OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to develop reference data for the Iranian population for anthropometric values and cardiometabolic data in comparison with those in Americans, as representative of a Western population. DESIGN The present cross-sectional survey, conducted as part of the baseline survey of a community-based interventional study (the Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme), u...

introduction: nowadays and with the increasing role of the worldwide web as one of the most important sources of information on the one hand, and the enhancement of its usability on the other, it is necessary for the web designers and developers to be familiar with the criteria that make a web portal usable. therefore, the present study aimed to provide knowledge about the criteria of usability...

the main objective of this article is to identify and evaluate the accelerating factor in the iranian oil nationalization movement. the main question is: what was the accelerating factor that put the iranian oil nationalization movement into practice? the article relies on the reform movement theory of neil smelser. for this purpose, fraud in the 16thnational election of the parliament, and est...

Oil is among the most effective and the largest industries in the world. Given that it supplies a large percentage of the world’s energy and plays a significant role in the national power and international credit of countries, it has a huge impact on our world today. Iran has  huge oil reserves, and plays a key role in the exchange of the required energy in the world. In order to improve the pe...

Padideh Nasseri, Michael A. Nitsche and Hamed Ekhtiari* 1 Neurocognitive Laboratory, Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Translational Neuroscience Program, Iranian Institute for Cognitive Sciences Studies (ICSS), Tehran, Iran 3 Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, ...

Received: 17 January 2005 Revised: 14 March 2007 Accepted: 26 March 2007 Online publication date: 22 November 2007 Abstract As competition for human capital intensifies, understanding how employees perceive their fit in a company can assist companies in harnessing the knowledge and skills needed to achieve competitive advantage. Building on the person–organization fit theoretical framework, we ...