BACKGROUND Substance abuse prevalence and the number of suicides among university students is less than public population; however the sensitivity of society regarding the occurrence of such damages among students puts special emphasis on appraising these variables. More than 30% of Iranian students study in Islamic Azad University. OBJECTIVES The current research aimed to appraise the vulner...

Background and Objectives : The objective of this study was to determine and compare the general levels of awareness of patient’s rights among the patients and nurses in training hospitals in Qom province. Methods: In a descriptive analytical study, 150 nurses and 200 hospitalized patients were asked about patient’s rights in all public hospitals in Qom. Data were collected using qu...

â â â  abstract â  in this study, 129 samples of the qom formation in kaltakeh, south east mahneshan, were investigated. the thickness of qom formation in the examined section is 565m and comprises of limestone, sandy limestone, marl, shale and argillaceous limestone . at this locality, the qom sediments disconformably overlies the lower red formation and underlies the upper red formation. amon...

BACKGROUND Inertial motion capture systems are used in many applications such as measuring the movement quality in stroke survivors. The absence of clinical effectiveness and usability evidence in these assistive technologies into rehabilitation has delayed the transition of research into clinical practice. Recently, a new inertial motion capture system was developed in a project, called INTERA...

We wish to respond to the commentary of de la Iglesia et al. [1]. Studies comparing sleep in different communities have different goals. One frequent goal has been to determine how sleep is affected by manipulating specific ‘modern’ conditions. Many studies have investigated the effect of artificial light and electronic entertainment. Such studies have clearly shown that light, particularly blu...

OBJECTIVE To assess the perceived HIV/AIDS related stigma a comprehensive and well developed stigma instrument is necessary. This study aimed to assess validity and reliability of the Persian version of HIV/AIDS related stigma scale which was developed by Kang et al for people living with HIV/AIDS in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thescale was forward translatedby two bilingual academic members ...