This article contrasts the debate between conservatism and liberalism evident in educational policy and practice, with the radical, deconstructive position. Radical views of education are in turn contrasted with what the educational theorists Shaun Gallagher identifies as a moderate position, in which the various controversies turn in on themselves to reveal our dependence on a series of discur...

background: exposure to organic solvents is common among workers. objective: to assess neurobehavioral effects of long-term exposure to organic solvents among rubber workers in tehran, iran. methods: across-sectional study was conducted on 223 employees of a rubber industry. the participants completed a data collection sheet on their occupational and medical history, and demographic characteris...

background : lack of physical activity is the fourth common cause of human death. given the increased rate of sedentary life style among employees, the aim of this study was to evaluate physical activity status of governmental employees in changing stage based on the transtheoretical model (ttm) in hamadan, iran, in 2014. methods: this descriptive-analytical study was performed on 1200 governme...

background : there are a few studies to assess nurses’ sleep quality and sleepiness in the iranian context. this study thus was carried out to examine the prevalence of sleepiness and sleep quality among nurses in south east of iran.   subjects and methods : the study applied a descriptive, explorative design.252 nurses randomly selected from kerman university hospitals during winter 2009. usin...

background: workplace violence has become an issue of increasing concern. residents are often the first physician that patients will meet them. objectives: we conducted this study to evaluate workplace violence against medical residents in iran. materials and methods: in a cross sectional questionnaire based study we asked 1107 medical residents about violence exposure during past 12 months. re...

Differences in Wage Growth by Education Level: Do Less-Educated Workers Gain Less from Work Experience? This paper revisits the old question of whether wage growth differs by education level. Do more educated workers invest more than less educated workers in firm specific, sector specific or general human capital? Do they gain more from improved job match? The paper makes both a methodological ...

Title: Factors determining the quality of screening colonoscopy: a prospective study on adenoma detection rates, from 12,134 examinations (Berlin colonoscopy project 3, BECOP-3). Authors: Adler A, Wegscheider K, Lieberman D, Aminalai A, Aschenbeck J, Drossel R, Mayr M, Mroß M, Scheel M, Schröder A, Gerber K, Stange G, Roll S, Gauger U, Wiedenmann B, Altenhofen L, Rosch T Journal: Gut 2013;62:23...