In the Quest of the Missing Link

Psychological Therapies: The Missing Link in Improving Treatment Adherence in Patients with β-thalassemia Major

Fiscal Space Assessment: A Missing Link in Financing Management of Iran’s Health System

Fiscal Space Assessment: A Missing Link in Financing Management of Iran’s Health System Nader Jahanmehr1,2, Soheila Damiri3*, Reza Goudarzi4, Zhaleh Abdi5 1 School of Management and Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3 Department of...

Probabilistic Linkage of Persian Record with Missing Data

Extended Abstract. When the comprehensive information about a topic is scattered among two or more data sets, using only one of those data sets would lead to information loss available in other data sets. Hence, it is necessary to integrate scattered information to a comprehensive unique data set. On the other hand, sometimes we are interested in recognition of duplications in a data set. The i...

Exploring Barriers of Teamwork in Providing Rehabilitation Services: A Qualitative Content Analysis

Objective Teamwork is a fundamental part of medical rehabilitation. The purpose of rehabilitation teamwork programs aims to enhance the functional and mental capabilities of disabled people to improve their quality of life. One of the problems of providing rehabilitation services in Iran is teamwork. In fact, teamwork is a missing link in rehabilitation services, and teamwork between physicians...

A Bayesian Approach to Estimate Parameters of a Random Coefficient Transition Binary Logistic Model with Non-monotone Missing Pattern and some Sensitivity Analyses

‎A transition binary logistic model with random coefficients is‎ ‎proposed to model the unemployment statues of household members in‎ ‎two seasons of spring and summer‎. ‎Data correspond to the labor‎ ‎force survey performed by Statistical Center of Iran in 2006.‎ ‎This model is introduced to take into account two kinds of‎ ‎correlation in the data one due to the longitudinal nature o...

Ethical Theory and Educational Effectiveness

The missing link in the theories of normative ethics is the study of the extent of their real impact on the moral education of individuals and societies. Existing moral theories can be divided into act-driven theories, agent-driven theories, and combined and bifocal theories. Each of these theories has shortcomings in relation to the issue of moral education, some of which, like the act-driven ...