Authors' Response to Zimmer et al

تاریک امّا نه سیاه: پاسخی به زارعی، قربانی و غریبی (1395)

     Zarei, Ghorbani, and Gharibi (2016) reviewed the construct of the Dark Triad in a review article. The current paper is a response to these authors. Hereby, we argue that the proposed translations of these authors into Persian language are technically problematic. In addition to shortcomings in literature review, Machiavellianism and psychopathy are not ...

Letter to the Editor: "Evaluate the effects of curcumin on the prevention of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and heart failure in patients with unstable angina"

Dear editor In a recent issue of the journal, Dastani et al. (2019) evaluate the effects of curcumin on the prevention of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and heart failure in patients with unstable angina. Despite the fact that the topic was interesting, there were some defects and we wish to call to your attention important factual issues in this publication. The most cr...

Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

Dear Editor-in-Chief We read with interest the study by Khazaei et al. (1) in which the authors have nicely concluded that PCR is more sensitive test than Ziehl-Neelsen staining and histo-pathological examination for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). They have rightly pointed to use PCR, selectively, in acidfast bacilli negative paucibacillary forms of TB. However, we intend to highlight few...

Public Participation: Methods Matter; A Response to Boaz et al.

Factors Affecting Decision Making of Households Living in the Deprived Provinces to Enter Health Market

Extended Abstract Introduction: Providing the necessary ground for economic growth and development is one of the main goals of policymakers, experts and managers of all governments, especially in developing countries, such as Iran. In this regard, firstly, factors necessary for economic growth and development should be identified and then conditions should be prepared for acceleration of growt...