For more than 25 years, the In-training-Examination (ITE) of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) has been a valuable resource for residency programs. An unusual aspect of this examination is that since 1981 an international program at the American University of Beirut has administered the ITE to its residents on the same day that it was given to residents in the United States. While Be...

1997 continues China's long march toI + Enterprise bonds were issued by sevwards affluence. GDP growth was 8.7% in 1996, preceded by two years of 10% growth, and forecast to increase again in 1997. Patriarch Deng Xiaoping's death in early 1997 did little to stem the flow of bullish economic statistics. China's gross domestic product reached US$ 3.6 trillion at purchasing power parity1 or about ...

preservation of dignity is frequently emphasized as a basic patient’s right in national and international nursing codes of ethics and is indeed the essence and core of nursing care. it is therefore essential to explore the concept based on patients’ lived experiences in order to maintain and respect their dignity and consequently improve the quality of health services and patient satisfaction. ...

Patients probe the analyst with goal of challenging pathogenic adaptations to early experiences. As core concept control mastery theory (CMT), testing is contextualized within psychoanalytic theory. The current work examines 29 articles illustrating therapies performed or analyzed using CMT approach for occurrence testing, which takes place through interaction, self-presentation, narratives, us...

Regime complexes entail a variety of institutions with degree overlap in terms thematic issues and participating actors. The EU is such an actor engaging other governmental non-governmental entities the formation evolution regime complexes. In this article, we examine role international transport complex, more specifically two its core organizations, namely ICAO IMO. Our actor-based approach fo...

This article investigates the relationship between tourism-related economic activities and neighbourhood shops in historical centre of Venice, terms both their spatial distribution conflictual uses city. In questioning how to inhabit revitalise city through commercial activities, paper wishes contribute discussion proposed special number, by presenting a specific yet paradigmatic context reflec...

There has been a confrontational structure to the relationship between Korea and Japan for several years, as South Korean government reneged on Japanese military “comfort women” agreement, Supreme Court’s ruling compensation forced laborers led restrictions exports. In tandem with these developments, anti-Japanese sentiment in society growing stronger, have anti-Korean attitudes society. This a...

ahmad shoghi known as amir al-shoara, is one of the most famous contemporary poets of arabic literature. his poetry never served himself or his personal life but was all the time for the sake of others. he never ignored the poetic motives; on the contrary, he studied them very deeply, although he was not a poet with a worldwide reputation, shoghi was one of the famous poets of east and one of t...