...