Background and aim:  The stress resulting from premature delivery and the related neonatal care induces psychological and physical pressure on the mothers, and adversely affects their feeling of comfort. It seems that spiritual care as a sort of communication with a higher power (God) can bring peace to the stressed mothers, and prevent anxiety. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate th...

the recognition of human bioclimatic comfort in geographical area is an important factor for planning of ecotourism. climate is a very important component to identify natural landscape values. for better planning and management of landscape units such as recreational purposes, there is a need for emphasis on the visual aesthetic aspects, and also for understanding the climatic effects on recrea...

introductionurban quality of life is not a simple term that has a clear or an agreed definition but is a complex concept which might be defined by various theories. the term urban quality of life is not used to describe some physical features but to describe all the relationship, the dynamics, and the reticular relationship that exist between those physical features. there fore, the definition ...

UNLABELLED Comfort management is a priority for patients in all settings. Comfort theory provides a foundational and holistic approach to comfort management. This article reviews comfort theory and presents the application of comfort theory in the perianesthesia setting. OBJECTIVES -Based on the content of the following article, the reader will be able to (1) define comfort; (2) identify comf...

The Home Office Police Research Group (PRG) was formed in 1992 to carry out and manage research relevant to the work of the police service and Home Office Policy Divisions. One of the major police department divisions which acts as customer for the PRG is the Home Office Crime Prevention Unit which was formed in 1983 to promote preventive action against crime. It has a particular responsibility...

This paper presents a useful dual stage filter i.e. fuzzy window detection and median filter (FWDM) for the detection and removal of salt-and-pepper noise. Initially, the stage of detection utilizes the corrupted image histogram for the detection of “noisy” pixels, then in the next stage i.e. filtering stage, all the “noisy “pixels will be subjected for further processing while all the “noise-f...