Technology has the potential to enhance learning; however, generic technocentric strategies in schools have exacerbated barriers technology integration classroom. Teachers are key successful schools. Factors such as subject culture and pedagogy will affect teachers’ willingness ability adopt classroom, yet subject-specific studies tend focus on STEM subjects at expense of humanities. This mixed...

BACKGROUND Office workers spend much of their time sitting, which is now understood to be a risk factor for several chronic diseases. This qualitative study examined participants' perspectives following their involvement in a cluster randomised controlled trial of a multi-component intervention targeting prolonged workplace sitting (Stand Up Victoria). The intervention incorporated a sit-stand ...

The rapid development of new drugs, therapies, and devices has created a dramatic increase in the number of clinical research studies that highlights the need for greater participation in research by physicians as well as patients. Furthermore, the potential of clinical research is unlikely to be reached without greater participation of physicians in research. Physicians face a variety of barri...

Introduction Practice-based research is essential in enhancing medication knowledge, quality use of medicines, the scope pharmacy profession and improving patient outcomes. This systematic review aims to uncover attitudes hospital pharmacists towards practice-based their perceptions barriers facilitators undertaking research. Methods A search MEDLINE, Embase, International Pharmaceutical Abstra...

Background and aims: The pace of change in the delivery of health care along with professional responsibilities of clinical staff to provide high quality services, wants to the necessity of incorporating of research evidence in decision-making. Implementation of EBP has positive implications for clinical staff, patients, and organizations. Implementation of EBP in clinical settings is a long-te...

A microfluidic system provides an excellent platform for cellular studies. Most importantly, a three-dimensional (3D) cell culture model reconstructs more accurately the in vivo microenvironment of tissue. Accordingly, microfluidic 3D cell culture devices could be ideal candidates for in vitro cell culture platforms. In this paper, two types of 3D cellular aggregates, i.e., toroid and spheroid,...

AIMS This survey aims to describe the perception of barriers to and facilitators of research utilization by registered nurses in Sichuan province, China, and to explore the factors influencing the perceptions of the barriers to and facilitators of research utilization. METHODS A cross sectional survey design and a double cluster sampling method were adopted. A total of 590 registered nurses f...

The process of integrating people into the political, social, and cultural assimilation individuals a nation is known as nation-building, which has caused number obstacles for this extensive multidimensional process. In order to return position policies ruling elite institutions Kurdistan Region, researcher depends on qualitative approach in current study, focuses political social barriers nati...

BACKGROUND Women represent a persistently low proportion of faculty in senior and leadership roles in medical schools, despite an adequate pipeline. OBJECTIVES This article highlights women's concerns in the context of the academic medical culture in which they work, and considers the ways in which they cope with and resist marginalizing situations. METHODS To explore the experiences of fac...

While most existing eParticipation projects have embraced the need for citizen engagement to achieve effective democracy, as of yet only limited success has been achieved. This lack of success stems from many challenges and barriers: in some cases, it is a lack of interest in policy issues and low levels of trust in politicians; in others, it is a lack of vision or awareness about the benefits ...