purpose: this article aims to assess the impact of the work environment of the iranian national library and archive (nli) on creativity of its staff based on their opinion. method: keys standard questionnaire was distributed among all staff who had an academic degree. 183 completed questionnaires were collected and analyzed using spss. findings: results showed that the work environment of nli i...

We use factor analysis to derive a robust measure of religiosity from items reported in five waves of the World Value Survey. Our measure of religiosity is negatively correlated with per capita income. Development apparently causes religiosity to fall to about half its pre-modern level. Most components of the demand for religion are reduced by development. The supply of religion declines once c...

Spirituality is an essential component of the care of patients with serious illness and those that are dying. Dame Cicely Saunders developed the hospice movement based on the biopsychosocialspiritual model of care, in which all four dimensions are important in the care of patients. Of all the models of care, hospice and palliative care recognize the importance of spiritual issues in the care of...

Iam honored to be included among the recipients of this award, although I find this a bit awkward. I can think of a number of individuals more worthy. In 1993 I accepted a position as a nursing home physician within the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, which included work as the physician for a seven-bed inpatient hospice unit. This unit, established in 1979 was one of the earliest of its kind ...

The aim of this study was to describe and compare the knowledge of registered nurses (RNs), assistant nurses (ANs) and student nurses (SNs) about preventing pressure ulcers (PUs). PU prevention behaviours in the clinical practice of RNs and ANs were also explored. A descriptive, comparative multicentre study was performed. Hospital wards and universities from four Swedish county councils partic...

There is a growing consensus that reducing childhood malnutrition is a critically important goal, but there is far less agreement on what strategies can best achieve that goal. Are more nutrition-specific interventions required, such as food and nutrient supplements or training and education programs? Or does the answer lie in broader social developments such as rising incomes, increased food s...

Recently, a new computing paradigm has emerged: a worldwide distributed computing environment consisting of thousands or even millions of heterogeneous processors, frequently volunteered by private citizens across the globe (1). This large number of processors dwarfs even the largest modern supercomputers. In addition to the scientific possibilities suggested by such enormous computing resource...

background: existence the risk of health problems as well as the environmental consequences of the growing environment to the mental health professionals involved owe in hand to the government in the way of their way to improve of health and environmental facilities societies employ considering the focus sustainable development of human say serious consideration and careful planning in order to...

The advent of Web technology has enabled new ways in which groups of people may interact, leading to the development of online communities. In an academic environment these virtual communities can facilitate collaboration and provide new ways for educators to communicate and disseminate their ideas and practices. A website designed to support a community of educators interested in scholarship a...