This paper’s interest is in understanding how bureaucracies should respond to their clients. I claim that because many services are not priced, bureaucratic responses to their clients will often be the opposite of the reactions of “normal” firms. Specifically, they ignore the most credible complaints from clients, provide the poorest service to clients to value the service most, and require mos...

background: numerous evidences indicate that in some hiv-1 positive patients, the humoral and cellular immune responses are induced against hiv-1 proteins and this is inversely related to the progress of infection. objective: the aim of this study was the evaluation of the adenovectors containing hiv genes in induction of immune responses in mice. methods: the hiv-1 genes including gag p24, rev...

The InterAsterisk eXchange (IAX) protocol has been available for a few years. Meanwhile, the popularity of Real time SWitching (RSW) has increased due to its ability to easily combine voice and video services. Incidentally, these two heterogeneous clients pose considerable problems for users who have to choose between two solutions offering different advantages and disadvantages. While RSW is b...

Background Aphasia therapy software applications (apps) can help achieve recommendations regarding aphasia treatment intensity and duration. However, we currently know very little about speech language therapists’ (SLTs) preferences with regards to these apps. This may be problematic, as clinician acceptance of novel treatments technology are a key factor for successful translation from researc...

The aim of this research was to study the effects of several stimulus parameters on adaptation characteristics of the auditory brainstem response (ABR). Recordings were obtained from normal hearing adults to separate trains of 5 rarefaction and 5 condensation clicks with interclick intervals of 10 msec and intertrain intervals of 500 msec at three intensities. Absolute latencies for waves I, II...

In this position paper we argue that we need to rethink how we build ubiquitous computing infrastructure so that protecting users’ privacy is the paramount criterion. We advocate a model that consists of connectionless protocols where the infrastructure broadcasts data to clients and responses are anonymous. We are constructing a set of applications to highlight this approach and will report on...

Dear Editor, High quality health services need not only be universally accessible but also utilized by those for whom they are meant. Client satisfaction is an important determinant of health service utilization. According to Keegan, satisfaction comprises both cognitive and emotional facets and is related to previous experiences, expectations and social networks. Fulfilling clients' satisfacti...

a bstrac t   background: organizational and structural obstacles are a group of major obstacles in achievement of appropriate family planning counseling. detection of these obstacles from the viewpoint of managers, staffs and clients who are key members in health services providing system is a major step toward appropriate planning to modify or delete this group of obstacles. the present study ...