We present an overview of our approach to managing security as a dimension of Quality of Service. Relative to traditional QoS attributes (e.g., jitter, deadline, latency) security has been handled rather statically and indirectly. We have developed a theory of Quality of Security Service and a related security-costing framework that supports extension of QoSS functionality to embrace existing a...

Introduction:Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the major preventable causes of mental retardation (MR) in infants. Before the implementation of screening programs, early diagnosis of CH at birth was impossible, and led to MR during childhood. CH screening not only promotes early diagnosis and rapid treatment, but also prevents the complications associated with CH. It also decreases famil...

this paper tries to measure and analyze the trend of indicators of labor and capital productivity as well as total factor productivity (tfp) in the economic sectors introduced in the 4th five-year-development plan for the period within 1971-2003. according to the results, the productivity indicator throughout iran has increased 0/9% on average annually and the highest growth has been in the tel...

M. Kargarfard1, A. Shariat2, E. Lam3, B. Shaw4, I. Shaw4,5 and A. Shariat6 1Department of Sport Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran 2Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra, Malaysia 3Department of Health and Human Performance, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 4Dep...

BACKGROUND Mid-level medical workers play an important role in health systems and hold great potential for addressing the human resource shortage, especially in low- and middle-income countries. South Africa began the production of its first mid-level medical workers - known as clinical associates - in small numbers in 2008. OBJECTIVE We describe the way in which scopes of practice and course...

1. Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Dept. of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Gastroenterology Section, Integrative Functional Gastroenterology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 4. Dept. of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, S...