Success on the licensure examination, NCLEX-PN, is a fundamental outcome criterion for practical nursing programs as well as a state requirement for professional practice. Nurse educators and administrators have an interest in identifying factors that predict success on the licensure examination. This study examined demographic, pre-admission, and programmatic variables to determine their predi...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED Waste management is one of the key ecological challenges of the modern world. As dental practitioners, we must recognize that some of the materials and procedures we use to provide dental health services may present challenges to the environment. Realizing this, we can begin to take measures to minimize the production of these wastes and their potential enviro...

An interface to ADM1 was developed to estimate the solid waste composition from its practical characteristics. The interface was based on COD, elemental, charge and covalent bond balances to conceal any error in collected characteristics from different sources. The interface was validated by reported characteristics of manure and food wastes and determined with relevant accuracy the wastes’ com...

this volume is the first complete roadmap to integrative nursing, providing a step-by-step guide to assess and clinically treat conditions through a variety of combined methodologies including wellness, lifestyle enhancement, and nutrition. this text puts forth both the skills and theoretical frameworks for multidisciplinary leaders to consider and implement integrative healthcare strategies wi...

The practice of dentistry involves laborious high finesse dental preparations, precision and control in executions that require a particular attention, concentration and patience of the dentist and finally the dentist's physical and mental resistance. The optimal therapeutic approach and the success of practice involve special working conditions for the dentist and his team in an ergonomic envi...

Fish wastes constitute an important source of biologically active molecules possessing peculiar properties and practical application promises in various areas ( agriculture, medicine, chemistry, biotechnology ). Several enzymes from crustacean and fish wastes for which sizable stocks of viscera are actually available have been considered. These enzyme activities are namely an aminopeptidase fro...

introduction: medical claim is one of the most concerning subjects for both patients and physicians. in addition, it has lots of financial and nonfinancial costs for health care systems. to define the number and causes of medical claims against dentists of rasht since 2006 till 2011in guilan medical council. materials and methods: a retrospective cross - sectional study was performed since 2006...