There is growing pressure for a review of postgraduate training in pathology. The establishment of monodisciplinary practice, the rapid advancement of subspecialities with their attendant problems of recruitment, and the decline of research activity by those in training identifies the need for an early change in the pattern of training.

The Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics (LIEE) is an educational and research unit at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), one of the oldest and most prestigious academic institutions of Greece. The unit is part of the Chemical Engineering Department, having strong links with other departments of NTUA in both teaching and research activities. LIEE currently employees 6 ...

Antarctica is widely regarded as one of the planet's last true wildernesses, insulated from threat by its remoteness and declaration as a natural reserve dedicated to peace and science. However, rapidly growing human activity is accelerating threats to biodiversity. We determined how well the existing protected-area system represents terrestrial biodiversity and assessed the risk to protected a...

BACKGROUND To compare the effectiveness of BASNEF and Classic educational models to improve the assertion skill level of high school boy students. METHODS The 60 high school male students from Shiraz City, Fars Province Iran, were participated in this study. They were randomly divided in two groups (groups A and B). The group A attended in designed educational planning based on BASNEF model a...

This qualitative study used a social phenomenology approach to elucidate the experiences, care needs and expectations of the elderly women. Nine elderly women were interviewed between February and May 2011 using a semi-structured questionnaire. The elderly women referred to their physical, mental, and social limitations. They valued ​​the preservation of their autonomy in daily activities and i...

Changes in land cover have become key components of global environmental change and represent the impact of human activity. To better understand the fundamental processes of land transition characteristics before and after the implementation of ecological programmes, we determined the dominant systematic changes in land cover in Yongshou, a hilly-gully region on the Loess Plateau. This was achi...

Readers ask what I meant in my previous column by saying: ‘The basis for all organised human activity, whether governing a country, changing a job or undertaking a randomised controlled trial, is not facts. It is ideas that drive us’. As with politics or employment, so it is with public health nutrition. Here’s how the philosopher of science Steve Fuller makes the point: ‘The most salient featu...

Introduction / objectives Work accidents are events that occur in the environment of workers according to their activities. The work is an important human activity which brings a gain both professional and personal, but submittingfails as well . This study aims to analyze the main occupational risks that health professionals are subjected in their work activities, and reflect measures that can ...

To establish the relative importance of light and food in the control of core temperature (Tc) rhythm in food-restricted hamsters, mature female hamsters maintained in 14L:10D lighting were fed restricted amounts of food at the onset of light (n = 6) or at the onset of dark (n = 6) and were compared to ad lib-fed animals. After 21-25 days of this entrainment, light stimulus was shifted by 12 h,...

Understanding which factors affect the distribution pattern of extremely small populations is essential to the protection and propagation of rare and endangered plant species. In this study, we established 108 plots covering the entire Hainan Island, and measured the appearance frequency and species richness of plant species with extremely small populations, as well as the ecological environmen...