The spatial diffusion theory and its patterns (expansion, hierarchical, contagious, relocation) explain how phenomena disseminate from the origin of diffusion. By investigating pattern specialist physicians' offices in city Mashhad, present study showed that, contrary to common patterns, a new was formed by increasing number but not diffusing them at origin. This descriptive-analytical sample i...

Beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) forests in Iran are one of the most important sources hardwood species used for lumber, furniture, and interior object design due to its hardness, wear resistance, strength, excellent bending capabilities. Furthermore, is third country walnut wood production after China United States. Therefore, this study, we compared specific mechanical properties between beech...

Abstract As waste production has increased, these materials have been put to their best use help reduce pollution. Glass bottles account for more than 5% of municipal in Mashhad, according statistics. This study attempted look into the impact using glass granule recycled on soil parameters. The adding properties weak and need improvement east part Mashhad was studied. dominant determined sample...

In recent years, numerous researches have been carried out with purpose of predicting motor vehicle crashes on transportation facilities as freeways and urban or rural highways. Accident process can be modeled successfully with assuming a dual-state data-generating process. Based on this assumption, road components like intersections or road segments have two states of perfectly safe and unsafe...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the students' familiarity from different universities Mashhad with benefits, applications and challenges Big Data analysis. This is a cross-sectional that conducted on students fields, including Medical Engineering, Informatics, Records Health Information Management in Mashhad-Iran. A questionnaire designed. designed evaluated opinion regarding analytic...

BACKGROUND Most women are diagnosed with breast cancer (BC) when they are still at the appropriate age for employment. The increasing survival rates of patients with BC call for more attention to their ability to return to work. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify factors related to the return to work in Iranian women underwent BC treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 175 ...

INTRODUCTION Experts consider social accountability as a new paradigm in medical education and a cultural change that is necessary to be studied and understood more deeply. One of the problems of medical education is the inadequacy of medicine graduates to meet the social accountability. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the general medicine curriculum for social accountability. ...

BACKGROUND Contamination of water by toxic chemicals has become commonly recognized as an environmental concern. Based on our clinical observation in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, many people might be at risk of exposure to high concentrations of toxic heavy metals in water. Because wastewater effluents as well as water wells have been commonly used for irrigation over the past decades, there has...

BACKGROUND More than 30% of pregnancies in Iran are unintended and most of them happen among the women who use various contraceptive methods. Results of Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (IMES) showed that the rate of innovative contraceptive use in Mashhad has been 41.5%-57% in different urban areas. This study was conducted to explore the process of making decision toward using fami...