Urban form has undergone tremendous changes throughout history. These changes have stemmed from various causes. Technology has been one of the most influential forces in changing the face of cities, leaving different marks on the city form. In fact, technology has gained an increasingly more important and integrative role in bringing changes to the urban form. In addition, recent plethora of de...

purpose t1wi (t1 weighted image) was acquired in order to grade bone fusion following the studies by fifa (federation internationale de football associations). research using images other than t1wi has not been reported. the aim of this study is to evaluate the grade of epiphyseal fusion by t2* weighted images (t2*wi) and to investigate new findings on t2*wi as compared with t1wi. methods a tot...

background: cancer is the third cause of death in iran and its incidence is rising alarmingly. however, a study reported that kohgilooyeh and boyerahmad (a small province in iran) seems to have substantially lower incidence rate of cancer compared to the other parts of the country. this study is conducted to investigate the epidemiological features of cancer regarding three key factors (sex, ag...

background: the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (dm) is increasing, and thus, its mental consequences, such as depression, have an increasing trend. the goal of the present study was the determination of the prevalence of depression and some of its related factors in patients with type ii dm who referred to the diabetes center of rafsanjan, iran, in the year 2016. materials and methods: for thi...

objective: to find out the prevalence and relationship of anemia in reproductive age women in rural area of tabas, center of iran. iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional problem, affecting about 41.8% of pregnant and 30.2% of non-pregnant women worldwide. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on the random sample of 382 reproductive age women in rural areas...

objective: to ascertain the utilization of the emergency contraception and to evaluate the impact of intervention on acceptability and utilization of emergency contraceptive pills. materials and methods: this community based cross sectional study was carried out by the department of community medicine in the slums of chandigarh. the study sample was chosen by two stage systematic sampling. part...