Introduction: known benefits of breastfeeding have led the health policy based on promotion of breastfeeding. It seems that one of the appropriate ways to promote breastfeeding is to provide appropriate training to be effective. This study was conducted with the aim of comparing workshops and booklet on knowledge, beliefs and breastfeeding behaviors after delivery. Methods: This clinical trial...

Objective: Triage procedure is one of the most important aspects of emergency departments as it has an undeniable role on the management of patients. It includes 5 categories based on the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) according to the condition of severity. For better decision making and management, it is important to have skillful and experienced nursing staff. In the current...

In many case-control genetic association studies, a secondary phenotype that may have common genetic factors with disease status can be identified. When information on the secondary phenotype is available only for the case group due to cost and different data sources, a fitting linear regression model ignoring supplementary phenotype data may provide limited knowledge regarding genetic associat...

The second workshop in the series of practical mixed reality workshops, defined in Workpackage 7b.1, focusses on sound. This is the topic with which most of the eRENA partners have to deal: finding technical and aesthetic solutions for sound, within an image oriented mixed environment. Virtual (and mixed) reality environments often lack a convincing solution for all aspects of sound. The worksh...

The increased exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation due to ozone depletion is one of the most serious global health problems. The UV exposure is known to cause skin carcinoma, cataract and deteriorated immune function, but for countries like Japan, the magnitude of health effects of UV radiation is yet to be elucidated. The International Workshop on the Health Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation ...

A workshop on alternative toxicological testing methodologies was convened by the Scientific Group on Methodologies for the Safety Evaluation of Chemicals (SGOMSEC) 26-31 January 1997 in Ispra, Italy, at the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods. The purpose of the workshop was to assess the current status of alternative testing methodologies available to evaluate adverse hu...

In this paper we present the LREC Map of Language Resources (data and tools), an innovative feature introduced in conjunction with the LREC 2010 Conference. The purpose of the Map is to shed light on the vast amount of resources that represent the background of the research presented at LREC, in the attempt to fill in a gap in the community knowledge about the resources that are used or created...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The editors gratefully thank all the participants for their contributions in making this an informative and productive workshop. Appreciation is extended to Pat Early and Aldis Valkirs who provided meeting support and background material and to Chip Johnson and Ignacio Rivera–Duarte for editing support and information on copper loading. We would like to thank Wayne Hicks of Nati...