BACKGROUND Transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among incarcerated injection drug users (IDU) is a health epidemic in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Triangular clinics (TCs) were established in prisons as a harm reduction measure to decrease the risk of HIV transmission and other blood-borne infections. The objective of this study was to assess the immediate outcomes of one TC ...

aims: considering the medical significance of cockroaches as insect vectors of food toxicities, and triggering allergy in respiratory system and skin, this survey was conducted to study the frequency of infestation and their effective factors in shahin shahr, iran. materials & methods: this cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in 2010 in shahin shahr, isfahan, iran. data gathering ...

kurdistan province is located in western iran and its geographical position as a corridor has always been routs of attacks by western invaders from the most ancient times including assyrians. so, inhabitants of this region to protection against enemies have created defensive fortification structure by which they could protect themselves. studying and evaluating these habitats can help us to ach...

introduction: the profits of executable referral system process are including: decrease the staff and equipment and saving in expenses and tools, appropriate division of sources for the best use of them and prevention of put patients to unreasonable expenses. in this course, the purpose of present study was to determine the effective factors on executable amount of referral system process in pu...

Abstract Findings from the archaeological site of Shahr-i Sokhta in eastern Iran include a wide range undecorated, monochrome, and polychrome ceramics with gray, red, buff-colored bodies that date back to period spanning 3200 1800 B.C.E. Given large number variety unearthed Sokhta, provenance these wares has remained subject controversy. Based on compositional data obtained quantitative wavelen...

Managing City Evacuations

Prior research debates focus on whether investors are smart enough to invest in funds that subsequently outperform. This paper documents a robust smart money effect among small fund investors who invest in the top performing funds, even after controlling for the momentum factor argued by Sapp and Tiwari (2004). I further explore the reason for the smart money effect and find that such outperfor...