regarding the ecommerce growth, websites play an essential role in business success. therefore, many authors have offered website evaluation models since 1995. although, the multiplicity and diversity of evaluation models make it difficult to integrate them into a single comprehensive model. in this paper a quantitative method has been used to integrate previous models into a comprehensive mode...

INTRODUCTION In 2004, a community-based health insurance (CBI) scheme was introduced in Nouna health district, Burkina Faso, with the objective of improving financial access to high quality health services. We investigate the role of CBI enrollment in the quality of care provided at primary-care facilities in Nouna district, and measure differences in objective and perceived quality of care and...

background: iran is one of the countries that has ratified the world health organization framework convention of tobacco control (who-fctc), and has implemented a series of tobacco control interventions including the comprehensive tobacco control law. enforcement of this legislation and assessment of its outcome requires a dedicated evaluation system. this study aimed to develop a generic model...

Greater numbers of infants and young children with increasingly complicated and serious physical, mental health, and developmental problems are being placed in foster care. All children in foster care need to receive initial health screenings and comprehensive assessments of their medical, mental, dental health, and developmental status. Results of these assessments must be included in the cour...

Non-pharmacological treatment modalities are often recommended, prescribed and used in addition to drug treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This article provides a review of the literature on their effectiveness. Currently, a considerable number of systematic reviews summarising the available studies for non-drug care interventions in RA are available. The evidence of effectiv...

With the advances of cognitive radio technologies, Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) has received increasing attention. For dynamic spectrum access, a good spectrum assignment algorithm often considers the spectrum demands of different devices and assigns contiguous and variable bandwidth to them. However, if the DSA devices at a location belong to two or more entities, a selfish entity may want to...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and self-reported sleep duration. SETTING The present study analysed 7 years of aggregated cross-sectional data (2007-2013) from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES). PARTICIPANTS A total of 37 979 individuals were selected for the analyses. INTERVENTIONS RA. PRIMARY AND SECONDAR...