The goal of medicine is to prevent harm as Hippocrates pointed out; “primum non nocere; first do no harm”. Has this fact been taken into account in developing Medical Education curricula in Asia? Frequency of diseases in Asia is different from high income countries (1, 2) and funds for research are lacking.  It is therefore important to allocate available funds to the most applicable issues to...

several models have been developed to estimate land degradation rate and evaluate desertification severity. this study attempts to apply the medalus (mediterranean desertification and land use) model by considering existing conditions in the hamoun wetland, located in south-eastern iran. at first identification of the main factors affecting the desertification phenomenon was attempted, based on...

khoroslodaghlocated in northwestern of iran and south of moghan plain in ardabil province. these mountainsare from azarbyjan mountains unit and are separated from caucasus and talesh mountains in azarbyjan republic. study area was folded by upper pliocene and quaternary orogeny. pliocene orogeny was severe but quaternary folded was calm. afterward orogeny movements and folding, invertedrelief (...

this study aimed to determine the relationship between lifestyle and health locus of control with happiness in college students. this study was descriptive within the framework of a correlation prediction plan. the sample consisted of 331 undergraduate students of talesh pnu (246 females and 85 males) 1393-94 academic years who were selected randomly and completed lifestyle questionnaire, healt...

khanghah gilvan cemetery is located in khalkhal, in the iranian province of ardebil. this cemetery came into light during a highway construction project in khanghah village. until now, three archeological excavations, under the author’s supervision, have been carried out in this cemetery that has resulted in burials from the middle bronze age up to parthian period.   among the excavated burial...

in order to determine the best form factor formula for loblolly pine (pinus taeda l.) plantations in talesh (western guilan province-iran), a number of 110 trees were selected based on their distribution in diameter classes, from 12 to 34 cm (in a two- cm diameter interval). first, several quantitative factors including diameter at breast height, diameter at 0.65 m of height, and diameter at st...