affecting the economy of independent pharmaciesone can never deny the influence of chain pharmacies as a powerful competitor over the economy of independent pharmacies. in one view, integrating independent pharmacies with low turnover into chain pharmacies can save them; on the other hand, chain pharmacies can lead to more treat for independent pharmacies life.patient costsit is expected to dec...

BACKGROUND The primary health care (PHC) network contributed considerably to improving health outcomes in rural Iran. However, the health system suffers from inadequate responses to ever-increasing demands. In 2005, a reform comprised of a family physician (FP) programme and universal health insurance was implemented in all rural areas and cities with a population of <20 000. We explored the ro...

Optimized forest degradation model (OFDM): an environmental decision support system for environmental impact assessment using an artificial neural network Ali Jahani, Jahangir Feghhi, Majid F. Makhdoum & Mahmoud Omid a Environment and Natural Resources Sciences Department, University of Environment, Karaj, Iran b Department of Forestry and Forest Economic, Faculty of Natural Resources, Universi...

Current approaches to the formal representation of geographical reality are characterized by their static character. GIS representations are representations of the world at a given time, reflecting the fact that geographic information systems have their roots in printed maps. Yet, geographical reality, like all other domains of reality, is essentially dynamic. We here outline a theory that is d...

This review of subduction and geodynamic models is organized around three central questions: (1) Why is subduction asymmetric? (2) Are subducted slabs strong or weak? (3) How do subducted slabs interact with phase transformations, changes in mantle rheology, and possibly chemical boundaries in the mantle? Based on laboratory measurements of the temperature dependence of olivine, one would concl...

development of evidence-based clinical guidelines to raising standards of medical care in diabetes is a core element of coping with the global diabetes epidemic. the purpose of this study was to develop a systematic clinical diabetes guideline from the latest scientific evidences and also to localize its recommendations according to regional and cultural needs of our society. searches were cond...

lstituto Beni Culturali (Institute for Cultural Heritage) is the cultural institution of Regione Emilia Romagna. IBC web site [6] has been completely revised in cooperation with Hypermedia Open Center [S], the laboratory of the Electronics and Information Department at Politecnico di Milano. We adopted W2000 model for requirements analysis and for the analysis and organization of the applicatio...

Observations of the mechanical behavior porous rocks subject to external loading indicate existence complex dependencies on level confining pressure, fluid pressure and rate deformation. Due heterogeneous nature rocks, their macroscopic response is result underlying microscopic processes which can alter microstructural organization grain–pore network. The impacts multiscale poromechanical geoma...