Unawareness refers to the lack of conception rather than the lack of information. This chapter discusses various epistemic approaches to modeling (un)awareness from computer science and economics that have been developed over the last 25 years. While the focus is on axiomatizations of structures capable of modeling knowledge and propositionally determined awareness, we also discuss structures f...

the study examines the effects of awareness of fertilizer subsidy on the yield of crops among rural farmers in ghana. random sampling was used to select six communities and 10 households per community. they include bawku, navrongo, tolon kumbungu and walewale from the northern part and ejura and atebubu in the southern part of ghana. primary data were collected from the sampled household by adm...

conclusions bis-guided management may not be superior to routine monitoring protocols to prevent awareness as well as hemodynamic changes during general anesthesia in patients undergoing abdominal surgeries. results the overall incidence of awareness in the bis and routine monitoring groups were 5.5% and 4.1%, which was not significantly different. there were no significant differences in hemod...

a survey was carried out in 1998-99 among 20 selected primary schools in the north, south, east and west regions of tehran to determine the level of teachers’ knowledge of asthma. 387 (96.7%) of 400 questionnaires were completed and evaluated. five items were investigated: “general knowledge”, “symptoms and triggers”, exercise”, treatment” and “individual experience”. statistical analysis was p...

in orders to promote the level of healthcare in societies, governments try to have different policies to transform the health system. the aim of this study was to measure the level of awareness of practitioners in iran, after initiating the new transformation of the health system in the country, starting from may 2014. this is a descriptive–cross-sectional study, which was inducted in october 2...

introduction: guidelines and rules are very important in patients' behaviors’ domain but this guidelines sets aren’t used practically and coherently in iran`s rules as a title of patients' rights prism. the purpose of this study is to determine the amount of patients' awareness hospitalized in training hospitals of isfahan city from patients' rights prism. methods: this study has been done as a...

Introduction: As the absorption of radiation in environment is increasing, the present study was performed to evaluate the knowledge and practices of Babol’s dentists about x-ray protection . Materials &Methods: This cross-sectional study was designed to assess the knowledge and practices of dentists. The questionnaires were distributed among 70 dentists in Babol city. Analysis of the ...

In collaborative systems, users work together in order to collaborate, communicate and coordinate each other. To perform these tasks, users should be aware of other user’s actions, usually by means of a set of awareness techniques. In this paper, CSRML (Collaborative System Requirements Modelling Language) is presented as an extension of i* to deal with the specification of the CSCW requirement...

Cardiovascular disease is responsible for 65 percent of deaths in persons with type 2 diabetes. However, awareness of cardiovascular disease risk factors among patients with diabetes remains low, resulting in missed opportunities to lower risks for coronary events and strokes. The National Diabetes Education Program has begun a campaign to increase patient participation in risk-reduction practi...