original article   introduction: human errors are of the most important issues due to the technological advances in various work settings. in medical professions, including nursing, investigation of human errors would help to find out approaches for the identification and reduction of these errors. hence, the present study aimed to identify and assess nurses' errors in emergency ward of an educ...

With the purpose of examining the sources of spelling errors of Iranian school level EFL learners, the present researchers analyzed the dictation samples of 51 Iranian senior and junior high school male and female students majoring at an Iranian school in Baku, Azerbaijan. The content analysis of the data revealed three main sources (intralingual, interlingual, and unique) with seven patterns o...

Among the major issues raised by classroom SLA researchers is the debate on the degree to which teacher’s or learner’s attention should be directed to linguistic features. However, one of the relevant variables in corrective feedback studies which seem to be less operationalized is the differential impact of different types of feedback on the accuracy of the oral performance of the participants...

BACKGROUND Cognitive errors are thought-process errors, or thinking mistakes, which lead to incorrect diagnoses, treatments, or both. This psychology of decision-making has received little formal attention in anaesthesiology literature, although it is widely appreciated in other safety cultures, such as aviation, and other medical specialities. We sought to identify which types of cognitive err...

Providing a perfect instruction to authors can prevent most potential publication ethics errors. This study was conducted to determine the quality of ethical considerations in the instructions to the authors of Iranian research scientific journals of medical sciences (accredited by the Commission for Accreditation and Improvement of Iranian Medical Journals) in October 2011. Checklist items (n=...

Forty subjects performed a visual vigilance task in music or noise and when the task was difficult or easy. Response measures taken were : correct detections, commission errors, detection latencies and d' values. For the difficult version of the task a significant increase in dcteotion latencies was found which music prevented. Broadly similar findings were obtained for correct detections. The ...

In 2003, the joint commission began publishing National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) and requiring accredited health care organizations to comply with these goals in an effort to reduce the number of medical errors. THE NPSGS are updated yearly with new requirements to promote specific improvements in patient safety. This article provides a review of the 2008 NPSGs and suggests ways in which in...

Refinancing a mortgage is often one of the biggest and most important financial decisions that people make. Borrowers need to choose the interest rate differential at which to refinance and, when that differential is reached, they need to take the steps to refinance before rates change again. The optimal differential is where the interest saved by refinancing equals the sum of refinancing costs...

Due to the increased usage of wireless communications in personal, commercial, and governmental capacities, efficient spectrum utilization has become a prime topic of interest. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) governs spectrum usage and allocates specific ranges to licensed users. However, some spectrum ranges are overcrowded, while some are under-utilized. The overcrowded spectrum r...

Errors associated with medication documentation account for a substantial fraction of preventable medical errors. Hence, the Joint Commission has called for the adoption of reconciliation strategies at all United States healthcare institutions. Although studies suggest that reconciliation tools can reduce errors, it remains unclear how best to implement systems and processes that are reliable a...