1Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Mofi d Children Hospital, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran 2Molecular Immunology Research Center; and Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Research Center for Immunodefi ciencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Scie...

nowadays, most of the cities, especially metropolises of developing countries are engaged with environmental issues like air and water pollution, waste increase and etc., that lead to the environmental destruction. meanwhile sustainable urban development, provides the balance between development and the environment, and supplies the current generation needs while keep its eyes on the next gener...

the presence of glacial deposits is among the most important evidences of quaternary climatic changes. the aalamkooh and thakht-e-solieman glaciers are the samples of those glaciers in the alborz mountains. all iranian and foreign researchers who have worked on the alamkooh glaciers believe the glaciers of northern alborz are parts of active ones in iran. the objective of this research is inves...

Preparedness against floods in a hazard management perspective plays major role the pre-event phase. Hence, assessing urban vulnerability and resilience towards for different risk scenarios is prerequisite planners decision makers. Therefore, main objective of this study to propose design implementation spatial support tool mapping flood metropolis Tehran under scenarios. Several factors reflec...

one of the public places in any given city is a place to have some fun. the most important feature of islamic cities is the emphasis on gender segregation in public places and special required conditions for men and women to attend public places. tehran as the most important metropolis in iran and the capital of an islamic country, has been witnessing a lot of changes in its leisure places look...

Fast and unplanned city growth, has effects such as isolation of village societies, threatening urbancores and centers and small and weak societies, destruction of open spaces and open and natural regions. Smart growthoffers a sustainable way for urban developing with appropriate use of available sources, increase of urban services,developing neighborhoods with different uses, making public tra...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Tehran Hepatitis Center, Tehran, IR Iran Corresponding author: Seyed ...

1. Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Clinical Research Development Center, Amir-Almomenin Hospital, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 3. Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehr...

We investigate the use of adaptive MCMC algorithms to automatically tune the Markov chain parameters during a run. Examples include the Adaptive Metropolis (AM) multivariate algorithm of Haario et al. (2001), Metropolis-within-Gibbs algorithms for non-conjugate hierarchical models, regionally adjusted Metropolis algorithms, and logarithmic scalings. Computer simulations indicate that the algori...