The assessment and promotion of childrens' healthful physical activity is important: (i) to combat the international obesity epidemic that extends to childhood; and (ii) to establish an early habit of lifestyle physical activity that can be sustained into adolescence and adulthood. The primary focus of both assessment and promotion efforts has been on in-school physical education classes and, t...

The decapod crustaceans of the Gulf of Oman have been documented based on the published literature and new sampling along the Iranian coast between 2005 and 2015. A total of 121 species were collected along the Iranian coast, of which 43 are new records for the Gulf of Oman. The Decapoda of the Gulf is currently represented by 258 species belonging to five infraorders: Axiidea, Achelata, Anomur...

Abstract In the period April 24, 2020 – December 31, 2021 at Saint Andrew’s County Emergency Clinical Hospital’s Molecular Biology Laboratory were performed 2856 RT-PCR tests on childrens. This method consists of two steps: extraction and amplification. is golden standard to diagnose infection with Covid-19. The patients both genders under 18 years old. Statistics show that male female affected...

BACKGROUND Considering the increasing prevalence of depression in contemporary societies, general tendency for safer treatments with fewer side effects has recently been a subject of interest. OBJECTIVES Food-based strategies, which are one of the outstanding medical solutions in Complementary and Alternative Medicine including Iranian Traditional Medicine have been investigated. MATERIALS ...

BACKGROUND This paper offers mortality risk rankings for Iranian mortality data. It extends methods to include mixed cohorts, tests changes in mortality risks, compares measures of risk and discusses public policy implications. METHODS The methodology used in risk measures takes current practice and extends it to include variations in population dynamics. The specification is presented and co...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to compare the Iranian taekwondo-in statistically in terms of total injury rates to international counterparts as gleaned from the extant literature. METHODS The Iranian sample consisted of 204 male taekwondo-in participating in the national championship. The international sample included the participants in national and international tournaments. Valid...

This is a book review of Claudia Yaghoobi, Temporary Marriage in Iran: Gender and Body Politics Modern Iranian Film Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020).