background : the aim of this study was to identify factors affecting self-medication and its pattern among the students of tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 385 students of tabriz university of medical sciences in 2012. the data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. the validity of the questionnai...

1 Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 14588, Iran 2 Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Arak University, Arak 38156-8-8349, Iran 3 Department of Physics, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 4 Luminous! Center of Excellence for...

Anthropometric indices that are indicators of nutrition status in children and adults can be affected by racial and geographic factors. The aim of present study was to investigate the relation of skull size and brain volume of Arak University of Medical Sciences students with their age, weight, height and body mass index. The present study was a cross-sectional study on 18-26 years old students...

introduction: nowadays, without utilization of information technology, it is impossible to have effective access to required information. inappropriate use of new technology for professional knowledge transmission leads to inadequacy of technology as well as cost wasting. therefore, it is necessary to enhance general understandings about information technology (it) abilities and also end-user n...

background: to achieve development goals in a country, having a research plan is necessary. need assessment in health is the first stage of research priority aiming improves health condition in a population. the objective of this study was to determine a list of research projects according to the health problems priority in ramadan province, iran. methods: to determine research priorities in th...

background: education is the most important task of a university and the mission of faculty members and improving of its quality lead to improve education quality. evaluation of teacher is one of the processes that are carried out to this quality improving. this study was conducted to compares the priorities of evaluation items from view of teachers and students of lorestan university of medica...

background: most managers and employees' manner and actions are influenced by the ethical values and they are rooted in ethics. in the current situation, violating some ethical criteria has currently brought anxiety among the governmental and non- governmental sectors. then, the efficient managers are worried mostly about how to provide appropriate opportunities for the human being to observe t...

background: effective leadership is essential to passing through obstacles facing the health field. the current health care system in iran has major problems and gaps in the field of effective leadership. the aim of this study was to evaluate hospital managers’ leadership style through self-assessment and to determine the correlation between leadership styles with healthcare executives’ leaders...

introduction: due to the use of information technology in libraries and information centers, librarians are faced with many challenges in terms of their roles and needs; hence, they require continuous training to cope with these challenges. the aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of in-service training courses for librarians working in libraries at the isfahan university...