background: the occupation-based practice (obp) is a central core of occupational therapy (ot).it refers to using a meaningful occupation based on the client’s interests, needs, health and participation in daily life. this study aimed to explore the facilitators of implementing obp among iranian occupational therapists. methods: fourteen occupational therapists participated in this study. data ...

The aim was to study objectively assessed walkability of the environment and participant perceived environmental facilitators for outdoor mobility as predictors of physical activity in older adults with and without physical limitations. 75-90-year-old adults living independently in Central Finland were interviewed (n = 839) and reassessed for self-reported physical activity one or two years lat...

Management theory teaches that successful innovation requires concomitant changes among the system ’ s components to achieve congruence or fi t . 1 Similar thinking has been applied to changing the U.S. health care system. 2 In recent years, there has been growing recognition that payment reform of the U.S. health care system must be accompanied by corresponding reforms in the delivery system. ...

Electronic communications have become the most important kind of communications in business. However, trust, privacy and security have become the great challenges for business and governments around the globe. The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) model tries to solve these issues and make the Internet more secure. This paper explains the main purposes of PKI and addresses some of the major issue...

BACKGROUND Interventions to improve palliative care encounter challenges beyond the usual implementation problems because of palliative care's complex and changing character. In this study, we explored barriers and facilitators faced by health-care professionals in five European countries (England, Germany, Italy, Norway and the Netherlands) with regard to improving the organization of their pa...

Nowadays, changing development approach from traditional to Agile methods has been considered as a strategic decision for achieving Agile values by most software companies and organizations. Due to its nature, moving to Agile software development and adapting to Agile methods need a long time and enough effort. Thus, organizations are faced with a lot of challenges during the transition and ado...

Many nursing students for whom English is a second language (ESL) face challenges related to communication on clinical placement and although clinical facilitators are not usually trained language assessors, they are often in a position of needing to assess ESL students' clinical language performance. Little is known, however, about the particular areas of clinical performance facilitators focu...

Patience is one of the basic principles Sufism, which widely included in Quran and hadiths. In Sufi understanding, it accepted that basis patience to abandon complaint divine appreciation. levels must be reached by Sufis on way becoming a perfect human. The early defined according their spiritual state graded as ones who obey god lover god. abids minstrels. Terms are important Sufism such submi...

Forest management carried out by the Panti District community in The performance of agricultural extension workers is starting to be felt farmers, but terms farmers' perceptions which are considered less than optimal because implementation there obstacles such as differences schedules between and farmer groups, many group members do not participate activities. this. Regarding these obstacles, i...