background: quality of life in patients represents an important area of assessment. however, attention to health professionals should be equally important. the literature on the quality of life (qol) of emergency physicians is scarce. this pilot study investigated qol in emergency physicians in germany. materials and methods: we conducted a cross?sectional study from january to june in 2015.we ...

Formal assessment of cognitive decline with cognitive tests can be difficult, requiring either two measurement points or a comparison of 'hold' with 'don't hold' tests. Informant-based assessment provides an alternative approach because informants can adopt a longitudinal perspective and directly rate cognitive change. A study was carried out to assess the validity of informant ratings collecte...

BACKGROUND Intersectoral collaboration between government sectors such as Health and Social Development and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in communities is crucial for provision of psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) for those with severe mental illness. This study aims to provide recommendations for strengthening such intersectoral collaboration in South Africa and with relevance to othe...

chamomile (matricaria recutita) is a highly valuable medicinal and aromatic plant of asteraceae family and its anthodia used frequently in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. the aim of this study was the evaluation the effect of drought stress induced by polyethylene glycol 6000 (peg) on germination percentage, germination rate, plumule and radicle length of four improved cultivars of germ...

We investigate how children balance the quality of informants’ knowledge with the number of endorsements when deciding which of two boxes contains the better option. When group numbers are equal, children choose boxes endorsed by informants with visual access over informants with hearsay (Experiment 1), but are at chance when group size conflicts with quality of knowledge (Experiments 2 and 3)....

To present a framework for compassionate teaching, the views of teachers and students on the topic were sought. These informants were chosen from among their corresponding populations in Tehran, using the snowball and mixed methods. Semi-structured interviews were used to gather the needed data. To analyze the data open coding and descriptive categorization were utilized. Results show that from...

The aim of the analysis was to find out how future kinesiologists assess importance 15 foreign languages in sports management. sample comprised 70 male and female students from Faculty Kinesiology, University Zagreb. results showed that most had learned English German, for longest period. As many as 62.86% two languages, whereas 20% three, 10% only one, 7.14% four languages. assessed command Ge...