This study aims to evaluate and prioritize higher education functions from the point of view of young people. To this end, these functions were investigated from the economic, political, social and cultural perspectives, based on Parsons&#39 social theory. Survey was the method adopted to conduct the study and a questionnaire was designed using Osgood’s Scale. The respondents were asked to ra...

Over the last decade, health systems strengthening, workforce training, and patient safety have come to the forefront of global health (GH) priorities. Although a growing literature describes the advantages and challenges of GH experience during medical school and residency, little is known about patterns of GH activity among hospitalists. As the fastest growing US medical specialty, hospital m...

This research aims to examine tourists’ perception of the sustainable tourism development of the Tianzhu Mountain in Anhui Province, China. It reviews tourists’ opinions on three sustainability aspects of tourism (economic, environmental and socio-cultural aspects) and assess differences among tourist demographics. The research used non-random convenient sampling. 384 questionnaires were distri...

A chieving and maintaining high response rates are important goals of the Consumer Expenditure (CE) Survey program. However, as with other Federal Government surveys , response rates for the Interview Survey component of the CE have been declining in recent years. Between 1998 and 2002, the response rate for the Interview Survey was about 79 percent, and it fell to about 76 percent between 2003...

A number of theoretical frameworks attempt to help those in disadvantaged areas by encouraging growth local industries created areas. However, as far the authors are aware, not all these attempts have been successful. The case discussed here is that cultured pearl industry, a traditional Japanese industry. In particular, research focuses on industry Mie Prefecture, located western part Mainland...

Zimbabwe's HIV epidemic is amongst the worst in the world, and disproportionately effects poorer rural areas. Access to almost all health services in Zimbabwe includes some form of cost to the client. In recent years, the socio-economic and employment status of many Zimbabweans has suffered a serious decline, creating additional barriers to HIV treatment and care. We aimed to assess the impact ...

AIM The survey ascertains perceptions and describes current practice of clinicians regarding medication non-adherence in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. METHODS Gastroenterologists, trainees and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) specialist nurses from the United Kingdom were invited to a web based survey collecting data on clinician demographics, patient volume and level of interest ...

BACKGROUND Picky eating is relatively common among infants and children, often causing anxiety for parents and caregivers. The purpose of this study was to determine the key aspects of picky eating and feeding difficulties among children aged 1 to 10 years in Singapore and the impact on their parents or caregivers. METHODS In this survey, 407 parents or grandparents who are the primary caregi...

Security and privacy researchers often rely on data collected from Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) to evaluate security tools, to understand users’ privacy preferences, to measure online behavior, and for other studies. While the demographics of MTurk are broader than some other options, researchers have also recently begun to use census-representative web-panels to sample respondents with more ...