Due to the way BGP paths are distributed over iBGP sessions inside an Autonomous System (AS), a BGP withdraw that follows a failure may be propagated outside the AS although other routers of the AS know a valid alternate path. This causes transient losses of connectivity and contributes to the propagation of a large number of unnecessary BGP messages. In this paper, we show, based on RouteViews...

BACKGROUND Nurses' health is often accompanied by various dangers due to the nature of their career. Therefore, it is required to monitor their health. Based on designing any system, users' views should be investigated relative to the usefulness, necessity and acceptance of the system. Then, a designing and implementing process is conducted. OBJECTIVE To investigate nurses' views on accepting...

Abstract Scholarship on novice language teachers has often overlooked how novices comparatively develop personalized trajectories in the initial years. This study views novice-ness through lens of identity construction and examines three Iranian English first, second, third years teaching constructed their teacher identities. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews, classroom observ...

BACKGROUND Anthropological studies based on highly polymorphic HLA genes provide useful information for bone marrow donor registry, forensic medicine, disease association studies, as well as designing peptide vaccines against tumors, and infectious or autoimmune diseases. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to investigate the genetic relationship of Iranian Arabs and Jews using HLA-class II gen...

in every field, typology leads to a better, more complete and more precise knowledge. in spite of the importance and extent of traditional persian stories, there is as yet no complete classification of these stories. most of the present classifications are imprecise, mixing the different kinds of stories. this paper merely deals with an analysis, criticism, morphology and typology of persian tr...

Recent global strategic initiatives on human brain have prompted policy makers to develop medium to long-term views and an analysis of future research developments with the aim of defining research agendas in neuroscience and cognitive science. With all ongoing efforts from Iranian neuroscientists, this has recently been the case in our community as well. As with all strategic activities, the I...

BACKGROUND This paper identifies the views of Iranian clinical nurses regarding the utilization of nursing research in practice. There is a need to understand what restricts Iranian clinical nurses to use research findings. The aim of this study was to identify practicing nurses' view of aspects which they perceived constrain them from research utilization that summarizes and uses research find...

OBJECTIVE Childbirth is one of the most vulnerable moments and the most important and memorable events in the lives of women that despite of bringing happiness, it can be associated with psychological trauma and endanger the mother and neonate health. Mothers' perception of the psychological birth trauma is a highly subjective process that depends on the cultural, social and biological conditio...

BACKGROUND The research to date does not present an articulated approach to ensure nutrition and food systems education is systematically implemented within schools. This paper aimed to investigate food experts' views of the best strategies to improve school-leavers' knowledge of nutrition and food systems. METHODS In this qualitative study, 28 Iranian food and nutrition experts from four maj...