the purpose of this paper was to measure the social capital of the medical students of mashhad medical sciences university in the place they lived (their neighborhood), and the factors affecting it. the statistical universe was the university with a total of 5383 students. the sample was 244. the sampling was done using the systematic classification method, the classes being the faculty and sex...

Along the history, relations between Iran and Russia always faced with great changes and transitions and always, the foundation of these relations have been on the base of political, security and military and sometimes economical affairs. Iran and its people have special identity elements like: Persian language, Shiite Islamism, nationalism, regional hegemonies, anti-foreignism and etc, that so...

In order to make sense of the world, humans tend to see causation almost everywhere. Although most causal relations may seem straightforward, they are not always construed in the same way cross-culturally. In this study, we investigate concepts of "chance," "coincidence," or "randomness" that refer to assumed relations between intention, action, and outcome in situations, and we ask how people ...

along with breakdown of soviet :union:, political geographical system as well as meaning construction of central asia and caucasus changed dramatically. thus new structure, necessities, and actors have emerged in relations between iran and countries locating in caucasus. one of these countries is azerbaijan. iran-azerbaijan relationship is of high significance from different aspects. after azer...

iran has the longest political relations with russia among other great powers. this relation is resulted from neighborhood, trade, and cultural and racial factors between iran's people with some of the russia’s independent republics. purchasing of weapons by iran and participations of the soviet :union: in economic projects of iran helped the strengthening of the relations between the two ...

Why do some immigrant minorities in the developing world integrate into their host societies while others face rejection and hostility? Half of all immigrants settle in developing countries, yet we know little about this immigrant experience. This paper introduces the variation in immigrant-host relations in sub-Saharan Africa. It then explains this variation as the result of immigrant leaders’...

The US older population is growing in ethnic diversity. Persistent ethnic disparities in service use among seniors are linked to structural barriers to access, and also to family processes such as cultural preferences and intergenerational relations. There is sparse information on the latter issue for immigrant ethnic minority seniors. Information on the Asian group (the fastest growing senior ...