EVALUATING THE READINESS OF SELECTED HOSPITALS OF TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES TO IMPLEMENT A CLINICAL AUDIT PROGRAM FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF HOSPITAL MANAGERS IN 2018

Background: The present research aimed to assess the readiness of selected hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences to implement quality improvement programs and clinical audits from the viewpoint of managers.Materials and Methods: A descriptive-analytic study was conducted in May 2017 in four selected hospitals of Tehran University of Me

The goals of this study were to identify groups abc material of health-related behaviors among young adults (N = 314, Mage = 21.94, SD = 6.53), gauge the relation between emotional intelligence and health behaviors in this population, and assess health consciousness as mediator of said relation.Latent class analysis identified two mutually exclusiv

The Sintashta culture is the most controversial ethno-cultural formation of the Bronze Age, formed in the Ural-Kazakhstan steppes.It appears suddenly and is located on the territory of the Southern Trans-Urals.Fortified settlements and burial grounds of this culture spread in a wide strip along the eastern slopes of the Ural Range.The specificity o

Allopregnanolone is synthesized in the central nervous system either de novo from cholesterol or teal horse blanket from steroid hormone precursors like progesterone and pregnenolone.Over the past 30 years, direct and rapid, non-genomic actions of allopregnanolone and its derivatives via GABAA receptors have been demonstrated.Changes in brain level

Abstract Background Change in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) is important for defining severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Serological neoepitope markers of collagen turnover may predict rate of change in FEV1.Methods One thousand COPD subjects from the observational, multicentre, three-year ECLIPSE (Evaluation o