construction plans are regarded as the basis of the economy in the society. any delays in the utilization of projects can cause to waste the investments and the loss of technical and economic justifications. in this paper, the barriers of on-time delivery in water projects will be scrutinized in mazandaran regional water company. so, the independent variables such as management obstacles, cultu...

these days, promotion of farmers' technical-scientific abilities in agriculture is one of the main challenges in this sector. agricultural extension as a motivate power source in agricultural development can be more effective in solving these problems via acceptance of responsibility in the educational concepts. but it faces numerous obstacles because of absence of a proper informational s...

Background: Health technology assessment (HTA) is a tool utilized for efficient dissemination of technology. For the purpose of encouraging decision-makers to utilize this tool, at first, we need to identify the obstacles in the processes of preparation, utilization, and implementation of HTAs. This study aims to define these barriers and offer solutions for effective utilization of HTA reports...

the poor performance of fishery subsector is most clearly evidenced by low adoption of fishery production technologies by farmers. the purpose of this research was analyzing influence of socio-economic factors on the adoption of fish production technologies by community-based farmers in cross river state, nigeria. a multistage random sampling technique was used in selecting 60 community-based f...

the purpose of this study was to determine the importance of eleven professional competencies related to needs assessment and program development; a secondary purpose was to identify the best time these competencies should be learned. the study followed a survey research design, in which 441 randomly selected extension educators in the north central region of the united states responded to a qu...

background a number of developing countries have contracted out public health facilities to the non-government organizations (ngos) in order to improve service utilization. however, there is a paucity of in-depth qualitative information on barriers to access services as a result of contracting from service users’ perspective. the objective of this study was to explore perceived barriers to util...

background: treatment and illness management depends mostly on patient's performance in diseases and disorders such as diabetes. therefore, self-care has an important role in the health of these patients; they can affect their own welfare, functional capabilities, and illness processes by achieving self-care skills. today, self-care depends on individual, psychological and social factors, recog...

context this literature review mostly emphasizes on the challenges and barriers for acceptance and implementation of electronic health records (ehrs) in developing countries. although the willingness of developing countries for acceptance and implementation of ehrs is rising, they will face some challenges and barriers which can slow down their progress due to the multidisciplinary and complexi...