background: similar to developed countries, aging is increased in india. because of the epidemiology and demographic transition phase, chronic diseases and disabilities along with health costs are increasing day by day. as social factors and chronic diseases are the major reasons for geriatric disability, the present study was done with the following objectives: to assess and compare the socio-...

This paper identi®es the major marketing challenges small software ®rms face during their growth and internationalization processes. It starts with an analysis of small software company activities along a continuum from `project business' to `product business.' This is followed by a brief analysis of the two major schools of thought in marketing, in which there is a paradigm shift from the trad...

the lot," which, in " movie " parlance, means within the confines of the plant. But many accidents occur "out on location" (^way from the studio). Again, the emergency clinic plays an important part. In the filming of " The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," for example, a field hospital was installed when a doctor and nurse were kept busy for five days on all day duty. This was necessitated by ...

This paper examines downward price rigidity in Iranian house market and discusses whether this characteristic would result in an asymmetric relationship between house price and monetary policy. To test the downward house price rigidity the threshold GARCH model is employed. The asymmetric adjustment to monetary policy is examined using the asymmetric cointegration and error correction models. T...

background: there is a great amount of literature concerning the effect of racial segregation on health outcomes but few papers have discussed the effect of segregation on the basis of social, demographic and economic characteristics on health. we estimated the independent effect of segregation of determinants of socioeconomic status on infant mortality in iranian population. methods: for measu...

Before World War II 40% of patient visits were conducted in the home. Since then the number of house calls by physicians had been decreasing until 1998 when payment restructuring improved reimbursement. As the article by Peterson et al points out, the number of patients receiving house calls has increased in recent years, yet the number of physicians making house calls has decreased. This may b...