OBJECTIVE This study explores the views of Lebanese hospitals on the worthiness of accreditation vis-à-vis its associated expenses in addition to examining the type and source of financial investments incurred during the accreditation process. DESIGN Observational cross-sectional design. PARTICIPANTS All private short-stay hospitals registered with the Syndicate of Private Hospitals in Leba...

The aim of this paper is, on the one hand, to critically investigate Kuhn’s stance on the assessment of the pursuit worthiness of scientific theories, and, on the other hand, to show the actuality of some of Kuhn’s points on this issue, in view of their critical analysis. To this end we show that Kuhn presents certain tools, which may help scientists to overcome communication breakdowns when en...

background and objectives: in many studies, chronic diseases are associated with incidence of driving accident. the main objective of the present study is investigation the effect of physical and mental disorders status of bus drivers on the occurrence of crashes. materials and methods: this research is a cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study that was performed on 665 bus drivers' pu...

background and objectives: in many studies, chronic diseases are associated with incidence of driving accident. the main objective of the present study is investigation the effect of physical and mental disorders status of bus drivers on the occurrence of crashes. materials and methods: this research is a cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study that was performed on 665 bus drivers' pu...

Stock price crash risk is a phenomenon in which stock prices are subject to severe negative and sudden adjustments. So far, different approaches have been proposed to model and predict  the  stock price crash risk, which in most cases have been the main emphasis on the factors affecting it, and often traditional methods have been used for prediction. On the other hand, using  Meta Heuristic Alg...

[1] This study considers the worthiness of the Henry saltwater intrusion problem as a test case to benchmark density-dependent groundwater flow models. Previously published results from a coupled versus uncoupled analysis indicate that the flow patterns associated with the standard Henry problem are largely dictated by the boundary forcing and not necessarily a result of density-dependent effec...

It has been argued that evolutionary considerations favour utilitarianism by selectively debunking its competitors. However, also seem to undermine the practical significance of utilitarianism, since commonsense beliefs about well-being like prime candidates for debunking. We argue is not undermined in this way if we understand requirements rationality as sensitive normative uncertainty. consid...