BACKGROUND International guidelines on research have focused on protecting research participants. Ethical Research Committee (ERC) approval and informed consent are the cornerstones. Externally sponsored research requires approval through ethical review in both the host and the sponsoring country. This study aimed to determine to what extent ERC approval and informed consent procedures are docu...

This paper presents a method of indoor position determination using an accelerometer, compass and gyroscope which are typically available in devices such as smart phones. The method makes use of measurements from such a device worn on the body, such as attached to a belt. The accelerometer in the device estimates the stride length indirectly from the vertical acceleration associated with walkin...

Objective: To ascertain whether the quality of physician-patient communication makes a significant difference to patient health outcomes. Data sources: The MEDLINE database was searched for articles published from 1983 to 1993 using "physician-patient relations" as the primary medical subject heading. Several bibliographies and conference proceedings were also reviewed. Study selection: Randomi...

Objective: The objective of the study was to compare Anatomy scores with Total in exams Integrated results and Subject-based results.Study Design: Quantitative/observational, retrospective study, Universal sampling.Place Duration Study: conducted Department Foundation University School Health Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan, from 1st May 2022 31st August 2022.Materials Methods: on First profession...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain whether the quality of physician-patient communication makes a significant difference to patient health outcomes. DATA SOURCES The MEDLINE database was searched for articles published from 1983 to 1993 using "physician-patient relations" as the primary medical subject heading. Several bibliographies and conference proceedings were also reviewed. STUDY SELECTION Random...

This study was performed to review studies carried out in Korea reporting toxic reactions to traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) as a result of heavy metal contamination. PubMed (1966-August 2013) and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (1965-August 2013) were searched using the medical subject heading terms of "Medicine, Chinese Traditional," "Medicine, Korean Traditional," "Medicine, Trad...

Digital Libraries play an important role in education; they are beneficial to both instructors and students. Many Web file-based course material systems have been built, but most of them do not have effective management mechanisms. Instead, they often have broken links and do not support metadata. To transfer these course materials from a file repository to an integrated and searchable educatio...