background: the main aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of depression and general anxiety of the prisoners of war (pow) children. the study was also designed to compare the prevalence of depression and general anxiety amongst the pow’s children and normal adults, 20 years after the iraq-iran war.method: an analytic cross-sectional study carried out in june 2009 in yazd (the centre o...

This study aims to achieve a semiotic understanding of collective memory of the Iran-Iraq war. For this purpose, samples of images in virtual social networks shared in response to the news of discovery and return of the bodies of more than 175 divers have been analyzed. Visual signs in photographs, cartoons, graphic designs, prints, paintings and posters, in methods of historical pictures and f...

Missile injuries of the kidney are rare even in wartime. Of 4500 patients admitted to the Ghaem Medical Center in the first two years of the Iran-Iraq war, only 96 had injuries of the genitourinary tract (2.1 %) and only 35 involved the kidney usually with multiple injuries to other viscera. The mortality for those with urogenital injuries was 8.3% (compared with World War I, 60% and World...

Just War Theory can be found in almost all major cultures. But since war was a business that could not be easily stopped, some aimed to constrain it. In its classic form, Just War Theory has been around for several centuries—ever since nationhood in Europe replaced provincial governments. Having made some introductory considerations, I will ask: should Just War Theory be left as it is, changed,...

- healing of surgical wounds and their complications such as infection or scar formation are of major concern in surgery. tissue glues are advanced to reduce these problems. in a prospective study, we have evaluated surgical wound healing in 76 patients whose surgical wounds were repaired by tissue glues (histoacryl). this study was performed in four leaching hospitals (sina, shariaty, shohada,...

Anyone who is inclined to think that the " Reading Wars " are over, or that the main warriors in these wars are only professional educators and researchers who support either whole language or phonics approaches to reading will continuously rethink their views during the reading of Reading across International Boundaries: History, Policy, and Politics. Openshaw and Soler have compiled a collect...

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AIM To examine the relationship between war experiences and war-related distress in Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS The survey was performed in the late 2003 on a representative sample of 3313 respondents. The face-to-face interviews included 15 items on war-related distress and 24 items on war experiences. From these items we developed the War-related Distress Scale, the Direct War Experienc...