Compressive sensing (CS) provides an energy-efficient paradigm for data gathering in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). However, the existing work on spatial-temporal data gathering using compressive sensing only considers either multi-hop relaying based or multiple random walks based approaches. In this paper, we exploit the mobility pattern for spatial-temporal data collection and propose a nov...

effect of health education program on knowledge and   attitude of khoy health workers about prevention   and control of diabetes     r. zakariaee [1] , a. aineri [2] , a. didarlou [3] , a. khorami [4]     abstract:   history & objective: diabetes, is a worldwide problem that has dangerous effects on people, families and communities health. thus, in the present study, we have evaluated effect of...

BACKGROUND The objectives of a family-based disease registry range from characterizing measured genetic factors and gene-environment interaction effects to detecting novel susceptibility genes. Gathering complete information on exposure and disease status in all family members for a sample of affected subjects (probands) to address these diverse objectives would be prohibitively expensive. ME...

this research was conducted with the purpose of analyzing improvement mechanisms of human resource development (hrd) in agriculture faculties. this survey research was descriptive-explanatory. the population of this research consisted of all agricultural faculty members of iran universities (n=1178). data was collected using multi-stage random sampling method. finally, 248 questionnaires were c...

the purpose of this paper is to analyze the willingness of clergymen towards their participation in agriculture and natural resources extension and education programs (anreep). the population of the study consisted of all the clergymen who dialed anreep. using coronbach alpha formula along with stratified random sampling techniques a number of 260 clergymen were selected. a questionnaire, desig...

in this study, the attitudes of 150 nurses about smoking in tehran faculties of medical sciences belong to ministry of health and medical education has been investigated. samples were selected based on random sampling and data collection tool was questionnaire about the cognitive , emotional and behavioral attitudes . research findings showed that the majority of subjects have positive attitude...

OBJECTIVE To study factors related to health promoting behaviors of Thai middle-aged men. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive research. MATERIAL AND METHOD Nine hundred and five Thai males, aged between 40-59 years, living in six provinces of Thailand, were selected by multi-stage random sampling. Data were collected using interview, physical examination, and laboratory test. RESULTS Thai middle-age...