background: the advancement of technology in recent decades has been lead to use the electrophysiology cardiac devices. although these devices are used increasingly, but the frequency of subclinical infection is unknown. we investigate bacterial infections due to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (icds) in patients with endocarditis. m aterials and methods: population of the study was cons...

abstract purpose-the purpose of this paper is to review a sample of the literature relating to interpretive structural modelling (ism) and its deployment for modelling purposes in the area of supply chain management (scm). design/methodology/approach- the literature is examined from the three perspectives. first, concept of ism and examines ism as modelling technique. second, use of ism by the ...

interpreters have emphasize the necessity of knowing e’rab (diacritic) and syntax in the holy quran and none of them has been doubtful in the significance of the role of e’rab in interpreting. tabarsi in his interpretation book has exerted his efforts in delineating e’rab and after mentioning verses for interpreting, firstly explains lexical elements and then, discusses their e’rab. the signifi...

Web Telerobotics is a new and rapidly growing field of telerobotic research. Initially it was considered a novelty, but developments in the field combined with rapidly improving Internet technologies have opened up new application areas. The most promising area is the use of web devices as teaching aids in school and university course work. Given that web telerobots are appearing in increasingl...

Augmented Reality (AR) is a computer related research area that allows users to see views of the real world enhanced with text and virtual information. AR with 3D models can be used as an educational aid to help students gain spatial intuition. This intuition is very useful in many disciplines like, for example, Inorganic Chemistry. We present in this paper an AR system for teaching spatial rel...

  Small groups that gather to learn a specific topic or solve a problem bring golden teaching opportunities with extraordinary outcomes if being properly used. This happens since teaching in small groups is among the most effective approaches in teaching that can be highly efficient in learning. Small groups that may form at the very least with two members and can expand up to thirty members h...

introduction: determination of type and location of trapped objects and endoscopic observations among children with foreign-body ingestion. materials and methods: we evaluated 105 endoscopic records of patients presenting with foreign-body ingestion from 2001–2011. results: button batteries were the most common objects removed (41%). the lower segment of the esophagus was the most common trappi...

background: although the need for theory-based designs, evidencesexploringexercisingeffects during pregnancy is limited by non-theoretical and cross-sectional assessments. this study aimed to prospect­ively examine women’s exercise behavior from their second to third pregnancy trimester using the health belief model (hbm).   material and methods: this was a randomized controlled trial in which ...