aim and background:   long exposure to inhalant anesthetic gases especially halothane, among the known hepatotoxic agents, is a serious health risk for the staff of operating room. current study was performed to compare the level of hepatic enzymes between operating&aposs; room staff and other therapeutic wards’ personnel out of the operating room. methods and materials:   a total of 100 person...

Please cite this article in press as: D.A. Ca Application of knowledge discovery methods to crystal structure databases is an emerging research area of materials science that is playing an important role in facilitating data analysis. This study is aimed at combining computational geometry methods with machine learning algorithms for classification of inorganic solid materials of known structur...

Background: Annual patient effective dose equivalent can be considered as a quantitative physical parameter describing the activities performed in each nuclear medicine department. Annual staff dose equivalent could be also considered as a parameter describing the amount of radiation risk for performing the activities. We calculated the staff to patient dose equivalent ratio to be used as a phy...

conclusions with regard to significant relation between mental health, job satisfaction, and economic satisfaction, a system for educating and stress reduction counseling should be established to help nurses effectively coping with stress. also, improving the work environment, increasing staff, increasing salary, and decreasing working hours may reduce the nurses' exposure to stressful risk fac...

object: radio-frequency identification (rfid) technology has a significant impact on industrial and service organizations. this technology supplies an innovative automated system for library intelligent management. success in organizational use of rfid in libraries requires its acceptance and accurate usage by users. current study aims to investigate the most effective factors on rfid acceptanc...