We describe the unique process whereby simulation-based, objective structured clinical evaluation (OSCE) has been incorporated into the Israeli board examination in anesthesiology. Development of the examination included three steps: a) definition of clinical conditions that residents are required to handle competently, b) definition of tasks pertaining to each of the conditions, and c) incorpo...

A molecular characterization of two Mycobacterium marinum genes, 16S rRNA and hsp65, was carried out with a total of 21 isolates from various species of fish from both marine and freshwater environments of Israel, Europe, and the Far East. The nucleotide sequences of both genes revealed that all M. marinum isolates from fish in Israel belonged to two different strains, one infecting marine (cul...

Israel presents a unique opportunity to study the role of socio-cultural parameters in the development of mental disturbances because of the exceptional diversity of the Israeli society. In the present review, we aimed to analyse the current state of disordered eating in Israel by means of an extensive literature review. The following are the main findings of our review: The frequency of malada...

(UPI) — Israeli je ts blasted Egyptian military positions in the southern stretches of the Suez Canal for nearly two hours yesterday. On the ground Israelis fought Arab forces in gunbattles across the canal in the west and the Jordan Valley in the east. In Jordan, Arab guerrilla organizations called an “alert Tuesday night following the issue of a strict security clamp down on their activities ...

Israel is one of the countries that are more severely threatened by terrorist forces. During its long-term struggle with forces, has gradually developed a series effective anti-terrorism strategies. This article studies Israeli intelligence work system, expounds on relevant characteristics strategy, organizational structure, application intelligent technology, and development international coop...

This paper discovers early indicators of very long-term performance high-technology new ventures (HTNVs). We tracked the progress a sample 142 HTNVs founded at Israeli government’s Tec...

Regional development has been playing an increasingly important role in the activities of higher education institutions (HEIs). The planning of regional strategies is notably different from that of other strategies, because there is no single institution or organisational unit who owns the strategy. This study presents techniques for networked and virtual organisations to gain commitment to a c...

This paper has three objectives: (1) to compare the abuse histories of American and Israeli college students, (2) to closely examine the different types of dissociative experiences among these students, and (3) to compare the dissociative experiences of American and Israeli college students. The US sample reported higher levels of abuse than the Israeli sample. The US and Israeli samples did no...

This summer I stood with a group of American university professors on a mountain in Israel overlooking the border with Lebanon. Through the telephoto lenses of our cameras, we could see plainly Hezbollah’s yellow flags and installations on the Lebanese side. An Israeli Defense Forces spokesman—a New York-born major in the reserves—had told us earlier in the day of the estimated ten thousand roc...