Shervin Amiri , Nasser Ojaroudi , Mohammad Ojaroudi 3 1 Scientific Member of Electrical Engineering, Department of Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) Tehran, Iran, [email protected] 2 Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran, [email protected] 3 Young Research Club, Ardabil Branch, Islamic A...

INTRODUCTION In many countries it is a requirement for those working in the military or offshore oil industry to undertake Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET). The staged, incremental training culminates in simulated ditching in which the trainees escape from a submerged, inverted mock up of a helicopter. Usually the water is warm and the duration of breath holding required to make an ...

regional differences in concept and therapeutic value of yoga. A questionnaire comprising twenty questions with multiple choice responses was specifically constructed for this study and emaited to one member each of the four cyberclubs in New Delhi, Kanpur, Chennai and Bangalore with a request to circulate it'among their club members and acquaintances. Assuring confidentiality, the questionnair...

AIM The quantification and longitudinal monitoring of athlete training load (TL) provides a scientific explanation for changes in performance and helps manage injury/illness risk. Therefore, accurate and reliable monitoring tools are essential for the optimization of athletic performance. The aim of the present study was to establish the relationship between measures of internal [heart rate (HR...

All postdoctoral training programs approved by the American Osteopathic Association are required to be part of an Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution (OPTI) consortium. The author reviews recent activities related to OPTI operations, including the transfer the OPTI Annual Report to an electronic database, revisions to the OPTI Accreditation Handbook, training at the 2010 OPTI Workshop...

In this study, the motor teaching principles taxonomy (MTPT) was developed to investigate which teaching principles physiotherapists use to treat children with developmental coordination disorder during Neuromotor Task Training (NTT). In NTT, special attention is paid to the best ways to instruct and provide feedback. Based on motor learning theory and video observations of NTT treatments, teac...

BACKGROUND Maternal and perinatal mortality continue to be a high priority problem on the health agendas of less developed countries. Despite the progress made in the last decade to quantify the magnitude of maternal mortality, few interventions have been implemented with the intent to measure impact directly on maternal or perinatal deaths. The success of interventions implemented in less deve...

This study compared the effectiveness of stress management programs in dental education by systematic review of the literature. The number of studies concerning stress management programs for dental students is limited compared with studies discussing sources of stress. Several types of programs for stress management have been reported, and differ in their duration, content, and outcomes. Two m...

The value of establishing a patient-centered relationship within the context of the clinical encounter is well documented. The learner-centered method of medical education parallels the patient-centered clinical method; therefore, it should be explored as a method for teaching in the context of the learning encounter. In Japan and other Asian countries, rotations through services not related to...