background: cushing's disease is the most prevalent cause of endogenous adrenocorticotrophic hormone hypersecretion. the aim of this study was to document the current clinical practice pattern in the management of cushing's disease by iranian endocrinologists to determine their opinions and compare them with the current clinical practice guidelines.    methods: an eight-item questionnaire deali...

Background: There is a renewed interest in job satisfaction among healthcare workers including nurses in Africa and the West African sub-region due to the perception that global shifts in the internal structures and employment practices are inducing changes in the ties that bind employees to their job. Therefore, it is necessary to examine various studies in order to establish ...

The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first is to present the structure of a course entitled ‘Strategic Knowledge Management’ taught at the MBA level at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada. The second goal is to report on the survey of 43 course alumni and offer insights for other instructors interested in the development of the KM-related curriculum. The survey res...

Knowledge management is the secret used by all the successful companies to obtain competitive advantage and improve work performance. This paper will discuss the relevance of developing Strategic Ontological Knowledge Management Framework within the Dubai Police in order to achieve optimal performance. Establishing knowledge management structure within an intricate operation, such as the Dubai ...

The ADEA Competencies for the New General Dentist contain a significant number of practice management-related competencies. To date, these have been taught primarily in a lecture format in the third and fourth years of the dental curriculum. Presenting information in this way only satisfies the lower level learning skills, not the skills needed to become a competent general dentist. This articl...

Waste management is a challenge of modern society, and there is awareness that responsibility of waste management should be shared by all community, to cooperate and ensure a sustainable development with the best principles and best management practices. It is a citizenship issue, where citizens contribute adopting preventative behaviours in the production of waste, as well as practices that fa...

Purpose – The paper seeks to investigate the changing and challenging spatial nature of the rising knowledge cities’ knowledge precincts. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the literature on recent knowledge precinct developments within the frame of innovation and urban economic competitiveness. The methodology develops a typological investigation and searches for useful insights f...