background: the present paper focuses on approaching the context and the actual manner of applying a method, known to be efficient and with a solid scientific background, on the institutional level of healthcare in romania. methods: the analyses and correlations developed by the author have taken into account the latest editions of the journals and publications of these institutions, such as st...

Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) has announced, as part of its main 3Rs research funding call in 2009, a priority funding area for projects that replace animals protected under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 with invertebrate models. Those interested in submitting an application in this area should contact the NC3Rs. The closing date for full applications is 25 February 20...

Government institutions have responsibilities to distribute risk management funds meaningfully and to be accountable for their choices. We took a macro-level sociological approach to understanding the role of government in managing environmental risks, and insights from micro-level psychology to examine individual-level risk-related perceptions and beliefs. Survey data from 2,068 U.K. citizens ...

The authors would like to acknowledge the “Competitive Research Grants (CRG) Program”, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) for directly funding this research. also appreciate all assistance provided by KAUST engine laboratory staffs in support investigations.

background micronutrient deficiency in tanzania is a significant public health problem, with vitamin a deficiency (vad) affecting 34% of children aged 6 to 59 months. since 2007, development partners have worked closely to advocate for the inclusion of twice-yearly vitamin a supplementation and deworming (vasd) activities with budgets at the subnational level, where funding and implementation o...

the American Association for laboratory Animal Science (AAlAS, http://www.AAlAS.org) has a long and progressive history in the evolution of the field of biomedical research (McPearson and Mattingly, 2000). From its beginnings in the mid-twentieth century when five veterinarians met in Chicago to the current conferences of 5000 attendees, the association has been pivotal in the advancement of re...

This work was carried out in the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) laboratory of Department Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute Technology, Kharagpur, India. The research reported this publication partially supported by competitive funding from King Abdullah University Science and Technology (KAUST).