This study aimed to describe the sociodemographic and academic characteristics of nursing students from four Brazilian Educational Institutions. It is a prospective cross-sectional study. The data were collected between April 2011 and March 2012, through a survey form with questions about sociodemographic and academic characteristics of the students. The participants were graduate students enro...

We study the susceptible-infected model with power-law waiting time distributions P(τ)~τ^{-α}, as a model of spreading dynamics under heterogeneous human activity patterns. We found that the average number of new infections n(t) at time t decays as a power law in the long-time limit, n(t)~t^{-β}, leading to extremely slow prevalence decay. We also found that the exponent in the spreading dynami...

background: relationships are the foundation of human social life. if this relationship is well established in academic environments, educational objectives are more conveniently obtained. the aim of this studydetermining factors affecting student- professor relationship in performing educational and learning activities from the perspective of male and female  apprentices, interns and assistant...

Background: Relationships are the foundation of human social life. If this relationship is well established in academic environments, educational objectives are more conveniently obtained. The aim of this studyDetermining factors affecting student- professor relationship in performing educational and learning activities from the perspective of male and female  apprentices, interns and Assistant...

Whether or not mangroves function as buffers against tsunamis is the subject of in-depth research, the importance of which has been neglected or underestimated before the recent killer tsunami struck. Our preliminary post-tsunami surveys of Sri Lankan mangrove sites with different degrees of degradation indicate that human activity exacerbated the damage inflicted on the coastal zone by the tsu...

In a context of increasing emphasis on academic performance and accountability, data from a structured survey in which academics elaborated on eight different attributes of high-performing researchers were used to build a conceptual model of research performance. From these data, research performance was seen to comprise two basic components, with six secondary level dimensions and a range of p...

Before beginning this activity, please read the instructions for CME on p. 241. This page also provides important information on the method of physician participation, estimated time to complete the educational activity, medium used for instruction, and dates of release and expiration. The quiz, evaluation form, and certification appear on pp. 241–243. Donation benefit to organ donor families: ...

Although they are healers, physicians are not themselves immune from "secondary stress." In fact, they may be more susceptible to it because they tend not to acknowledge the fact that it exists. In this article, the author, a hospice physician who is a former nurse, explains her personal strategy for combating secondary stress: increased emphasis on maintaining a healthy personal spirituality. ...

The BE microbiome is a naturally embedded biosensor in urban infrastructure that can be used to monitor environmental quality and human activity. There are many potential opportunities for leveraging BE microbial communities to guide urban design and public health policy.

Training in general thoracic surgery is facing several challenges. There are considerable variations between thoracic surgical training programmes internationally. Some are trained as cardiothoracic surgeons, some monospecialist thoracic surgeons, specialist thoracic and vascular surgeons, while others train as general surgeons with thoracic practice. Training must encompass the evolving treatm...