This article responds to:How Valid Are Social Vulnerability Models?On the Validity of Validation: A Commentary on Rufat, Tate, Emrich, and Antolini’s “How Models?”

In this paper, we consider the trajectories of real and model asteroids that lead to collisions with Earth. They highlight close approaches Earth precede impact. The presence such allows us detect a dangerous object in advance, clarify its orbit, use effect gravitational maneuver economically prevent an asteroid from hitting paper various families collision trajectories: possible asteroids, as ...

Influenza vaccination of Health Care Workers (HCWs) is recommended by several health authorities worldwide aiming to prevent influenza, to reduce staff absenteeism due to illness and to protect vulnerable patient populations from the increased morbidity and mortality that influenza carries. However, despite recommendations and proven efficacy and cost effectiveness of influenza vaccine, vaccina...

Current animal models of retinal disease often involve the rapid development of a retinal disease phenotype; however, this is at odds with age-related diseases that take many years to manifest clinical symptoms. The present study was performed to examine an apoptosis-inducing factor (Aif)-deficient model, the harlequin carrier mouse (X(hq)X), and determine how mitochondrial dysfunction and subs...

Quality of Life (QOL) in opiate-addicted patients who are receiving methadone maintenance therapy is one of the important issues to be considered in the treatment of addiction. To determine a needs assessment using the PRECEDE model to find out factors related to QOL among Iranian male opiate addicts. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Kermanshah, Iran in 2013. A total of 762 male opia...

Neuronal circuit disturbances that lead to hyperexcitability in the cortico-hippocampal network are one of the landmarks of temporal lobe epilepsy. The dentate gyrus (DG) network plays an important role in regulating the excitability of the entire hippocampus by filtering and integrating information received via the perforant path. Here, we investigated possible epileptogenic abnormalities in t...

Gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms can precede or be isolated manifestations of COVID-19 infection, therefore health care professionals must aware presentations, which help in identification appropriate isolation such cases.