proverbs are short statements which have deep concepts and arise from the social forms and perceptions that provide social situation and orientation. this study seeks to examine the image of women and their issues among local proverbs of lamerd city in fars province. female related proverbs have been compiled and trough qualitative content analysis method analyzed. the results show that no soci...

● The Society reaffirms its call for accurate and comprehensive monitoring of HIV infection in youth. ● The Society endorses efforts to expand knowledge of HIV infection to youth from all countries and recognizes that priorities in this regard need to be based on local needs, not externally developed policies. ● The Society supports research into HIV care and treatment initiatives that are focu...

Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common condition encountered in both ambulatory and hospital settings in Hong Kong. Two sets of evidence based international guidelines on management of CAP, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the British Thoracic Society guidelines, are available, but the local epidemiology, the public health infrastructure, vaccination program, social and ec...

purpose: to compare general anesthesia (ga) with local anesthesia (la) in terms of safety and patient satisfaction. methods: in this interventional case series, 928 consecutive patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery were included. data for analysis were type of anesthesia and operation, patient compliance, operating conditions and pain scores. general anesthesia was provided with a standa...

The paper presents the articulated strategy of valorization, implemented by the international movement called Slow Food in Italy and abroad in order to reconsider the concept of agricultural profitability. In particular, the paper suggests profitability lays on the value markets recognize to agricultural production. In this perspective, the Slow Food strategy represents a good practice to be em...

extended abstract 1. introduction in recent years, so many countries have paid many attention to tourism as a strategy to make money and benefit for the local communities. many researchers consider tourism an appropriate strategy for economic and social development of developing countries know. despite all the benefits of community-based tourism, in most developing countries, little authority i...

The aim of this research is to develop a frame of reference for effective community participation through ICT design, applying both complexity and design perspectives to recognise the role of local interactions. This links to both the current UK ‘Empowering Local Communities’ policy agenda and to practical ways of developing community participation; in keeping with the aspirations of the Big So...

Society today has great expectations on small firms’ contribution to society as a whole. To be able to contribute small firms have to be competitive. Competitive advantage based on competence is not as easily copied by competitors, and, hence, more sustainable. Even though competence can be complicated to imitate, continual environmental changes mean that competence is not static and will not p...