INTRODUCTION Due to the development of technologies, communications, databases and information resource varieties in today's information age, our various social, economic, cultural and political needs cannot be fulfilled by relying merely on past knowledge and skills as done previously. Information literacy (IL) as a set of necessary skills for all of us is an effective way of treating new tech...

We present a study of the general-population prevalence of cluster headache in the Republic of Georgia and discuss the advantages and challenges of different methodological approaches. In a community-based survey, specially trained medical residents visited 500 adjacent households in the capital city, Tbilisi, and 300 households in the eastern rural area of Kakheti. They interviewed all (n = 11...

The need to study levels, changes and differentials in mortality has been increasingly realized by public health administrators and policy makers since the Second World War. This renewed interest in mortality studies has arisen from the realization that effective measures to reduce mortality can best be taken in the light of adequate knowledge about the health risks in existence, from a need to...

Genetic resources provide basic material for selection and improvement through breeding to ensure food security needs of the world’s rapidly rising population. Conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources are important components of ex-situ collections. Management of ex-situ collections requires creative and adaptive decisions tailored to operating conditions that are specific and co...

Over the last two years, we have recorded 400 speakers in five different mid-range and top-range cars using single-channel, fourchannel, or seven-channel recording equipment (see Table 1). This paper documents the acquired knowledge of microphone selection, positioning and fixation, of preamplifying and recording devices, of shielding, grounding and power supply, and of data processing. On the ...