Farnoush Faridbod,1 Mohammad Reza Ganjali,2,* Parviz Norouzi,2 Siavash Riahi,3,2 and Hamid Rashedi4 1Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2Center of Excellence in electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tehran, 3Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, 4Department of Chemical Engineering, Facu...

Methods: The study took place in Tehran and Esfahan oil refineries in Iran in 2010. An initial questionnaire was formed from two previous studies. This tool was translated to Persian based on back translation. The 61-item questionnaire was tested on operational staffs (N=324). Principle component analysis and Varimax with Kaiser Normalization was used to extract factors, in statistical software...

Methods: In this cross sectional study, broadcasted advertisements on 4 important channels of Iran TV were recorded for a week from 8 am to 12 pm in 2012. The content and volume of food advertisements were investigated using a researcher-made check list. Advertisement group (food, non-food), food group (non-cariogenic, cariogenic), advertisement appeals (rational, emotional, and humor content),...

a Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran b Department of Global Health and Public Policy, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran c Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Ir...

Available online: 25 January 2015 Background: Substance abuse is one of the most complicated social problems. Understanding socio-demographic characteristics of those who abuse substances could help deal with this problem more efficiently. The main objective of this study was to determine socio-demographic characteristics associated with alcohol drinking, cigarettes smoking and drug abuse among...

Ali Sharafi Chegeni, Behrouz Ezatpour*, Mohammad Saki, Hamid Mokhayeri, Siavash Adavi, Elham Nasiri, Mehdi Azami Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Deputy of Health, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Science, Khorramabad, Iran Aligoudarz health network, Lorestan University of M...

of the Dissertation Communication Over Multiple Antenna Fading Channels Using Quantized and Erroneous Feedback Information by Siavash Ekbatani Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering University of California, Irvine, 2008 Professor Hamid Jafarkhani, Chair We study communication schemes with a quasi-static wireless channel model. It means that over the duration of several sym...

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At the time of subversion and containment, power structure applies various strategies for its survival. It manages ideological anxieties employs defense mechanisms to contain dissident forces. Tragic works have potential display tensions in structure, subversive forces appliance survive. By comparing classical tragic works, it is possible reach a comparative schema monarchist structure. Hence, ...