The development of clinically useful molecular diagnostics requires validation of clinical assay performance and achievement of clinical qualification in clinical trials. As discussed elsewhere in this Focus section on molecular diagnostics, validation of assay performance must be rigorous, especially when the assay will be used to guide treatment decisions. Here we review some of the problems ...

according to recent developments of predicting methodsin financial markets, and since the stock price is one of the mostimportant factors for investment decision-making, and its predictioncan play an important role in this field, the aim of this study is toprovide a model to predict the stock price movement with highaccuracy. accordingly, a hybrid model for predicting the stock pricemovement us...

OBJECTIVE General Practitioners (GPs) are essential to reducing the impact of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) given their clinical management role where only 56% of people with the infection in Australia have been diagnosed. This qualitative study aimed to identify the challenges GPs face in effectively responding to CHB. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 26 GPs self-identifyin...

The term “digital divide” has been used frequently over the past five years to express the idea that certain people groups have less access to computing resources than others. Some aspects of the problem have been well explored in many documents. These include the financial problems of computer access, the lack of telecommunications resources in remote areas and a lack of basic literacy which w...

OBJECTIVE To explore the structural barriers faced by families coping with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Ghana, and to provide insight for policy development. METHODS Qualitative study conducted with families with a child with T1DM, receiving care in the greater Accra area. Total of 17 individuals were interviewed using individual and dyadic approaches: 7 youth with T1DM, 9 parents of ch...

This paper seeks to analyse the major determinants of differences in the domestic savings ratio between countries using panel data for 62 countries over the period 1967-1995. A basic distinction is made between the determinants of the capacity to save and the willingness to save. The capacity to save depends primarily on the level of per capita income (but non-linearly) and the growth of income...

the purpose of the study was to identify the constrains affecting urban agriculture in tehran, iran. the statistical population of this study consisted of city dwellers within the 22 municipal districts of tehran out of which 320 individuals were selected as the sample of the study. cochran’s formula was used to determine the sampling size based on stratified sampling method. a panel of experts...

this field study was conducted  to investigate barriers to applying principles of management in wards of tehran university on medical science hospitals: head nurses' viewpoints .75 hednurses who  were working  in selected hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences. the data collection tool was a questionnaire that  it,s validity and reliability was obtained using content...