<p>The aim of this study was to highlight the reasons that motivate employees participate in Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs and, also, aims identify factors contribute their for participation. The research tool questionnaire which contains a list 28 results present showed most important CPE were, “to cultivate my skills and abilities”, be informed about new technologies ...

Occupational health research depends on the cooperation and participation of employers. The authors describe employers' reasons for non-participation in a prospective study examining risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and the usefulness of preplacement, post-offer nerve conduction screening. Companies were contacted to solicit participation. Non-participation explanations were review...

BACKGROUND The usefulness of hysterosalpingography (HSG) as routine investigation in the fertility work-up prior to laparoscopy and dye had been assessed in a randomized controlled trial. Recruiting subjects to the study was more difficult than anticipated. The objective of this study was to explore possible reasons for non-participation in the trial. METHODS All newly referred subfertile wom...

Powering all the electronic devices surrounding us in our daily life is still and will remain a challenge. Therefore "Future and Emerging Technologies Proactive (FET)", part of the European Commission, General Directorate Information Society and Media, will launch a new Proactive Initiative in the call FP7-ICT-2009-5. This Proactive Initiative searches for new and disruptive ideas for energy ha...

Improving participation rates in specialist mathematics after the subject ceases to be compulsory at age 16 is part of government policy in England. This article provides independent and recent support for earlier findings concerning reasons for nonparticipation, based on free response and closed items in a questionnaire with a sample of over 1500 students in 17 schools, close to the moment of ...