Paramedics play a pivotal role in the response to major emergencies. Recent evidence indicates that their confidence and willingness to respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives-related (CBRNE) incidents differs from that relating to their "routine" emergency work. To further investigate the factors underpinning their readiness to respond to CBRNE incidents, paramed...

today export considered as important indicators in the global development companies and countries, and given the export orientation and competitive advantage is important to increase export performance. in the present paper, the aim of this study is considering the potential impact of market orientation and competitive advantage of exporters on export performance. population considered for this...

The article focuses on the process of restructuring natural gas market in Europe. It is shown that transformation European taking place under decisive influence political decision Commission and governments EU largest consuming countries, first, to reduce consumption as much possible shortest time; second, replace Russian with imports from alternative sources. As both tasks have highest priorit...

background: underutilization of mental health care services has been a challenge for the health care providers for many years. this challenge could be met in part by improving the clients’ readiness to use such services. this study aimed to introduce the important aspects of the clients’ readiness to use mental health services in the iranian context. materials and methods: a thematic analysis o...

background: effective leadership is essential to passing through obstacles facing the health field. the current health care system in iran has major problems and gaps in the field of effective leadership. the aim of this study was to evaluate hospital managers’ leadership style through self-assessment and to determine the correlation between leadership styles with healthcare executives’ leaders...

Purpose – This paper aims to propose a conceptual model for understanding the influence of change readiness on knowledge management processes and knowledge management effectiveness. It is suggested that change readiness should be assessed as a multidimensional construct consisting of psychological and structural facets. Furthermore, as the process of managing organizational knowledge requires i...

In this study, the situation of Iran, U.S and Turkey's Pistachio export is investigated. to this purpose, Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) Index is calculated based on Agricultural and total economy export, separately, then forecasted by using Auto- Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) approached, for 2008-2013. The results show that considering both commodity baskets, Turkey and Ir...

OBJECTIVES Our aim was to explore readiness to engage in exercise among people living with HIV and multimorbidity. DESIGN We conducted a descriptive qualitative study using face-to-face semistructured interviews with adults living with HIV. SETTING We recruited adults (18 years or older) who self-identified as living with HIV and 2 or more additional health-related conditions from a special...

BACKGROUND While some studies have identified patient readiness as a key component in their decision whether to have total joint replacement surgery (TJR), none have examined how patients determine their readiness for surgery. The study purpose was to explore the concept of patient readiness and describe the factors patients consider when assessing their readiness for TJR. METHODS Nine focus ...