BACKGROUND Silent-members are members of a medical health plan who submit no claims for healthcare services in a benefit year despite 12 months of continuous-enrollment. This study was conducted to evaluate the future expenditure risk of commercial-insured members who avoid all medical care despite coverage. In order to determine if the silent-members were at greater risk, we compared them to m...

faculty members of the universities and higher education institutions are considered as the most influential social classes in the development of public culture. this important feature do achieves more importance in development of social competencies. one of the important social competencies in contemporary society is the use of electronic resources that are directly related to the level of pre...

background: the present study aimed to analyze the situation of knowledge management among the faculty members in the four components, including creation, linking, organization and storage, and application. methods: this is a survey research and the results are presented descriptively and analytically. the study tool was a questionnaire of knowledge management with 84 questions (creation of kno...

carvacrol is one of the main components of the eo of some labiatae (laminaceae) members like oregano, thyme and savory. carvacrol has a lot of health benefits for example, antibacterial, and antioxidant activity.we synthesized some silicon derivatives of carvacrol, and characterized them by standard methods. then the monomer of dimethylvinylsilyl carvacrol was synthesized. copolymer of this mon...

BACKGROUND Frequency of rehospitalization and associated resource requirements are unknown for combat casualties. Differences may also exist in readmission rates for injuries to separate body regions. This study investigates rehospitalization of combat casualties with a hypothesis that extremity injuries cause the greatest number of readmissions and require the greatest resources to treat. ME...

many factors affect wastewater management and utilization plans’ success with any change occurring in any of these factors leading to various feedbacks on other elements of wastewater use system. hence, development of a model with the capability of simulation of all factors, aspects and interactions that affect wastewater utilization indispensable. the objective followed in this study was to mo...

BACKGROUND Financial barriers are a recognized major bottleneck of access and use of health services. The aim of this study was to assess effectiveness of a community based health insurance (CBHI) scheme on utilization of health services as well as on mortality and morbidity. METHODS Data were collected from April to December 2007 from the Nouna's Demographic Surveillance System on overall mo...