background and objectives: cardiospermum halicacabum l. is a climber plant of sapindaceae family with certain medicinal properties that have made it to be used traditionally in different systems of medicine such as ayurveda, homeopathy and unani medicine. literature survey has revealed the reports about some investigations but references were not available about the seeds of c. halicacabum; hen...

Background: The purpose of this study was to identify differences and similarities in teachers' and students’ viewpoints about the factors affecting this evaluation.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 70 teachers and 148 students (34.86 % females and 65.13 males) of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences were selected by convenience sampling. Data were...

Textbooks play a crucial role in English language teaching and learning. One of the methods for selecting the most appropriate textbook for a particular educational purpose is comparing two or several similar textbooks with each other. Textbook evaluation can provide useful information about the strengths and weaknesses of textbooks and can lead to the selection of the most suitable materials f...

abstract background: appropriate quality achievement of a phd program requires frequent assessment and discovering the shortcomings in the program. inputs, which are important elements of the curriculum, are frequently missed in evaluations. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the input indicators of reproductive health phd program in iran based on the context, input, process, and product...

there are various methods and models for land evaluation. these methods are classified according to the number of used resources. the best resources capabilities or potentials and land use can be found by analyzing one of the main resources, in the lands close relations to ecologic resources exist. soil has a great potential for introducing the studied region specifications. hence, it challenge...

In this article, the authors investigate teaching Classical Languages during first years from foundation of Principal People’s Schools in Russian Empire reign Ekaterina II. The activity Tobolsk School (1789–1810) is taken as an example. main sources for article are archival materials and historical investigations not only modern time but those XIX century. First, beginning School’s existence en...

three combination methods commonly used in tourism forecasting are the simple average method, the variance-covariance method and the discounted msfe method. these methods assign the different weights that can not change at each time point to each individual forecasting model. in this study, we introduce the iowga operator combination method which can overcome the defect of previous three combin...

background: evaluating the tuberculosis (tb) status of theeconomic cooperation organization (eco) member countriesrelation to goal 6-c of the third millennium, which includes thattb incidence, prevalence, and death rates should be halved by2015, compared with their level in 1990.methods: in 2009, we have critically reviewed the countries’millennium development goals (mdgs) reports and extracted...

the aim of this study was evaluation of enoxaparin utilization in hospitalized patients who had received enoxaparin either for prophylaxis or for treatment of thromboembolic disorders. a total of 356 patients were included in this retrospective study and were analyzed for enoxaparin utilization in terms of prescription patterns, treatment strategy, dosing regimen, indications/contraindications,...