BACKGROUND One of the objectives of the health transformation plan (HTP) in Iran is to reduce out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for inpatient services and eradicate informal payments. The HTP has three phases: the first phase (launched in May 5, 2014) is focused on reducing OOP payments for inpatient services; the second phase (launched in May 22, 2014) is focused on primary healthcare (PHC) and the...

2Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, UPM Serdang-43400, Malaysia 3Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Komar University of Science and Technology, ChaqChaq-Qularasisy, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq *Corresponding author: Heshu Sulaiman Rahman, Department of Veterinary Clinical Scienc...

Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran ([email protected]) Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O.Box 14115/111, Tehran, Iran ([email protected]) Department of Industrial Engineering, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, P.O.Box 734, Babol, Iran (babakjavadi...

Seyed Ali Johari, Mohammad Reza Kalbassi, Il Je Yu Fisheries Department, Natural Resources Faculty, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran Department of Aquaculture, Marine Science Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Mazandaran, Noor, Iran Institute of Nanoproduct Safety Research, Hoseo University, 165 Sechul-ri, Baebang-myun, Asan 336-795, Korea Journal of Coastal Life Medicine 2014; 2(5): 3...

1. Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran 4. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, I...

Two new species of the genus Anoplocheylus Berlese, 1910 are described: Anoplocheylus marivaniensis sp. nov. collected from soil and rotten leaves under oak trees and Anoplocheylus qorvehiensis sp. nov. from soil under Astragalus sp. bushes in Kurdistan province, Iran. A key to females of all known species of Anoplocheylus is provided, based on original descriptions and other literature.

Natural gas is the most popular fossil fuel in the current era and future as well. Natural gas is existed in underground reservoirs so it may contain many of non-hydrocarbon components for instance, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen and water vapor. These impurities are undesirable compounds and cause several technical problems for example, corrosion and environment pollution. Therefore, these impurit...

There is a lack of quantitative data regarding exposure response relationships between low back pain (LBP) and associated risk factors among institute staff in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. This study explored such associations in an analytic cross-sectional study. Data collection was carried out with a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 70 (90%) institute staff from Koya Technical Institute...