In this chapter I argue that in preindustrial societies where resources were difficult to monopolize and physical coercion was not an option, ideology provided a significant source of social power. This avenue toward social power was especially important in the prehispanic Andes, and the establishment and negotiation of that power was often through ritual feasting involving politically charged ...

Brucellosis is a widespread zoonotic disease causing considerable economic and public health problems. Despite animal vaccination, brucellosis remains endemic in some areas such as Iran, especially in the western Iranian province of Hamadan. We sought to detect some of the most common virulence-associated genes in Brucella isolated from human blood cultures to determine the prevalence of some v...

This paper deals with pottery assemblage from the chalcolithic phase of the site of Gilund in Rajsamand district ofRajasthan. Though pottery from this site has been studied earlier (Shinde et al 2002), however there was no literatureavailable on the ceramic chronology of Gilund with layers ascertained to it. This paper tries to build up a ceramicchronology in the site in order to indentify diff...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to detect clusters of pulmonary TB cases in Hamadan Province, west of Iran. METHODS All patients with pulmonary tuberculosis recorded in the surveillance system from 2005 to 2013 were studied. The spatial scan statistic was used to detect significant clusters in status of unadjusted and adjusted for age, sex and location residence variables. RESULTS Clust...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency of complications in Laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed in Hamadan during 1997 to 2005. METHODS In this retrospective cross sectional study, 426 patients with cholecystitis who were admitted to Hamadan hospitals including Ekbatan, Tamin Ejtamaiee, Mobasher, Boali and Artesh and were subjected to laparoscopic cholecystectomy from 1997 to 2005 were evalu...

This article presents dark (black/black-brown) and bichrome (black/black-brown red) painted pottery appearing west of the Kızılırmak in late Early Bronze Age during transition to Middle Age. The originated from excavations at Karaoğlan Höyük, Polatlı Gordion, Külhöyük, Çayyolu Höyük. dark-painted might be connected Intermediate ware emerged mentioned sites end Two groups (Çayyolu Bichrome Ware ...

Background: Recent data from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confirm that diabetes, along with advanced age, is an important risk factor for adverse prognosis. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine status of COVID-19 prevention behaviors and related beliefs among diabetic patients in Hamadan province using protection motivation theory (PMT). Methods: This cross-sectional descripti...

Background and Objective: Organizational commitment of employees is one the important variables in effectiveness organizations. One effective factors nurses' organizational culture health centers. The present study aimed to investigate correlation between nurses at Hamadan University Medical Sciences. Materials Methods: This descriptive correlational was conducted based on an analytical design....