the goal followed in this study was to investigate the barriers that hinder the application of mobile phone technology being communication in agricultural education, from the view points of agricultural extension educators of ardabil province. survey research method was used throughout the study. the line and staff experts comprised the statistic population of the study. a sample consisting of ...

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of and criteria for the evaluation of asbestos-related disease impairment remains controversial after decades of research. Assessing agreement among experts who study pneumoconiosis, and diagnose and treat patients with asbestos-related respiratory conditions may be the first step in clarifying clinical and forensic/administrative issues associated with asbestos-related...

BACKGROUND Chest radiographs (CXRs) are used in tuberculosis (TB) prevalence surveys to identify participants for bacteriological examination. Expert readers are rare in most African countries. In our survey, clinical officers scored CXRs of 19 216 participants once. We assessed to what extent missed CXR abnormalities affected our TB prevalence estimate. METHODS Two experts, a radiologist and...

BACKGROUND In the choice and definition of quality of care indicators, there may be an inherent tension between feasibility, generally enhanced by simplicity, and validity, generally enhanced by accounting for clinical complexity. OBJECTIVE To study the process of developing quality indicators using an expert panel and analyze the tension between feasibility and validity. DESIGN AND PARTICI...

Preface On its way to its current form this report has received significant input from a considerable number of experts. The " First Interim Report " which basically dealt with emission estimates and projections has been significantly amended to also cover abatement options and associated costs. Comments on the " First Interim Report " were given by representatives of the European Commission at...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to design a standard questionnaire facilitating the evaluation of the knowledge and attitude of medical students regarding radiation protection. Methods: At first, a 30-item questionnaire was prepared. The scale construction procedure was performed using content validity assessment. Considering objectives, some items were...

A panel of experts is a group of people selected and assembled for some service such as investigation, arbitration, generation of guidelines etc. We consider a panel of experts which has to form a collective view in favor or against a certain issue. The panel is required to provide adequate reasons to support their view, as well as make explicit what the connection rule between the reasons and ...