background: pre-pregnancy care is considered as the services assessing and reducing the pregnancy risks through providing medical care and mental support. therefore, a pre-pregnancy counseling protocol was prepared based on a series of guidelines. this study aimed to determine the effect of the protocol on pregnancy and labor indices. methods: this was a four-phase field study conducted in four...

A major concern in Translation Studies (TS) has been on what really goes on in the translators’ head while they are translating (not what researchers claim is going on). Among the techniques utilized in studying such cognitive processes and systems, think-aloud protocols (TAPs) have been widely em- ployed. As a content analysis study, this Qual-Quan mixed methods...

Introduction Based on Task Group No. 43 (TG-43U1) recommendations, water phantom is proposed as a reference phantom for the dosimetry of brachytherapy sources. The experimental determination of TG-43 parameters is usually performed in water-equivalent solid phantoms. The purpose of this study was to determine the conversion factors for equalizing solid phantoms to water. Materials and Methods T...