B. Rama Rao is a Principal Engineer at The MITRE Corporation. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University in Applied Physics. Prior to joining MITRE he held technical staff positions at the Sperry Research Center and at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He has also served as an Assistant Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University and as a Research Associate at MIT Dr. Rama Rao holds seve...

STUDY DESIGN Pilot test, observational study. OBJECTIVE To evaluate objectively the knowledge transfer provided by theoretical and practical activities during AOSpine courses for spine surgeons. METHODS During two AOSpine principles courses, 62 participants underwent precourse assessment, which consisted of questions about their professional experience, preferences regarding adolescent idio...

Increased immunization coverage, along with improved sanitization and safe water, is the most important public health intervention to improve child health in documented human history, resulting in a significant decrease in child mortality during the 20 century. Immunization is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the most cost-effective of all health interventions, having...

Khaleghian studies the Impact of political the two groups. In the low-income group, development decentralization on childhood immunization, an essential assistance reduces the gains from decentralization. In the public service provided in almost all countries. He middle-income group, democratic government mitigates examines the relationship empirically using a time-series the negative effects o...

Murphy’s Law is commonly expressed that ‘if anything can go wrong it will’ and is believed to have been founded between 1940 and 1950. This law has been associated with many problems and failures. Murphy’s Law can at times be seen as a threat of impending dangers and disasters since disasters can strike anytime and anywhere. Disasters can include workplace violence, fires, arson, and flooding, ...

Mucosal vaccination has been getting more and more recognition because of its compliance and low risk of spreading infectious disease by contaminated syringes used in subcutaneous immunization. However, most vaccines are unable to induce immune responses when given mucosally, and require the use of strong adjuvant for effective delivery systems. Heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) and Cholera toxin(CT...

abstract reading strategies are seen as supportive means to help learners process and comprehend english texts effectively. the present research probed to posit a discipline-specific model of reading strategies for iranian tefl postgraduate students. the motive behind developing a local model of reading strategy is twofold: first, a variety of postgraduate students admitted for m.a and ph.d. pr...

AS TROPICAL BIOLOGISTS, MANY OF US ESPOUSE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION to our students, our peers, and sometimes to the media and general public. In doing so, we are helping to spread the word, to inform the populace about the importance of tropical nature and the many perils it faces. But the things we talk about are often general in nature, such as the looming dangers of deforestation, or the ...

Chronic pain syndrome is a major health and socioeconomic problem that is manifested by frequent asking of medical assistance, high price of health care, sick leave, work inability and disability as well as frequent compensation requests. Generally speaking, pain, especially chronic pain, significantly diminishes the patient and their family’s quality of life. Most people experience one or more...

idiomatic expressions are considered as a part of everyday language. in other words, they are the essence of each language and one of the most problematic parts to cope with, especially in the process of interlingual translation. furthermore, there is sometimes no one-to-one equivalent for the idioms of the source language (sl) in the target language (tl). this study aimed at investigating the ...