extended abstract 1. introduction in recent years, the demand for applying strategies related to ict for rural development in developing countries has provided a lot of capabilities and facilities for creating an evolution. achieving abundant opportunities for a large part of the population of rural regions to pass digital gaps and access information resources as well as providing services by i...

abstract this study aimed at identifying and prioritizing the barriers to participation of staff of public offices in kerman province in physical activities. the statistical population consisted of all staff of public offices of kerman province (n=23360 according to the annual statistics of offices in kerman province in 2012). the sample size was 378 subjects using krejcie and morgan (1970) tab...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the cost and characterize the management of asthma attacks in primary care. DESIGN Prospective, observational study of 1 year's duration. Setting. 10 physician's offices at 9 primary care centers located in 5 provinces (Asturias, Barcelona, Cadiz, Madrid, and Valencia) of Spain. PARTICIPANTS 10 family physicians who saw 133 consecutive patients with an asthma attack. ...

Collecting, sorting, transporting, and delivering the nation’s mail to every household and business across the country—from Alaska to Puerto Rico—is an enormous task. To accomplish this task, the Postal Service uses a physical infrastructure that includes more than 38,000 post offices and contract units, 282 automated processing centers, 63 airport mail facilities, 21 bulk mail centers and a nu...

PURPOSE After the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) took effect in 2007, there was concern that private office-based imaging facilities would close, that advanced imaging would shift to less convenient hospital-based facilities, and that access to advanced imaging might be restricted. The aim of this study was to see if these developments occurred during the years after the DRA. METHODS Using Medic...

One of the methods used to estimate land prices is Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). The GWR method built based on dependent and independent variables (land prices) (the spatial proximity between object other facilities). However, this study will develop variable by adding a planning zone provide complexity price estimation. This proposes an implementation mechanism setting each type as...

When it comes to conflicts with psychiatric facilities, people with a mental disability are usually disadvantaged to the mentally healthy ones. This applies all the more to legal restrictive measures. Often clients depend upon the personnel's goodwill. This results in avoiding problems by not complaining and furthermore in discontent. Excessive demand in conflicts, caused by the illness, a lack...

OBJECTIVE To assess the structure and performance of and support for five infectious disease surveillance systems in the United Republic of Tanzania: Health Management Information System (HMIS); Infectious Disease Week Ending; Tuberculosis/Leprosy; Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; and Acute Flaccid Paralysis/Poliomyelitis. METHODS The systems were assessed by a...