abstract: aim and background: the exact review of the prevalence of internalized and externalized disorders in adolescence is essential to design and prepares appropriate remedial services that aimed at reducing the negative consequences and subsequent growth of mental disorders and improving adolescent functioning. the aim of this study is investigation of prevalence of internalized and extern...

Allergy is becoming a major disease burden globally. Pollens are considered as the main component of aeroallergens that lead to rhinitis and asthma. Due to the lack of a comprehensive investigation on most allergic pollens of trees in the Middle East, the present study aimed to conduct a comprehensive literature review on this topic. The main goal of the study was to provide a checklist for all...

m any middle-east countries, like iran, have dynamic banking industries and have observed merger and acquisitions (m&a) waves. m&a waves are usually defined in the developed world context and some of their main drivers were identified as: market timing, environment's shocks, merger manias, government regulation and regulatory, and technological changes. it has been discussed that merge...

in modern decentralised health systems, district and local managers are increasingly responsible for financing, managing, and delivering healthcare. however, their lack of adequate skills and competencies are a critical barrier to improved performance of health systems. given the financial and human resource, constraints of relying on traditional face-to-face training to upskill a large and dis...

Many empirical studies point towards an increase in non‐standard employment. The reasons for this rise are mainly seen in the increasing economic internationalization or the rapid technological changes which raise the need for both flexibility and cost‐cuts on behalf of firms. Yet, only little is known about the role of firm age in this context. Based on a large representative data set of est...

This paper is part of a research project undertaken within the context of the Technology Adaptation Program at MIT and is allowed to appear in the Migration and Development Series as a courtesy of the Technology Adaptation Program. Popular views of t h e Middle East tend t o c o n c e n t r a t e on t h e c u l t u r a l homogeneity of t h e Arab s t a t e s , t h e i r c o n f l i c t with I s...

this study is concerned with understanding the impact of demographic changes, socioeconomic inequalities, and the availability of health factors on life expectancy (le) in the low and lower middle income countries.the cross-country data were collected from 91 countries from the united nations agencies in 2012. le is the response variable with demographics (total fertility rate, and adolescent f...