introduction high doses of ionizing radiation can lead to adverse health outcomes such as cancer induction in humans. although the consequences are less evident at very low radiation doses, the associated risks are of societal importance. this study aimed at assessing entrance skin doses (esds) in patients undergoing selected diagnostic x-ray examinations at public hospitals of akwa ibom state,...

introduction: many training programs have been conducted, aiming to encourage women to perform breast self-examination for early detection of breast cancer. this study aimed to review studies performed on efficacy of educational interventions to correct women’s behavior in breast self-examination. method : through systematic search of medline and isi web of science databanks to retrieve title...

abstract background: breast cancer as a most common organ cancer in women is the first cause of death among women with 40-45 years old. the only way to control this disease is early detection that it can be treated in about 90% of women with breast cancer. the best way for early detection of breast cancer is screening, and the best accessible way is breast self examination (bse). considering th...

this study was a part of national project to establish and optimize local and national diagnostic guidance levels. this work intends to evaluate image quality and entrance surface air kerma (esak) for patients' radiographic examinations in two north western provinces of country. two hospitals got involved in the present study. the rate of the rejected images and image quality grades were determ...

objectives: the gals (gait, arms, legs and spine) examination is a compact version of standard procedures used by rheumatologists to determine musculoskeletal disorders in patients. computerization of such a clinical procedure is necessary to ensure an objective evaluation. this article presents the first steps in such an approach by outlining a procedure to use motion analysis techniques as a ...

background: breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women demanding time and accurate diagnosis to take remedial measures to treat. objective: comparing the diagnostic capability of the computer regulation thermography (crt), as a novel and safe dignostic procedure, with common clinical examination and imaging methods including sonography and mammography for diagnosing breast cancer ...

of the ways to fight breast cancer and reduce deaths hazard due to early detection is one of early detection programs in women's breast self- examination. examining breast by oneself increase individuals knowledge of her breast health that helps in detecting breast cancer early. different cultural, social, family and individual factors play roles in women's behavior about breast self- examinati...

the motive behind this study was to evaluate the iranian state university efl entrance examination test (ueeet) based on bachman and palmer’s (1996) ‘usefulness six-faceted model ‘accommodating relia- bility, validity, impact, interactiveness, authenticity, and practicality. to do so, thirty professors and one-hundred efl freshmen were selected randomly from five universities. a questionnaire c...

background: one of the methods used for standard setting is the borderline regression method (brm). this study aims to assess the reliability of brm when the pass-fail standard in an objective structured clinical examination (osce) was calculated by averaging the brm standards obtained for each station separately. materials and methods: in nine stations of the osce with direct observation the e...

background: objective structured clinical examination (osce) is one of the best methods of evaluating the achievement of domains such as educational objectives and cognitive, emotional, and psycho-motor aspects of medical students. according to available evidences, no study has been conducted  on the evaluating of osce in midwifery students. the main purpose of this study was the evaluation of ...