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E-discussion: Addressing ongoing and emerging challenges for meeting the Millennium Development Goals in 2015 and for sustaining development gains in the future Summary report for Part II: Sustaining development gains through inclusive development

The theme of Part II of the e-discussion was “Sustaining development gains through inclusive development.” Part II was moderated jointly by Sarah Cook (UNRISD) and Donald Lee, International Committee for October 17 (UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty) with the assistance of Esuna Dugarova (UNRISD). There were 2000 views and 47 comment inputs from various experts, including from NGOs, academi...

Abu Saleh Bazam’s news on the virtues of Khorasan

Abu Saleh Bazam is one of the Iranian followers (tābi‘ūn), narrators, and interpreters. He was the servant of Umm-e Hani, the daughter of Abū Ṭālib. He narrated numerous Ḥadīth from companions of the Prophet. Scholars and narrators expressed conflicting views on the correctness or weakness of his ḥadīths. Some of his ḥadīths are about the virtues of Khorasan. The main question of this study is ...

Achievements and Challenges in Implementing Urban Family Physician Program in Iran: Viewpoint of Managers and Executives

Background: Urban family physician program is one of the relatively large reforms in Iran's health care system implemented in Fars and Mazandaran provinces since 2012. Nearly five years after implementation of the program, this study aimed to identify the achievements and challenges of this program from the viewpoints of managers and administrators. Methods: This cross-sectional study was con...

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Happenings — from the Chair , Prof

I am pleased to say that we have had a very active and productive year in terms of both research and education here at Duke Physics. This is my first year as Chair, as many of you know, and it was a year of challenges and learning for me personally. Certainly the most interesting things I learned came from finding out what my colleagues in other subfields are doing; this broad view – from bioph...