Introduction. Self assessment is provided by Excellence models covers all the factors affecting qualitative and quantitative improvement of organizational performance. The aim of this study was to evaluate performance of universities of medical sciences based on EFQM. Methods. This interventional study was done in 2010-2011.13 universities among 41 medical sciences university were selected usin...

The European Union action plan on drugs (2000–2004), under strategy target 3 ‘to increase substantially the number of successfully treated addicts’, addresses the issue of guidelines and standards in treatment and social reintegration. It states ‘Member States (are) to define clear guidelines for standards and goals of treatment services’ as well as ‘Member States (are) to ensure that adequate ...

Medical Physics is a field of applied physics and as such a comparatively young discipline. The roots of Medical Physics go back to the application of ionising radiation in diagnostics and therapy in the beginning of the last century. Between the years 1950 and 1970, the increasing importance and specialisation of Medical Physics led to the foundation of Medical Physics societies in most Europe...

Information Technology Governance and Service Management (ITGSM) is one of the priorities in organizations. In order to achieve it, it must be set the right policies for Information Technology (IT) Service and Processes Management (ITSM). One of the final objectives of any ITSM policy must be to guarantee an adequate quality of ITSM. In this sense, the use of action frameworks, e.g. Information...

Anthropogenic environmental changes are hypothesized as main reasons for animal species population declines. Heavy metals contamination is one of the worst threats to animals among human-caused threats. As most of the heavy metals bioaccumulate in organisms, analyzing concentrations of heavy metals in long living animals, such as turtles, would be very useful for biomonitoring of environmental ...