aims: endotracheal suctioning is a vital process to keep the airways open. the method of performing endotracheal suctioning has a great effect on its complications and effectiveness. this study was carried out with the aim of assessing gap between the knowledge and performance of nurses' working in intensive care units (icu) in tracheal suctioning.   methods: in this cross sectional study,...

A large gap exists between the completion of clinical research demonstrating the benefit of new treatment interventions and improved patient outcomes resulting from implementation of these interventions as part of routine clinical practice. This gap clearly affects patient safety and quality of care. Knowledge translation is important for addressing this gap, but evaluation of the most appropri...

Abstract By building upon the prior work exploring nature of practicing and knowing in collaborative research (CR), this article argues that focusing on how trust evolves dialogue could enhance learning potential CR projects. Drawing from 42 workshops within a project, we analyze practices develop trust. We use dialogical framework developed by Walton Krabbe (1995) to identify classify 107 dial...

In iterative schemes of identification and control one of the particular and important choices to make is the choice for a model uncertainty structure, capturing the uncertainty concerning the estimated plant model. This is typically done in some normbounded form, in order to guarantee robust stability and/or robust performance when redesigning the controller. Structures that are used in the re...

This study aims to evaluation of knowledge management processes including knowledge generation & acquisition, saving & organizing, dissemination & sharing and application in the public sector especially in police through a case study based investigation and identifies factors affecting for improvement them. The evaluation was examined through 423 questionnaires provided by in different police u...

  One of an important factor in the success of organizations is the efficiency of knowledge flow. The knowledge flow is a comprehensive concept and in recent studies of organizational analysis broadly considered in the areas of strategic management, organizational analysis and economics. In this paper, we consider knowledge flows from an Information Technology (IT) viewpoint. We usually have tw...

‘Knowledge-based’ approaches have recently made a breakthrough in urban planning. How to develop balance knowledge-based planning between abstract and scientific knowledge, on the one hand, ‘local knowledge’ other hand has been long debated. To this debate, we add form of knowledge with potential for sustainable planning, i.e. ethnographic that could transmit an understanding dwellers’ daily pr...