abstract aims: a few studies concentrate on the level of knowledge of hpv. this study was conducted to evaluate the level of knowledge about hpv, its risk factors, and its relation with cervical cancer in women of kashan city, iran. instrument & methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in january 2015 in the population of the women of kashan city, iran, and 200 persons were...

background cone beam computed tomography (ct) has recently become effective for oral and maxillofacial imaging. objectives the aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of dentists regarding cone beam computed tomography. materials and methods in this descriptive cross sectional study, a questionnaire regarding cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) was distributed amongst 100 dentists (gener...

background: eclampsia is associated with 14 % of maternal mortality in developing countries. considering that identification of at risk mothers and improving the level of knowledge and awareness of family care experts would lead to better control of the disease and its complication, the aim of this survey was to evaluate the level of knowledge and attitude concerning this disease among pregnant...

background: improving the knowledge of healthcare providers towards different aspects of breast cancer leads to appropriate management and screening of disease. this study aimed to investigate the knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among a cohort of nurses in iran. materials and methods: the target group of the present study was 243 consecutive nurses (27 males and 216 females) at two refe...

Several methods have been proposed to reconstruct houses from aerial images, most of them using rather specific models. These methods can not be applied when dealing with european-style houses and when a high level of detail is required. It is necessary to include additional domain specific knowledge in order to increase robustness and speed up the extraction process. We present a system that w...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the application of knowledge management (KM) models in managing and integrating indigenous and exogenous knowledge for improved farming activities in Tanzania, by examining the management of indigenous knowledge (IK), access and use of exogenous knowledge, the relevancy of policies, legal framework, information and communication technologies (ICTs)...