abstractthe considered meaning of the mundane life in the quran and old testament is life on this world. on the quran, life on this world is a place of test and a running passage to reach to real life in the last world. the quran describing this world life; prohibits from extreme liking to its symbols. refraining from the world is blamed and intended liking -moderated- to this world and favorab...

This study develops a Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial (ZINB) regression model to evaluate the factors influencing the loss of human life in shipping accidents using ten years’ ship accident data in the South China Sea. The ZINB regression model results show that the expected loss of human life is higher for collision, fire/explosion, contact, grounding, hull damage, machinery damage/failure and...

background: health assessment in patients  with epilepsy (pwe) should  include  both  clinical outcomes and  health related quality of life (hrqol) measures. the quality of life (qol) in epilepsy-31 inventory  (qolie-31) is widely used for qol studies  in epilepsy. this study  aims to evaluate psychometrics  of the persian version of the inventory (qolie-31-p). methods:  following a  standard  ...

torture is aimed to create a living dead. pressing systematic control on individuals who are in opposition to the ruling authorities, persons’ sense of self would be damaged. such an aversive situation is caused by intentional human action rather than natural causes. torture occurs in more than 90 countries (abu ghraib prison is a prominent example) however, epidemiologic data are limited. the ...

introduction: hearing impairment and hearing loss are kinds of latent handicap in children. any abnormality in hearing can affect different aspects of life. otoacoustic emissions have been accepted as an appropriate method for screening of hearing loss in neonates. in this study we assessed the hearing status of infants admitted in icu wards in yazd.materials and methods: this was a cross-secti...

Background: Alopecia areata has a wide range of different clinical presentations. It may present as localized or diffuse hair thinness without hair loss, a small patch of hair loss or may progress to alopecia totalis and universalis. Objectives: Determination of clinical patterns of alopecia areata in Kerman province and to compare the results with other studies in other countries. Patients and...