this study was carried out of determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and effects of some demoghraphic factors on the central district of Kerman city.in this study ,2104 stool samples were randomly collected(1219 specimens from urban areas and 885 from the surrounding villages of Kerman city) in 1991.the samples were examined by formalin-ether concentration method.the results showed th...

BACKGROUND An HIV behavioral surveillance survey was undertaken in November 2005 at Lugufu refugee camp and surrounding host villages, located near western Tanzania's border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). METHODS The sample size was 1,743 persons based on cluster survey methodology. All members of selected households between 15-49 years old were eligible respondents. Questions i...

Some thoughts are presented on the inter-relation between beauty and truth in science in general and theoretical physics in particular. Some conjectural procedures that can be used to create new ideas, concepts and results are illustrated in both Boltzmann-Gibbs and nonextensive statistical mechanics. The sociological components of scientific progress and its unavoidable and benefic controversi...

introduction promoting villages to towns is among the prominent characteristics of urbanization in few past decades and remains as a major challenge facing managers, policymakers and urban planners, particularly in developing countries. in iran, one of the growing impacts of rapid urbanization on the spatial structure of country is growing the number of urban centers via transformation villages...

osteoporosis is a major health problem because of the large health care costs associated with its clinical consequences. it is therefore of great importance to identify modifiable risk factors. we investigated association between fruit and vegetables intake and bone mineral density in rural population of tehran surroundings. subjects were a subgroup of a large study on prevalence and causes of ...

The aim of this study is to identify and classify villages according to their spatial centralities, considering rural amenity resources, for integrated tourism management. Rural tourism is an important means of regional economic development because it permits new infrastructure to be developed and helps retain existing amenities. This study took place in Korea, where little attention has been g...

The authors describe a questionnaire survey of foot and mouth disease (FMD) and of FMD control by vaccination in sixty villages in northern Thailand. FMD was found to be common, with 90% of the villages surveyed reporting one or more outbreaks in the five years prior to interview, and 28% of villages reporting outbreaks every year. Outbreaks were more common in the wet season (June to September...