background : one of the criteria of health equity is having health insurance coverage. construction workers and their families are one of the most vulnerable populations regarding diseases and accidents. thus, this study was conducted with the aim to determine the utilization rate of health services among construction workers ‎and their families. methods: in this descriptive-analytical study, t...

OBJECTIVE An 8.3 magnitude earthquake followed by tsunami waves devastated American Samoa on September 29, 2009, resulting in widespread loss of property and public services. An initial and a follow-up Community Needs Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) objectively quantified disaster-affected population needs. METHODS Using a 2-stage cluster sampling method of CASPER, a ...

This paper provides a mathematical analysis of the relationship between vernacular and for-malised derivations of programs; in particular, when the vernacular derivations deploy general recursion. We introduce a calculus VPD to represent vernacular derivations and a constructive theory of operations and types, EOT , to represent formal derivations. We provide an intensional semantics for VPD wi...

Effects of neglecting climatic patterns in buildings are more intense in severe climates such as tropical. It isresulting an excessive consumption of fossil fuels and consequently environmental pollutions in and after modern era. The objective of this research is to find climate-oriented intentions and solutions in tropical areas and compare them with Dezful and Bandar-e-Lenge vernacular houses...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the course of alcoholism in males and females in a 14-year follow-up of persons with DSM-III alcoholism compared to very heavy drinkers and unaffected controls in a community sample. METHODS Case-control study based on data from the 1997 Health Services Use and Cost study, a 14-year follow-up survey of 442 individuals who participated in two waves of the 1981-1983 St....

Ghumah Baghi is the vernacular architecture of Basemah highland, South Sumatra, Indonesia with distinctive wooden joints. Wood joint categories are divided based on geometry and arrangement, form, position, direction, move or no move, assembly, flush not flush, additional reinforcement, component change, resistance to loads. The problem this study was: what types wood joints were used in constr...