nowadays, thousands tons of chemicals material are used to increase agricultural production that provides a risky situation for the communities. recently, biological or organic agriculture is considered to get rid of such problems. but this style of agriculture is facing with many difficulties and challenges. this study was performed in three phases by using delphi method. in this regard, the s...

BACKGROUND Targets for peritoneal dialysis (PD) utilization may be difficult to achieve because many older patients have contraindications to PD or barriers to self-care. The objectives of this study were to determine the impact that contraindications and barriers to self-care have on incident PD use, and to determine whether family support increased PD utilization when home care support is ava...

background: internal barriers are an important group of barriers to blood glucose level control. finding the viewpoints of patients, their families and medical team on these barriers is an important step towards correct planning and effective control of blood glucose. this study aimed to find and compare viewpoints of patients, their families and medical team about internal barriers to control ...

this study aimed at identifying and analyzing contextual barriers of organizational entrepreneurship in the islamic republic of iran ministry of sport and youth. this study was applied in terms of goals, descriptive with regard to strategy. the method was survey conducted by mixed method (qualitative-quantitative). after reviewing the literature, experts had deep interviews by qualitative metho...

The purpose of this study is to explore the application blockchain technology (BCT) in recycling. This research applies a multiple case approach with six pioneer organisations, based on secondary data. We found that BCT an effective promote recycling performance: it can provide tokenisation, waste flow tracking and chain integration. benefits include ‘Eco-friendly’, ‘Stimulate participation’, ‘...

BACKGROUND This qualitative-exploratory study examined the barriers to participation amongst children with disabilities in Lusaka, Zambia, from the mothers' perspective. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to understand how mothers of children with physical and cognitive disabilities who engaged their children in community-based rehabilitation (CBR) services in Lusaka, Zambia, percei...

OBJECTIVES The study examines how environmental factors contribute to the onset of restricted mobility outside the home among older adults with osteoarthritis. METHODS This is a prospective cohort study of adults aged 50 years and older with osteoarthritis (n=1802). Logistic regression tested the association between the onset of restricted mobility outside the home and health, sociodemographi...

BACKGROUND Up to half of all people with HIV infection have some degree of cognitive impairment. This impairment is typically mild, but nonetheless often disabling. Although early detection of cognitive impairment offers the greatest hope of effective intervention, there are important barriers to this goal in most clinical settings. These include uncertainty about how self-reported cognitive sy...

BACKGROUND Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) may face barriers, such as treatment fatigue, memory problems, or side effects, that may influence their adherence to medication. OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to use an online community to develop a self-report questionnaire to quantify adherence and barriers to achieving adherence, that is specific to MS disease-modifying treatment...