The Global Media and Information Literacy Week: Moving Towards MIL Cities

The Global Media and Information Literacy Week commemorates the progress in achieving “MIL for all” by aggregating various MIL-related local and international events and actions across different disciplines around the world.The MIL Global Week 2018, 24 to 31 October, was marked by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in collaboration with various organizations including the UN Alliance of Civilizations, the Global Alliance for Partnership on MIL, the International Federation of Library Associations, the International Association of School Libraries, and the UNESCO-UNAOC University Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue

Analysis of CABP2 c.637+1G>T mutation in iranian patients with non-syndromic sporadic hearing loss

The most common sensorineural defect in human is congenital hearing loss and genes have an incontestable role in the development of this defect. Many genetic mutations are known to be responsible in this heterogeneous disease. The most frequent mutations are GJB2 mutations followed by the SLC26A4 mutations. Recently, we published a report regarding the role of c.637+1G>T mutation in CABP2 gene, causing hearing loss in three Iranian families. The present study was launched to analyze the role of this recently reported mutation in patients with sporadic hearing loss. One hundred and eighty three patients with moderate to profound sporadic hearing loss were included in this study. The mutation c.637+1 G>T was investigated in patients using the PCR-RFLP method. PCR-RFLP findings revealed that the considered mutation was absent in subjects with sporadic hereditary hearing loss. The mutation c.637+1 G>T in CABP2 gene did not play any roles in the investigated Iranian patients with sporadic hearing loss. Larger samples of different populations, and assessment of all exons and the promoter region of mentioned gene will help to determine the real role of this gene in producing hearing loss. © 2014, Iranian Neurogenetics Society. All rights reserved

The incidence rate of chronic brucellosis following one-year antibiotic therapy in Koohrang district of Chaharmahal & Bakhtyari province

چکیده: زمینه و هدف: بروسلوز بیماری مشترک انسان و دام است که از نظر بالینی به حالت های مختلف از جمله بروسلوز مزمن ممکن است تظاهر نماید. هدف از اجرای این مطالعه، تعیین میزان بروز بروسلوز مزمن در بین بیماران درمان شده، بعد از یک سال پیگیری می باشد. روش بررسی: این پژوهش یک مطالعه آینده نگر است که بعد از شناسائی بیماران مبتلا به بروسلوز حاد و تکمیل پرسشنامه های مربوط به خصوصیات دمـــوگرافیک، چگونگی آلودگی آنها به بروسلوز، علایم و نشانه های بیماری و انجام تست های آگلوتیناسیون استاندارد رایت و 2ME (2 Mercapto Ethonol) تحت درمان داروئی قـــرار گرفتند. بعد از گذشت یک سال (1383) با مراجعه به منطقه از همان بیماران مجدداً معیـــار های فوق و میزان پاسخ به درمان های تجویز شده بر اساس علایم و نشانه های باقی مانده و وجود عیار سرمی رایت >160/1 و 2ME >160/1 بروسلوز مزمن قلمداد گردید. سپس داده های حاصل از آزمایشات و پرسشنامه های تکمیل شده، با استفاده از آزمون های آماری t، کای دو و آنالیز واریانس مورد تجزیه و تحلیل قرار گرفت. یافته ها: در طغیان بروسلوز در سال 1382، 119 نفر مبتلا به بروسلوز حاد شدند که 9/63 بیماران مرد و 3/30 آنها دامدار بودند. آرتریت با 7/88 و تب با 54/78 شایع ترین علایم و نشانه های بیماران بود. در پیگیری بعدی 97 نفر در سال بعد مجدداً شناسائی شدند. رژیم های دارویی استفاده شده برای بیماران عمدتاً ریفامپین و کوتریموکسازول (8/59) و داکسی سیکلین با ریفامپین (5/17) بود. 5/17 بیماران تیتر نهایی رایت و5/16 تیتر 2ME بالاتر از 160/1 داشتند. 5/15 دچار عود علائم شدند. با توجه به تیتراسیون مثبت رایت و 2ME و همچنین باقی ماندن علائم بیماری میزان بروز بروسلوزیس مزمن 5/16 بود. بین نوع داروی مصرفی و عیار نهائی سرمی تست های رایت و 2ME و همچنین سیر بالینی بیماران در یک سال بعد رابطه معنی دار آماری بود به طوری که استفاده از رژیم دارویی کوتریموکسازول - ریفامپین باعث بالا رفتن شانس مزمن شدن بیماری بروسلوز گردیده است (001/0

Emergency Department Patient Satisfaction Assessment using Modified Servqual Model; a Cross-sectional Study

Introduction: The quality of medical services and attention paid to patients in medical centers have been concerning for healthcare providers. Objective: The present study was designed to identify factors affecting patient satisfaction with medical service in the emergency department (ED). Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in spring 2016 in Imam Khomeini Hospital, Jiroft, Iran. Patients aged more than 18 years presenting to the ED with a minimum stay of 24 hours were included. Unwillingness to take part, incomplete questionnaires, or unavailability for an interview were considered the exclusion criteria. Data were collected using a 24-item researcher-made questionnaire based on Servqual quality measuring tool with five components of tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. Results: The present study recruited 373 patients with the mean age of 41.7±21.8 years (minimum 18 and maximum 79 years), of whom, 67.1% were men. Mean scores indicate the level of patient satisfaction with the hospital service ranging from relatively satisfied to totally satisfied. The components ranking in improving patient satisfaction were as follows: tangibles 4.59, assurance 2.77, reliability 2.74, responsiveness 2.57, and empathy 2.33. Conclusion: Of the components assessing the patient satisfaction, tangibles were the most effective component and empathy was the least effective one

Emergency Department Patient Satisfaction Assessment using Modified Servqual Model; a Cross-sectional Study

Introduction: The quality of medical services and attention paid to patients in medical centers have been concerning for healthcare providers. Objective: The present study was designed to identify factors affecting patient satisfaction with medical service in the emergency department (ED). Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in spring 2016 in Imam Khomeini Hospital, Jiroft, Iran. Patients aged more than 18 years presenting to the ED with a minimum stay of 24 hours were included. Unwillingness to take part, incomplete questionnaires, or unavailability for an interview were considered the exclusion criteria. Data were collected using a 24-item researcher-made questionnaire based on Servqual quality measuring tool with five components of tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. Results: The present study recruited 373 patients with the mean age of 41.7±21.8 years (minimum 18 and maximum 79 years), of whom, 67.1% were men. Mean scores indicate the level of patient satisfaction with the hospital service ranging from relatively satisfied to totally satisfied. The components ranking in improving patient satisfaction were as follows: tangibles 4.59, assurance 2.77, reliability 2.74, responsiveness 2.57, and empathy 2.33. Conclusion: Of the components assessing the patient satisfaction, tangibles were the most effective component and empathy was the least effective one

Firm Size and Audit Regulation and Fraud Detection: Empirical Evidence from Iran

An auditor has the responsibility for the prevention, detection and reporting of fraud, other illegal acts and errors is one of the most controversial issues in auditing, and has been one of the most frequently debated areas amongst auditors, politicians, media, regulators and the public (Gay et al 1997). Prior research has documented a positive association between audit quality and auditor size. While some studies have used audit fee as a surrogate for audit quality, other studies have employed more direct measures, such as the outcomes of quality control reviews. Those latter studies, however, used samples that suffer from severe geographic or client type restrictions. Moreover, most studies of the quality-size relationship have focused on relatively large CPA firms. In recent years there has been considerable debate about the nature of audit practice (Salehi, 2007). Auditors also have responsibility regarding accuracy and precise of statements prepared by managers

COD "Loss" in Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Systems

RÉSUMÉ La validation des données observées provenant d'un procédé de traitement des eaux usées peut être réalisée en effectuant les bilans massiques en DCO et en azote. De faibles bilans massiques en DCO (environ 80%) ont été rapportés dans un certain nombre de cas pour les systèmes à boues activées incluant des zones non aérées. 'objectif de cette recherche était d'évaluer rigoureusement les bilans de masse en DCO et en azote sous différentes conditions environnementales, consitués de systèmes aérobie-aérobie (OX-OX), anoxie-aérobie (AX-OX) et anaérobie- aérobie (AN-OX), ce dernier étant utilisé pour la déphosphatation biologique des eaux usées et de proposer une explication à ce phénomène de faible bilan DCO.----------ABSTRACT Validation of observed data derived from a wastewater treatment process can be performed by conducting chemical oxygen demand (COD) and nitrogen (N) mass balances. Poor COD mass balances (about 80%) have been reported in a number of instances for activated sludge systems incorporating anaerobic zone. The objective of this research was to evaluate rigorously the COD and N mass balances under different environmental conditions including aerobic-aerobic (OX-OX), anoxic-aerobic (AXOX) and anaerobic-aerobic (AN-OX; as found in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR)) systems and to propose an explanation for this phenomenon