A major constraint to the application of any form of knowledge and principles is the awareness, understanding and acceptance of the knowledge and principles. Systems Thinking (ST) is a way of understanding and thinking about the nature of  health systems and how to make and implement decisions within health systems to maximize desired and minimize undesired effects. A major constraint to applyi...

    Six sigma,   Rolled throughput yield, Organizational performance Six Sigma is a well- established approach to improve the capability of business processes in order to gain satisfaction of customers. The performance assessment of a given process is essential to some phases of six sigma methodology. So far, different indicators are used to demonstrate the performance of a process, while many ...

the present study aimed to investigate protective effects of dietary cinnamon essential oil supplementation on decreasing the toxicity of aflatoxin b1 to rainbow trout fingerlings regarding hematological indices, serum biochemistry and liver histopathology. fish were randomly exposed to six distinct treatments composed of different combinations of three dietary aflatoxin (0, 25 and 50 ppb) and ...

BACKGROUND There is international interest in the active involvement of patients and the public. However, consensus on how best to optimize its application is currently unavailable. OBJECTIVE To identify and assess the underlying principles of patient and public involvement (PPI) in health and social care services, research, education and regulation across medicine, dentistry and nursing. D...

Internal DSLs are a special kind of DSLs that use an existing programming language as their host. To build them successfully, knowledge regarding how to modify the host language is essential. In this chapter, the author contributes six DSL design principles and 21 DSL design patterns. DSL Design principles provide guidelines that identify specific design goals to shape the syntax and semantic o...

introduction: ionizing radiations are the hazardous agents in the workplace and all forms of ionizing radiation produce some type of injuries. awareness of application of protection guidelines and knowledge of the principles of radiation protection can play an important role in health of employees. survey of radiation employee’s levels of awareness and practical behavior is essential and should...

Background Since the global economic crisis, a harsher economic climate and global commitments to address the problems of global health and poverty have led to increased donor interest to fund effective health innovations that offer value for money. Simultaneously, further aid effectiveness is being sought through encouraging governments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to strengthen...

Internal DSLs are a special kind of DSLs that use an existing programming language as their host. To build them successfully, knowledge regarding how to modify the host language is essential. In this chapter, the author contributes six DSL design principles and 21 DSL design patterns. DSL Design principles provide guidelines that identify specific design goals to shape the syntax and semantic o...