spatial planning in border areas in iran because of long borders and settling more than half ofthe provinces in the country's international borders with neighbouring countries play particular role in the planningsystem. this article aims to clarify the position of border areas spatial planning in the country planning system,identifying its elements, elucidating how these elements relate to othe...

BACKGROUND Nurses have a crucial role in patient education of children with type 1 diabetes, but they often exhibit lack of knowledge of the patient education process. This study aimed to describe an educational program to enhance empowering patient education process for the blood glucose monitoring education of school-age children and nurses' perceptions of using empowering techniques. METHO...

Through naturalistic observational procedures, this study examined the dynamics of individualized education program (IEP) conferences. Participants present, the nature a n d frequency of topics discussed, and the length of conferences were considered. A followup questionnaire was administered to all conference participants to measure satisfaction. Results indicated that the IEP conferences stud...

The European seed business of Syngenta relies on its supply chain to supply seed products to the different European markets, which led to more than 1.2 billion USD revenues in 2013. The seed supply chain is, however, exposed to a high level of uncertainty – from the demand side as well as from the supply side. Determining optimal production volumes in a highly volatile environment and more than...

INTRODUCTION There are very few opportunities for long-term, comprehensive postgraduate education in developing countries because of fiscal and human resource constraints. Therefore, physiotherapists have little opportunity following graduation to advance their skills through the improvement of clinical reasoning and treatment planning and application. BACKGROUND To address the need for susta...

Hiroyuki Iseki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor* Email: [email protected] National Center for Smart Growth, Research and Education Urban Studies and Planning Program, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 1112U Preinkert Field House (Building 054) University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Phone: (301) 405-6788; FAX: (301) 314-5639. with Qing Li, Ph.D. Candidate Email: [email protected] ...

SUPPLEMENT 2011 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING November 4–9, 2011 Chicago, Illinois AN OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY Arthritis & Rheumatism V O L U M E 6 3 , N U M B E R 1 0 ( S U P P L E M E N T ) O C T O B E R 2 0 1 1 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY ABSTRACT SUPPLEMENT American College of Rheumatology 75 Annual Scientific Meeting Association of Rheumatology Health Profe...