Indigenous Knowledge: Beyond Protection, Towards Dialogue

Rights Markup Extensions for the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge

Indigenous cultures have experienced a renaissance over the past 5-10 years as indigenous communities have recognized the importance of documenting and sharing their cultural heritage and history. This has coincided with the explosion of the internet and the widespread application of multimedia technologies to the construction of large online cultural collections. Together these developments ha...

The Protection of Indigenous Knowledge through the Intellectual Property System

Knowledge, attitude and practice of nuclear medicine staff towards radiation protection

Introduction: Ionizing radiation in medical imaging is one of the dominant sources of exposure, and correct knowledge of radiation protection, affects staff safety behaviors during procedures. This study aimed to assess the radiation protection Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) amongst nuclear medicine centers' staff in Iran. Methods: To evaluate the...

Towards a Formal Model of Knowledge Acquisition via Cooeperative Dialogue

We aim, in this paper, to make a a first step towards developing a model of knowledge acquisition/learning via cooperative dialogue. A key idea in the model is the concept of integrating exchanged information, via dialogue, within an agent's theory. The process is nonmonotonic. Dialogue is a structured process and the structure is relative to what an agent knows about the world or a domain of d...

Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude, and Performance of Radiographers towards Radiation Protection in Southern Khorasan Province, Iran

Introduction: Nowadays, X-ray radiographic imaging plays an essential role in disease diagnosis and treatment. In addition to benefits, X-rays have harmful effects for both patients and radiographers. Observing radiation protection principles reduces radiation exposure and the probability of radiation risk. Therefore, we sought to assess the knowledge, attitude, and performance of radiographers...