the purpose of this research was to compare block, random and randomized block training on the acquisition, retention and transfer of volleyball serves. for this purpose, 34 students of shomal university were selected randomly and after primary rules of volleyball were explained and instructed and pretest was performed, they were divided into 3 groups (block, random and randomized block trainin...

Publisher's copyright statement: This is a pre-copy-editing author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Brain following peer review. The de nitive publisher-authenticated version Lane, A.R. and Smith, D.T. and Ellison, A. and Schenk, T. (2010) 'Visual exploration training is no better than attention training for treating hemianopia.', Brain., 133 (6 ). pp. 1717-1728 is availab...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of surgical simulation compared with other methods of surgical training. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Surgical simulation (with or without computers) is attractive because it avoids the use of patients for skills practice and provides relevant technical training for trainees before they operate on humans. METHODS Studies were identified through searches of...

background: improvement of medical education is necessary for meeting health care demands. participation of private practice physicians in ambulatory care training is an effective method for enhancing medical students' skills. purpose: this study was undertaken to determine clinical professors' views about participation of physicians with private office in ambulatory care training. methods: par...

BACKGROUND The nosology of the psychosis high-risk state is controversial. Traditionally conceived as an 'at risk' state for the development of psychotic disorders, it is also conceptualised as a clinical syndrome associated with functional impairment. AIMS To investigate meta-analytically the functional status of patients at high clinical risk for psychosis and its association with longitudi...

will propose a prohibition on industry sponsored reviews when he speaks at the Barcelona meeting. One important group, until now silent in this debate, are the public agencies who currently provide a large part of the collaboration's core funding. In England, the Department of Health's funding is signed off by the director of research and development, John Pattison. " It seems perfectly legitim...

introduction: telomeres are repetitive sequences of ttaggg section that find at two ends of eukaryotic chromosomes and they shield chromosome ends. telomere shortening in patients with myocardial infarction has been reported. shelterin complex's role is essential in telomere length regulation. telomeric repeat binding factors 1 and 2 (trf1 and trf2) are the most important sheltrein complex...