BACKGROUND The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 caused considerable loss of life, destruction of livelihood and infrastructure. Linked to this event but not its cause, was the meltdown and radioactive contamination of the environment from Fukishima Dai-ichi power plant. This disaster, in turn, led to the enforced evacuation of populations at risk. Japanese nurses, physicians, parame...

Wasim Muhammad1, Farzand Ali2 and Aamir Raheem2 Author Affiliations 1Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan 2Faculty Management Riphah International Islamabad, Received: January 21, 2022 | Published: March 04, Corresponding author: Muhammad, Institute 19130, Pakhtunkhwa, DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.42.006739

We are pleased to present a collection of papers on various topics within the area of Informatics and Information Technologies (IIT). The whole collection has been authored by students. We approached selected authors of papers originally presented at the annual IIT Student Research Conference, IIT.SRC 2011 which was organized by the Slovak University of Technology and attended by its students s...

. This work explores various ways of distributing the FERweb CMS system (a webbased Content Management System of the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical engineering and computing) Primary aim of this project is enhancing the performance of the system, within the constraint that the efforts must be based on existing technologies used in the project and with minimal impact on the existing...

As part of their regular half-day release course trainee general practitioners met with paramedical colleagues and ancillary practice staff for group discussions on aspects of teamwork. The series of meetings extended over two years. The organizer's aim, that the participants should obtain information about and insight into their colleagues' roles, was achieved. There was also evidence of signi...

BACKGROUND High risk human papilloma virus (HPV) types 16 and 18 have been proven as central causes of cervical cancer and safety and immunogenicity of HPV vaccines are sufficiently established. Knowledge and practices of HPV vaccination among medical and paramedical students is vital as these may strongly determine intention to recommend vaccination to others in the future. The present study w...

1 Department of Radiology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2 Radiotherapy Physics Unit, Radiotherapy Department, Namazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 3 Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 4 Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiraz Universi...

Medicare pass-through dollars for paramedical education are one way hospitals can still get reimbursed on the basis of their costs under the prospective payment system. To qualify, a hospital must demonstrate that it has some involvement in the operation of the nurse anesthesia program. Establishment of a cost center for school-related expenses can help maximize reimbursement.