Abstract Background Carbon emissions and global warming have increased as a result of population growth greater usage fossil fuels. Finding long-term replacement for fuels, such biofuels, has become major problem energy supply management in recent years. Sustainability must be addressed key building biofuel chains (BSCs), given the pressing need societies to limit environmental consequences pro...

OBJECTIVE To examine the satisfaction and perception of participants with the current CME programme in Iran and eventually to re-design the programme accordingly. METHODS In this descriptive cross-sectional study the attitude of participants in 28 CME programmes of Iran University, Iran, implemented between 2007 and 2009 were evaluated. A questionnaire was prepared (reliability coefficient of...

This paper estimates reduced-form Phillips curves for Brazil with a framework of time series with unobserved components, in the spirit of Harvey (2011). However, we allow for expectations to play a key role using data from the Central Bank of Brazil’s Focus survey. Besides GDP, we also use industrial capacity utilization rate and IBC-Br index, as measures of economic activity. Our findings supp...

To improve accuracy and reliability, Boolean combination (BC) can efficiently integrate the responses of multiple biometric systems in the ROC space. However, BC techniques assume that recognition systems are conditionally-independent and that their ROC curves are convex. These assumptions are rarely valid in practice, where systems face complex environments, and are designed using limited enro...

Data-Driven Inversion-Based Control (D-IBC) is a recently introduced control design method for uncertain nonlinear systems, relying on a two degree-of-freedom architecture, with a nonlinear controller and a linear controller running in parallel. In this paper, extending to the MIMO case a previous result holding for the SISO case, we derive a finite-gain stability sufficient condition for a clo...

This study investigated the quarrel between pro-and anti-constitutionalist jurists following establishment of first National Consultative Assembly (Majlis) in Iran and drafting constitution 1906. A group shi῾ite launched an attack on Majlis, addition to ideas human legislation, freedom, equality, by considering Islamic Sharī῾a law be a set perfect impeccable laws. In response these oppositions,...

Introduction: Since the beginning of COVID-19 epidemic in Iran, several electronic registration systems have been created to record data infected patients. This narrative review aimed investigate articles that described registry designed and implemented Iran. Methods: In this review, four databases [Medline (accessed from PubMed), Scopus, Science Direct, Web Science] were searched till June 22,...

Objectives: Fear of childbirth may be associated with increased anxiety, cesarean section, and delayed delivery. The study aimed to screen for fear the factors affecting it in pregnant women from 2019 2020 Babol, Iran. Materials Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total 600 gestation age > 20 weeks referred antenatal care clinics Ayatollah Rouhani, Shahid Yahya Nejad Hospital, four hea...

BACKGROUND The occurrence of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk, especially breast milk, is a valuable biomarker for exposure determination to aflatoxin B(1) (AFB(1)). In the present study, the risk of exposure to AFM(1) in infants fed breast milk was investigated. METHODS An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used for the analysis of AFM(1) in breast milk samples from 132 lactating mothe...