conclusions the findings indicated that society associates reproductive health issues with sexual relations, which in turn shapes the stigma and places limitations on unmarried women for using reproductive health services. thus, while reproductive health services are planned and provided to unmarried women, strategies are demanded for overcoming this stigma. objectives this paper explores the c...

This research investigated the relative importance of specific design criteria developed for the purpose of this research, in the evaluation of the usability of educational websites from the point view of students; it then evaluated the usability of nine educational websites based on students’ preferences. The results showed that content and navigation were the first and second preferred design...

In this article optimal design of shear walls is performed under seismic loading. For practical aims, a database of special shear walls is created. Special shear walls are used for seismic design optimization employing the charged system search algorithm as an optimizer. Constraints consist of design and performance limitations. Nonlinear behavior of the shear wall is taken into account and per...

research centers are among the most important institutes in a scientific society. using the altavista search engine and webometric methods, this research tries to find the performance and impact of the top research centers of the islamic world countries. the results reveal that from 57 countries, 40 of them did not have any research centers scored in webometric ranking and the rest of them had ...

The paper is devoted to the problem of providing people with mobility impairments, in wheelchairs, crutches and elderly, access monumental buildings located historic public space.
 authors present current technical construction regulations concerning passageway infrastructure needs that result from limitations impairments.
 Proposals for solutions improve accessibility were also prese...

It may be argued that writing about contemporaneity risks being a mere description of what Braudel would term ‘episodic time’—the short-term perspective newspapers and chronicles. However, when political social events spread into literature, there is nuanced language presence (Barthes). By not bound to specific mode narration, the essay’s brevity incisiveness seems particularly suitable deciphe...

The World Wide Web has become remarkably quickly an alternative source of information for patients and their relatives, as well as students and health-care professionals. A whole plethora of websites and Internet-based applications related to diabetes have appeared in recent years. In this column, selected issues surrounding the use of such websites are considered and the need for more evaluati...

Background and Objectives: Active presence of hospitals on the Internet is becoming a hallmark of hospitals’ commitment to quality healthcare services delivery. For insightful planning towards a strong Internet-based information delivery and communication, there is a need for continuous monitoring of hospital website’s status. Built on this need, this paper provides, for the first time, a ranki...