this study aimed at identifying components of the household health costs.this study was a qualitative research conducted in two main phases. the first phase consisted of interviews with sample households selected in eight provinces of iran. they were to identify components of the household health costs. in the second phase, components were determined as direct, indirect and intangible based on ...

Objective: To compare invasive blood pressure (BP) measurements recorded using an automated archiving method against clinician-documented values from the same invasive monitor, and determine which method of recording BP is more highly associated with the subsequent onset of hypotension. Design: Retrospective comparative analysis. Setting: Intensive care patients in a university hospital. Patien...

Monumental tombs are among the most important monuments of contemporary Iran; they have become the symbol of different cities over time and attracted the attention of the audiences with various tastes. This study tries to explain the architectural components that affect the durability of these buildings and answers these questions: What are the architectural components of the emergence of form ...

Purpose: The purpose of the current research was to identify, quantify and prioritize the components of reducing the resistance of managers of government organizations in the administrative transformation plan. Methodology: The mixed research method is based on exploratory mixed research. The statistical population in the qualitative section was university professors, managers and experts of e...

A Digital Mock-Up (DMU), with its B-Rep model of product components, is a standard industrial representation that lacks geometric information about interfaces between components. Component shapes reflect common engineers practice that influence component interfaces with interferences and not only contacts. The proposed approach builds upon relationships between function, behavior and shape to d...

The research in this paper deals with the application of qualitative models and statistical methods in quality control of production procedures of various components of industrial press machines. The qualitative simulation of discrete-event machine systems is often based upon the use of qualitative simulation and discrete-event methods techniques too. In order to describe and analyze machine sy...