Divorce: An International Multi-dimensional Challenge

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Increasing International Divorce and Decreasing International Marriage in South Korea

South Korea has a population about fifty million. In 2011, 329,087 couples got married among Korean (1). It was increased about 4.7% compared to annual cases of 2005. Annual number of local marriage was maintained over three hundred thousand from 2005 to 2011. Local divorce was decreased about 10.7% during same period. However, international marriage and divorce with Korean have different aspec...

The Multi-Dimensional Transient Challenge: The Wigner Particle Approach

The Wigner equation is a full quantum mechanical, time dependent, multi-dimensional transport model which can include, in a natural way, the effects due to elastic, inelastic, and diffusive scattering centers [1]. The first attempts to simulate quantum transport by means of the Wigner formalism were built on finite difference methods and, as such, introduced serious problems in the numerical tr...

The Challenge of International Sanctions against Iranian Radio-Pharmaceutical Industry

Abstract: This paper is about Iranian health industry facing the challenges created by the comprehensive international sanctions. This paper aims to give a realistic account of the different positive and negative impacts of the factor of international collaboration (or rather, the lack thereof) on the dual aspects of "technological and non-technological" catching up process. The case study is r...

Refining the Measurement of Women’s Autonomy: An International Application of a Multi-dimensional Construct

Women’s autonomy has long been a central concern for researchers examining the social position of women in developing countries. However, little emphasis has been placed on the measurement of autonomy, despite its importance for assessing the validity of comparative research. In this research, we use confirmatory factor analyses to determine (1) whether items thought to measure autonomy in fact...

Vitamin D deficiency in children and adolescents; an international challenge

Vitamin D deficiency in the world Low vitamin D level is an important international public health problem (1-3). Vitamin D deficiency and its consequences among children and adolescents could indeed be considered as one of the most important problems. In fact, low vitamin D levels were reported in both children (4), especially obese children (5), and adolescents. For example, in a study, 9.9% o...