To the Editor: In “No such thing as an easy (or EC) fix,” Trussell et al. [1] offer a number of explanations for the recent findings that some studies in which women were offered enhanced (“easy”) access to EC failed to produce a reduction in pregnancy rates. These results are indeed both perplexing and disappointing. However, they in no way indicate that EC “doesn't work” or support the author...

Visualization of computer programs, particularly parallel programs, promises to help programmers better understand, develop, and debug their code, especially if the visualizations are relatively easy to create. We have developed a visualization methodology being used as a component in a comprehensive parallel program visualization system. The focus of the system is on application-specic user-ta...

The physician's acquittal has obsessed Iranian legislator's mind to a large extent. This is exclusively observed in Iranian statuses and specifically in Shi'ite school of though. Muslim jurists' opinions play a very important role in enacting legal articles related to it. After reviewing the literature, the authors tried to pick and collect common features of physician's responsibilities and du...

We have recently become aware that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury has imposed new sanctions against Iran. Regulation 560.538 provides that US persons should not handle publishing services for written publications (whether journals or books) if any of the authors of the manuscript are employed by the Government of Iran. The Government of Iran is ...

INTRODUCTION At the modern age, to acquire knowledge and experience, the individuals with their own specific culture have to enter contexts with cultural diversity, adapt to different cultures and have social interactions to be able to have effective inter-cultural relationships.To have such intercultural associations and satisfy individual needs in the society, cultural intelligence and social...