The present study was aimed at investigating the awareness level about warning signs of cancer and its determinants in an Iranian general population. This cross-sectional interview-based survey investigated 2,500 people aged 18 years and over, as a representative sample of Tehran population. Latent class regression was applied for analyzing data. A small (18.8%) proportion of the respondents ha...

When selecting a system j?om multiple candidates, the customer seeks the one that best meets his or her needs. Recently the desire for evolvable systems has become more important and engineers are striving to develop systems that accommodate this need. In response to this search for evolvabili@, we present a historical perspective on evolvability, propose a refined definition of evolvabiliy, an...

Formation and provision of high-quality inclusion in institutions higher education is an important condition for the sustainable development our country. After all, activation awareness essence individual society, its significance, self-realization, social benefit are so persons with special educational needs. It at stage formation a person that satisfaction his/her needs basis will determine e...

Cultural competence is a vital component of many missions in today's military. Cultural competence enables one to further a mission, save resources, and save lives. Conversely, a lack of cultural competence may bring about challenges to mission completion, requirement for more resources, waste of resources, and destruction of lives. Cultural competence involves many components. One particular c...

whom she (solely) confided, who insisted that this could be dangerous and referred to the episode of Casualty, which had been screened the previous week. It was only when the friend detailed the fate of the young girl in the television series, who had taken an overdose of paracetamol and progressed to liver failure, that our patient reluctantly agreed to go to hospital. This patient had not vie...

The mission of a pediatric inpatient unit, no matter how large or small, whether in a private or public hospital, is to provide optimum, age-appropriate care for each patient and to lend sensitive and understanding support to his or her family. The key to success in achieving this mission is the quality and commitment of the personnel on the unit. If the skills and the dedication are present an...

abstract background and purpose : stroke is a leading cause of death and functional disability. while there have been major advances regarding the management of stroke, a significant proportion of people are still unaware of stroke-related symptoms and risk factors. this study was performed to assess the public awareness and attitude of stroke warning signs and risk factors among a sample of ir...

Recently it has been widely acknowledged that the recognition of emotions of computer users can provide more user friendly systems and eventually increase the productivity of users. User friendly interfaces are even more important for the design of educational software that is appropriate for young children. In human-human interaction the expression of emotions of people can be evident in diffe...

The humanist mission of translation is believed to be rooted in the universal humane urge to spread knowledge and to eliminate misunderstanding among people as well as to generate a broader space for communication. What is absent from this philanthropist definition is the workings of power and the political agendas that influence the translator's stance and his/her interpretation of the text th...