The Canadian Political Science Association (French: Association canadienne de science politique) is an organization of political scientists in Canada. It is a bilingual organization and publishes the bilingual journal Canadian Journal of Political Science. The organization is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, and has an annual convention in conjunction with the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences..
Objective To identify potential risk and protective factors associated with family medicine (FM) and general practitioner (GP) group performance. Design Prospective cohort study of FM and GP clinics in Alberta, using a Group Practice Review (GPR) framework. Setting FM and GP clinics operating in Alberta between 2017 and 2019. Participants Seventy randomly selected FM and GP clinics. Interventions Clinics were observed and assessed as part of the GPR. Group performance was assessed based on compliance with applicable College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) standards of practice (SOPs). Data on physicians' demographic characteristics, practice characteristics, chart scores, and prescribing information were collected from CPSA databases and self-reports. Main outcome measures Predictors of high-performing clinics, defined as meeting 90% or more of applicable SOPs, were identified using logistic regression. Results Four key predictors of group performance (SOP compliance) were identified: prescribing practices, number of workdays per week, number of physicians, and chart scores. Clinics with higher rates of risky prescribing and heavier workloads were less likely to comply with SOPs, while clinics with more physicians and higher chart scores were more likely to be classified as high performing. Conclusion This study is among the first to examine predictors of group performance in FM and GP group practices. Findings highlight the importance of monitoring prescribing behaviour, workload, and chart scores at the clinic level to support physicians and protect patients.
The article considers the Sasanian King Khusraw I Anushirwan (Pahlavi: Xusrō I Anōšīrvān) reforms to improve the empire’s military and administrative architecture during the wars with Byzantium and the Turks. The author discusses the establishment of the region or kust-ī Ādurbādagān, which allowed the nomination of Arrān’s general. The author believes that it was a key element in the Sassanian strategy to enforce both central and military power in the defense sensitive Caucasia challenged by the Byzantium and nomads. The reforms pulled Arrān (Albania) to be closer to the Sasanian crown, enforcing the dynastic ties between Sasanian shāhanshāh and Arrānshāh. These reforms facilitated the incorporation of Arranian (Albanian) troops into the Sasanian Army under Ādurbādagān’s general command to shield Ērānšahr from the Khazar’s and Turk’s incursions. The author argues that the reform initiated the projecting of Ādurbādagān’s name, military, and administrative functions in Arrān forming a strong interrelationship between the southern and northern sides of the Araxes as the entire Ādurbādagān šahr. Since Late Antiquity, Ādurbādagān and Arrān became interchangeable names and were in use on the northern bank of the Araxes.
The article analyzes application of the name Adurbadagan to both sides of modern Azerbaijan divided by the Araz river into southern or Iranian and northern or the independent Republic of Azerbaijan. The authors believe that name Azerbaijan roots to the Avestan words Azar or Atash. As a historical and political term, Azerbaijan originates from Achaemenids’ Aturpatakan (Atropatena) evolving into the Sassanian Adurbadagan—a Zoroastrian center of the empire. Since late Antiquity, Adurbadagan’s military and administrative functions were extended and applied by the Sassanids to all lands in the north from the Aras River, up to Darband fortress in the Caucasus. In the Is-lamic period, Adurbadagan evolved into Turkified form of Azarbadajan or Azerbaijan, cementing the modern Azerbaijani Turks’ identity in the south and north sides of the entire Azerbaijan divided by the Araxes.
The article considers the Sasanian king Khusro I Anushirwan’s reforms to improve the empire’s military and administrative architecture in the northwestern region of Ērānšahr, by creating the kust ī Ādurbādagān. The authors believes that it was a key element in the Sasanian strategy to enforce both central and military power in the defense sensitive Caucasia. The authors argues that the reform initiated the projecting of Ādurbādagān’s name, military, and administrative functions in Arrānšahr forming a strong interrelationship between the southern and northern sides of the Araxes as the entire Ādurbādagānšahr. Since Late Antiquity, Ādurbādagān and Arrān became interchangeable names and were in use on the northern bank of the Araxes.
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