Total quality management (TQM) is a holistic management philosophy focusing on the maintenance and continuous improvement of products, services, people, and processes at all levels and in all functions of the organization with the goal to meet or exceed customer expectations (Flynn et al. 1994; Goetsch and Davis 1994; Oakland 2003). TQM becomes critical for organization’s competitiveness, effec...

Technological advances and economic, social, and cultural conditions have created a climate of change in the health care arena. The re-emergence of the holistic health care paradigms has begun to induce a revolution in the health care system. New roles and approaches are developing in relation to the holistic health movement. Since holistic thinking is diverse, an introduction among eastern phi...

Background Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) have been used for many years within healthcare programmes as a measure of students' and clinicians' clinical performance. OSCEs are a form of simulation and are often summative but may be formative. This educational approach requires robust design based on sound pedagogy to assure practice and assessment of holistic nursing care. As...

Filling and submission of electronic forms is a key issue for egovernment, since most electronic services offered in this context include some variant of electronic forms. Insofar, IT experts are placed in the centre of electronic forms services lifecycles, undertaking the analysis, design, implementation and maintenance phases. This practice, however, implies various impediments, such as the n...

Because holistic processing is a hallmark of normal face recognition, we ask whether such processing is reduced in developmental prosopagnosia (DP), and, if so, what the sources are of this deficit. Existing literature provides a mixed picture, with face inversion effects showing consistent holistic processing deficits but unable to locate their source and with some composite face studies showi...

context: metaparadigm of nursing is one of the nursing discipline challenges of the present century, which should take into consideration the diversity of different cultures and viewpoints. purpose: the purpose of this study is to evolve the concept of “nursing” (one of the concepts in nursing metaparadigm) on the basis of the islamic scholars’ view. materials and methods: in this philosophical...

conclusions it was found that avoiding routine pivotal expertise, increasing consciousness of the nonphysical aspects of patients while providing treatment and presenting exclusive care, utilizing experienced icu nurses, and placing more emphasis on effective communication with patients in order to honor them as human beings can all enhance the holistic quality of care. results the four main th...

according to ipcc report 2013, the role of man in environmental catastrophe is incontrovertible because of high greenhouse emission in now and recent century. buildings nearly discharge one third of these pollutants and the task of architects to prevent this hazardous procedure is critical. in the other hand, one main basis of sustainability is education due to preserve environment and then, tr...

The recently completed Horizon 2020 European Research project—HOLISHIP—Holistic Optimization of Ship Design and Operation for Life Cycle (2016–2020) has developed suitable tools software platforms which are necessary the creation innovative design solutions meeting set low-emission strategic objectives. present paper introduces an innovative, holistic approach to ship development integrated too...