assessing effects of asthma on patients’ functional status and life     m arash [1] , msc m shogi [2] , msc m tajvidi [3] , msc    received: 23 april, 2010 accepted: 3 may, 2010    abstract:   background & aims : asthma is an inflammatory disease in respiratory system with ill effects on psychological, social and economic status. this study was conducted to assess of effects of asthma disease o...

this paper tries to express the investment behavior of irans economic sectors during 1959-2001 by means of proposing an econometric model. the results of the model are offered in two options: present status continuation and desirable status. the first option reveals that the continuation of the present trends in iran will lead to the economic growth of 3.9 percent and total investment growth of...

gully erosion is one of the most severe types of water erosion that inclusive and global model to represent its development under different environmental circumstances is difficult. moreover, having knowledge about history behaviors of a gully and its advancement requires direct annual monitoring that is not possible in iran conditions because of cost and time. gis and remote sensing with provi...

BACKGROUND Policy discussions and debates in the last couple of decades emphasized efficiency of development policies for translating economic growth to development. One of the key aspects in this regard in the developing world is achieving improved nutrition through economic development. Nonetheless, there is a dearth of literature that empirically verifies the association between economic gro...

Background and Objectives: Depression is the most common mood disorder, which may be experienced by most of the people during their life. Food insecurity may result in mental disorders such as anxiety and depression. The aim of this study was to assess depression status and its relation to household food insecurity in women living in Northwest of Iran. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sect...

This study examines the effects of economic globalization on gender wage inequality. A theory of global economic restructuring and its impact on the quality of women’s work suggests that national integration into the world economy through trade liberalization significantly expands women’s access to income but does not necessarily remove barriers to women’s advancement or ameliorate the predomin...

Background and aims: World’s older population is growing, and attention is being directed to theimprovement of their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This article was conducted to investigatethe HRQoL and associated factors in rural elderly residents in west of Iran.Methods: By using the multistage sampling method, 346 elders from rural areas of Shahindezh wereenr...