The emotional content of sound is greatly utilized in our everyday life, whether it is music or speech. Sounds which does not carry information by linguistic or musical harmonic patterns such as sounds that we hear in our everyday life, so called ecological sounds, conveys also information but in a more subtle way. Our emotions serve us by relating to these sounds and their inherent meaning, bu...

conclusions the world health organization (who) has suggested relatively relaxed limits of 100 cfu/m3 for bacteria and 50 cfu/m3 for fungi in the hospital air. therefore, quantitative and qualitative outcomes of this study demonstrate that contamination level and bacterial variety in surgery rooms and emergency departments is high and effective measures must be taken to control the possible hea...

background: nursing project management is widely used in different aspects of the society. however, whether the nursing project management can control the infections in the operation room (or) is rarely reported. we evaluated the outcomes of surgical patients after implementing a nursing project management program to provide new scientific ways to manage the or infections. methods: overall, 382...

conclusions injuries affect all age groups; however, the disproportionately at risk population is the productive youth. preventive strategies should focus on reducing trauma incidence among young men at population level. considering the higher number of incidents occurring in mid spring and late summer, authorities should devise preventive plans mainly through alteration of traffic rules in thi...

Satisfying customers is usually pursued by identifying their needs and translating their demands into design targets and thereby assessing the implementation of improvements on a continuous basis in order to attain the set targets. Quality function deployment is a planning tool used to fulfill customer expectations and in-depth evaluation of a product. The presented research aimed to get QFD mo...

of GnRH receptor and gonadotropin subunit gene expression were measured by quantitative PCR.­ Levels of gene expression for the GnRH receptor and gonadotropin subunits decreased following treatment with the GnRH antagonist in pituitaries of gilts from the Index and Control lines; however, these values remained unchanged in pituitar-ies from Meish­an gilts. Identification of unique genetic chang...

A new fountain, frigidaire equipped, has been installed in the Autry House canteen with the present size of the canteen reduced to ohe-half of its former size. The compactness of the canteen assures less wasted energy and greater efficiency. The entire building has been repainted and floors scraped and polished. Old furniture has been completely renovated, with two red cushion rocking chairs in...