this study aimed to evaluate the radiation safety condition and the level of radiation-awareness amongst staff and patients in 18 hospitals of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran. this descriptive, cross–sectional study was administered to patients and personnel, also making a review on the radiation-safety status in the hospitals. in evaluating the level of awareness, ...

nowadays soil erosion is considered as a serious threat to human's life and his welfare. when soil erosion not properly controlled, the fertility would gradually decrease. adoption of appropriate soil conservation practices along with socio-economic factors' assessment can be used to increase farmers' awareness and acceptance of soil conservation, and to diminish soil erosion dam...

The security goals of an organization are realized through security policies, which concern physical security, digital security and security awareness. An insider is aware of these security policies, and might be able to thwart the security goals by combining physical, digital and social means. A systematic analysis of such attacks requires the whole environment where the insider operates to be...

Study abroad programs can enhance cultural awareness and sensitivity of nursing students and help prepare them to care for a multicultural clientele. The author outlines the efforts at one college to organize and initiate a meaningful study abroad course for nursing students to Merida, Mexico.

Today’s information appliances appear very powerful, featuring on-device storage and processing power, communication technology and supporting many different applications. Context awareness is currently considered as one of the key issues for future device generations, with context prediction being the next step in research. The goal is not only to recognize the current context of an informatio...

study of the knowledge in guilan university students about thalassemia seyam sh , assemi a received: 25 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: thalassemia is caused by hemoglobin production disorder and intense anemia. general awareness of the public is an important preventive step. this study examins the knowledge of guilan university students about thalassemia. materi...

In the PIA project, a new approach to develop applications concerning personal information is proposed. It is based on the concept of a personal cloud that will provide easy and secure access to a variety of personal information from various devices and services. A semantic-based middleware that supports development of novel applications that can relate and combine personal information is the c...