the purpose of this paper is to study the degree of job satisfaction of the employees of khorassan general administration for technical and vocational training and the related factors. the study has been carried out using the sampling method, with the statistical society of the survey consisting of 690 persons, and the sample size of 512 persons. the results shows that independent variables rel...

Received: 2 August 2005 Revised: 27 September 2005 Accepted: 28 September 2005 Introduction Shortly after Claudio’s permanent appointment at the LSE, he joined me in teaching the advanced MSc option ‘Interpretations of Information’. I had previously co-taught this course with Lucas Introna who had recently moved to Lancaster University. Both Lucas and Claudio shared a love of the work of Martin...

Evidence suggests that the first few years of life is a critically important time that affects individuals’ future health and social well-being. The Government’s response to this evidence has been to plan to increase by 50% the size of the health visiting (HV) workforce (who provide much early years prevention) and to provide a new vision about how services should be delivered (Health Visitor I...

Estimates suggest that perhaps 40% of all invertebrate species are found in tropical rainforest canopies. Extrapolations of total diversity and food web analyses have been based almost exclusively on species inhabiting the foliage, under the assumption that foliage samples are representative of the entire canopy. We examined the validity of this assumption by comparing the density of invertebra...

BACKGROUND Performing a tick check after visiting nature is considered the most important preventive measure to avoid contracting Lyme disease. Checking the body for ticks after visiting nature is the only measure that can fully guarantee whether one has been bitten by a tick and provides the opportunity to remove the tick as soon as possible, thereby greatly reducing the chance of contracting ...