Ð The connections between economic growth (EG) and human development (HD) form two chains. Crosscountry regressions show a signi®cant relationship in both directions, with public expenditures on health and education, notably female, especially important in the chain from EG to HD; and the investment rate and income distribution signi®cant in the HD to EG chain. This gives rise to virtuous or vi...

The intersecting epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and partner violence disproportionately affect women who use drugs. Despite accumulating evidence throughout the world linking these epidemics, HIV prevention efforts focused on these synergistic issues as well as underlying determinants that contribute to the HIV risk environment (eg, housing instability, incarceration, policing ...

background:poisoning with ethylene glycol (eg) can be fatal even if appropriate treatments are delivered. eg poisoning usually causes central nervous system depression, cardiovascular dysfunction, metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure (arf). case report:a 33-year-old man was referred to the emergency department with reduced consciousness and dyspnea of four-hour duration due to unknown rea...

background: cryopreservation of mammalian ovaries has been reported with different levels of success. cryopreservation of ovarian tissue may be a potential alternative for treatment of infertility and many attempts have been done to improve the efficiency of ovarian cryopreservation. the objective of the present study was to compare the direct cover vitrification (dcv) with ethylene glycol (eg)...

concepts are considered as the tools of political analysis, and without recognition of the concepts, particularly the concept of state, there is no possibility for us to have knowledge of the world of politics. parallel to the external developments, concepts are also growing fatter and more dynamic in modern age. this development may be explained through two approaches: approach of interpretive...

The isolated North Atlantic island of Bermuda, lying 1000 km ESE of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, has received scant attention from bryologists since the last compilations of nearly a century ago (EG Britton, 1918; Evans, 1918), plus a few additions (Andrews, 1923; Dixon, 1936). Of the mosses listed by EG Britton (1918), those that are not widespread in both Europe and North America are o...

political participation can be considered as one of the indices in social and political development in different countries. women, who are commonly included in a society, can have essential roles to control a community and its political, social and cultural developments as well. therefore investigating women's political behavior is especially important to political and dynamical stabilitie...

background: male infertility is affected by several factors. lead is one of the heavy metals more bioavailable than usually modifies the sperm quality in humans. objective: the aim of this study was to establish the role of lead in semen quality in environmentally exposed men. materials and methods: semen and blood samples were obtained from two groups: the exposed group (eg=20) and the non-exp...