AIM The aim of this study is to analyze the epilepsy research output of Iran in national and global contexts, as reflected in its publication output indexed in Scopus citation database during 2000-2014. METHODS This study was based on the publications of epilepsy research from Iranian authors retrieved Feb. 2015 from Scopus Citation database [www.scopus.com]. The string used to retrieve the d...

This paper introduces the concept of a dynamic key infrastructure for Grid. It utilises the properties of Identity-based Cryptography (IBC) to simplify key management techniques used in current Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) settings for Grid. This approach can offer greater simplicity, flexibility, and enhanced computation trade-offs.

Iran is a country with advanced health care system. In 1974 government of Iran established a centralized transfusion system. Since then donations of blood may not be remunerated and therapy with blood and its components is free of charge for all Iranian patients in need of the treatment. Most of donors in Iran are educated middle age men. In 2005 Iranian donated more than 1.6 millions units of ...

The evolution of building codes typically produce design provisions that are expected to create safer and more accurate designs. We as engineers expect building codes to advance the state of the art with each successive edition. The 2009 International Building Code (IBC) and the Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-08) have significant revisions affecting the design of ti...

BACKGROUND & PURPOSE Career advancement programs are currently implemented in many countries. In Iran, the first career advancement program was Nurses' Career Advancement Pathway. The purpose of this study was to explore nurse leaders' experiences about implementing the Nurses' Career Advancement Pathway program in Iran. METHODS This exploratory qualitative study was conducted in 2013. Sixtee...

Former Professor of Urology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Urology Journal is the only urological journal published in English in Iran that is distributed internationally. It was deemed advisable to review the history of Iranian urology in this journal. Since the history of urology in Iran is inseparably related to Sina Hospital, I tried to gather information on the founda...

The history of early attempts of blood transfusion in Iran traces back to the 1940s; however, around three decades later in 1974, the Iranian National Blood Transfusion Service (Sazeman-e Melli-e Enteqal-e Khun-e Iran) was founded by the outstanding hematologist, Professor Fereydoun Ala. The main goals of this centralized organization were to collect blood from healthy voluntary donors, to scre...