Conference on biometeorological consequences of environmental controls. Housing: introductory remarks.

Assessment of Physical-Environmental Characteristics and Temporary Housing Policies in Iran from the Perspective of healing and Adaptation to the Consequences of disaster Trauma

As a result of disasters, a large part of community suffers from psychological trauma. Post disaster housing provision and construction projects face serious challenges and obstacles. On the one hand, the psychological problems of survivors, which lead to a sense of helplessness and lack of control over their destiny, stress and anxiety, and on the other hand, environmental threats that destroy...

Introductory Remarks for the Press Conference

Genetic and Environmental Factors for Ischaemic Heart Disease Towards more cost-effective and personalized preventive strategies

As indicated by H.E. Msgr. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo in his introductory remarks to this conference, the major, most ambitious challenge nowadays in this field is primary prevention worldwide. In my presentation I will discuss the potential contributions to more cost-effective preventive strategies that could derive from a more precise understanding of the varied genetic and environmental compone...

Evaluating the Antipoverty Effort so Far: a Conference and a Book

The conference papers, along with the discussants' remarks and an introductory essay by Robert Haveman, have now appeared in A Decade of Federal Antipoverty Programs: Achievements, Failures, add Lessons-a volume edited by Haveman, Director of the lnstitute at the time of the Wingspread conference. This is the second volume in the Institute's Poverty Policy Analysis Series of books written for r...

The Effective Factors on Improving Communication Skills between Regimental Commanders and Conscripts at an Army Introductory Military Training Center

Purpose: To investigate the factors affecting communicational skills of regimental commanders toward conscripts at an army introductory military training center in Tehran. Materials and Methods: The participants were 82 regimental commanders of the regiments and battalions of an introductory military training center. A 21-item questionnaire was used to collect the required data. Descriptive...