Background: Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to provide access to basic health services with no financial constraints. In Iran, the major challenges to the implementation of the UHC plan include aggregation and augmentation of resources, something which could threaten the dimension of population coverage and health service delivery. Therefore, this study reviews the strengths and weaknesses...

This study compared the flexural strengths and bond strengths to dentin and enamel of two brands of silver-reinforced glass ionomers with their respective unfilled glass-ionomer cements for luting. The results led to the following conclusions. 1. No significant differences in bond strengths to tooth substrates were recorded between silver-reinforced and unfilled glass ionomers. 2. Although the ...

measuring and comparing grip and pinch strengths with their normative data is a valid method to detect intensity of the numerous damages of hand. this research was carried out with the aim of establishing normative data of grip strength and three types of pinch strengths (tip, key and palmar) in healthy iranian adults.in this cross-sectional study, the study population was formed of 1008 people...

Laboratory ozone absorption spectra were measured simultaneously in the visible (515-715 nm) and infrared (2070-2140 cm(-1)) spectral regions using SCISAT-1's MAESTRO (Measurement of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation) and ACE-FTS (Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment-Fourier Transform Spectrometer) spectrometers. An intercomparison of these measurements...

architecture education has social, interpersonal and ethical aspects. the role of narration and storytelling as a pedagogical tool in clarification of academic subjects has been argued by researchers.architecture is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on the arts, science and social sciences. the aim in educating architects is seen as developing the imaginative, conceptual and practic...

To address the mechanism underlying the development of episodic memory, the current study used a modified list learning paradigm for children (i.e. ABCD, ABAC, ABABr) and compared the performance of 4 year-olds, 7 year-olds, and adults. The results show that only the ABABr condition, which involves a 3-way binding structure, differed across age. Additionally, a proposed computational model (mul...