This research studies the effect of family, and other social institutions on the attitudes of the youth of Noushahr and Chalous in drug addiction. A Sample of 1200 boys and girls were randomly chosen through a quessionare (Alpha %84) the data (gathered and the results) show that there is a significant difference among young addicted persons specially including their attitudes towards family, p...

background: drug utilization studies are helpful in understanding the current practice. we have conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the relevant use of a group of most commonly prescribed antibiotics in a teaching hospital in iran.  the results of this study may be of help for clinicians to improve the patient care. methods: patients who received parenteral ceftazidim, vancomycin and am...

BACKGROUND Although evolution is the driving force behind many of today's major public health and agriculture issues, both journalists and scientific researchers often do not use the term "evolve" in discussions of these topics. METHODS In a total of 1,066 articles and 716 papers selected from 25 US newspapers and 34 scientific journals, we assess usage of the word "evolve" and its substitute...

Acid-suppressive drugs, including histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), are common medications used for treating upper gastrointestinal tract disorders. However, acid-suppressive drugs have been reported to increase the risk of pneumonia in numerous disease populations. However, the relationship between acid-suppressive drugs and stroke-associated pneumonia...

The objective of this study was to develop a method to quantify antimicrobial drug usage and treatment practices on conventional and organic dairy farms that had been recruited to represent a broad spectrum of potential exposure to antimicrobial drugs. Data on disease prevalence and treatment practices of organic (n = 20) and conventional (n = 20) farms were obtained during a farm visit using a...

background: the inappropriate use of aminoglycosides has harmful effects such as the development of resistant pathogens and the incidence of nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity. therefore, drug utilization evaluation of these drugs may improve their usage remarkably. the aim of this study was to assess the usage pattern of amikacin in an internal medicine ward. methods: this cross-sectional study wa...

In this paper we are going to show how to discover interesting prediction rules in student usage information, and use them to improve adaptive web courses. We have used AHA! to make a course that adapts both the presentation and the navigation depending on the level of knowledge that each particular student has. We have made several changes in AHA! to improve its power in the educational area. ...

Mots clés : webométrie, fouille de données d’usage du Web, indicateurs de la science, comportement utilisateur Web, analyse co-usage, serveur Web