BACKGROUND Various studies have shown a seasonal pattern in suicide in the developed societies; however, this pattern is not taken into consideration in most countries including Iran. OBJECTIVES The current paper studied the seasonal pattern of committing suicide in Northern Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study was a longitudinal study with time series features. Subject included su...

Prior internationalization process theory has typically focused on how firms learn from foreign experience. We model, in addition, how firms identify and select valuable expansion opportunities. More specifically, we develop theory and hypotheses on how internationalizing firms travel through a value landscape using international joint ventures (IJVs): identifying, evaluating, and selecting min...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) metastasis to the thyroid gland is rare. Here we report a 45 yr-old man in western Iran referred to Hematology Clinic, Kermanshah City, Iran in March 2014 with complaint of exertional dyspnea, multi-nodular goiter as well as complaint of exertional dyspnea, and multi-nodular goiter. His history included a low anterior resection of rectum in 9 months ago for a high-risk s...

Early diagnosis and proper treatment including long-term follow-up are crucial in management of neonatal urinary tract infections (UTIs). To determine the pathogens responsible for UTI in newborns and the antibiotic susceptibility of these organisms, all medical records of 3,623 hospitalized newborns in the neonatal unit of Beheshti Hospital, Kashan, Iran, during a five-year period from April 2...

  Background: Several studies have examined the effects of folic acid fortification on the occurrence of orofacial clefts. This study was carried out to evaluate the impact of flour fortification with folic acid on oral clefts in Northern Iran.   Methods : In this hospital based study from March 2006 to September 2009, we screened the total number of live births at all hospitals in Golestan pro...

Over the past decade Enterprise Architecture (EA) management matured to a discipline commonly perceived as a strategic advantage. Among others, EA management helps to identify and realize cost saving potentials in organizations. EA initiatives commonly start by documenting the status-quo of the EA, whereby the respective management discipline analyzes this so-called current state and derives in...

1Department of Mathematics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran 2Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University of Kashan, Kashan 87317-51167, Iran (Received November07, 2011, accepted March 1, 2012) Abstract. The sinc-collocation method is presented for solving second-order boundary value problems of nonlinear integro-differential equation. The method is effective...

Rotavirus is the major cause of diarrhoea in children worldwide. In this study, conducted in the city of Ahwaz, Iran, during November 2001-March 2002, stool samples from 200 inpatient (n=63) and outpatient (n=137) children aged 1-24 month(s) were analyzed. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used for isolating rotavirus. Rotavirus was isolated from 36 (26.3%) of the 137 stool samples of outp...

Background: Inappropriate prescription of vancomycin has been shown to be associated with induction of antibiotic resistance. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of inappropriate use of vancomycin in a tertiary care hospital in Iran. Methods: Adescriptive cross-sectional investigation was performed from September 2004 to March 2005 in all units of a general teaching Medic...