Although 80% of Colorado's population lives in the densely populated Front Range, the remaining 20% of Colorado residents live in sparsely populated regions. The Federal Communications Commission and the federal government's National Broadband Plan have prioritized universal availability of high speed Internet, but Colorado has struggled to close the "digital divide," which decreases the benefi...

introduction local institutions in iran are known as local administrators. these indigenous self-help groups have been around since 1998 with the act of establishing self-sufficient local administrators across the country. according to the latest statistics, the rank of kermanshah province is second in the positions of local institutions across the country. interestingly, khorasane-razavi holds...

In the last five years, medical care policies for prisons in the Argentine Federal Penitentiary Service were developed by the previous Medical Care Assistance Office of this Institution to improve primary medical healthcare. Policies were applied with heterogeneous criteria in comparison to the ones established by the Ministry of Health. This may be why I am interested in taking a deeper look a...

in iran, new centralization characteristic, especially during pahlavi dynasty, has been convergence and its vast use in bureaucracy. historical sociological studies have consensus on the issues of centralization, power centralization, and political sovereignty in iran; however, these issues have some divisional interruptions and different levels of strength in some parts of the history. this es...

BACKGROUND The better treatment modalities for bleeding esophageal varices have improved the prognosis of cirrhosis. AIM To inquire about diagnostic and treatment modalities for esophageal bleeding in Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS An enquiry about diagnosis and treatment of esophageal bleeding was designed and electronically sent to public and private health institutions that could admit pati...

BACKGROUND The caregivers of left-behind children (CLBC) in China's poor, rural areas are mostly elderly and women. Their health status and access to health services have not been previously characterized. This study aims to explore the status of CLBC in terms of their health service utilization and to provide a scientific basis for guiding effective implementation of health policy in rural Hun...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether rural clinical placements for student nurses at a rural university in New South Wales influence their decision to join the rural and remote Registered Nurse workforce. The study utilised a convenience sample of final year Bachelor of Nursing students at a rural university campus, and consisted of two stages of data collection. Stage One employed ...

On the influence of trust in predicting rural land owner cooperation with natural resource management institutions Joseph A. Hamm, Lesa Hoffman, Alan J. Tomkins & Brian H. Bornstein To cite this article: Joseph A. Hamm, Lesa Hoffman, Alan J. Tomkins & Brian H. Bornstein (2016): On the influence of trust in predicting rural land owner cooperation with natural resource management institutions, Jo...

This article explores the recent development of new spheres of public engagement within UK higher education through an analysis of the foundation degree qualification. These, according to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), were designed to equip students with the combination of technical skills, academic knowledge, and transferable skills increasingly being demanded by em...