background and aim: methods of age estimation with the aid of radiography have higher accuracy compared with other methods. some investigations have been performed in this regard, but the correlation between dental development and body mass index (bmi) has been limitedly researched. in the present study, the correlation between dental development and bmi in the children referring to the dental ...

backgroundseveral studies have examined the relationship between human development index (hdi) and various health outcomes. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between hdi, and infant mortality rate, mortality rate of children under one year and under 5 years, maternal mortality rate, and total fertility rate.materials and methodsin this ecologic study, data on hdi, total ...

there has been relatively little empirical analysis of the role played by cultural-social-economic policies to promote entrepreneurship. governments, for instance, conduct different entrepreneurship promotion policies. financial assistance and easing of bureaucratic rules are provided to improve the entrepreneurship process in a country. entrepreneurs benefit from education and skills, which ar...

This study discusses the relation of Islam with economic development. Based on Islamic values, aims to create an alternative international development index. The variables used were chosen as proxy representing principles and values derived from Quran Sunnah, two primary sources Islam. data obtained databases statistically standardized. index was prepared over main categories, material spiritua...

The purpose of this research is to predict stock returns and the purpose of the least squares regression and neural network approach is used. The potential financial ratios based on the historical cost and financial ratios based on Adjusted Cost predict stock returns are investigated. Independent variables and the dependent variable in this study and financial ratios and stock returns is for th...

We study the effects of differences in local financial development within an integrated financial market. We construct a new indicator of financial development by estimating a regional effect on the probability that, ceteris paribus, a household is shut off from the credit market. By using this indicator we find that financial development enhances the probability an individual starts his own bu...