the incidence of brain neoplasm has been progressively increasing in recent years in the industrialized countries. one of the reasons for this increased incidence could be better access to health care and improved diagnosis in the industrialized countries. it also appears that caucasians have a higher incidence than blacks or hispanics or asians. a number of risk factors have been identified an...

background: considering the physical, emotional and psychological complications of early or delayed menopause on women`s life, it is necessary to determine associated factors of menopause age. this study designed to determine menopausal age and associated factors in women of gorgan, i.e. the capital of golestan province in the north-east of iran.   methods: in this cross-sectional study, 804 me...

human factors are among the main elements affecting the reliability of nondestructive examinations (nde). in a man-machine system, human reliability is affected by many factors (performance shaping factors) whose influence on reliability cannot be easily expressed quantitatively. this paper identifies and ranks 59 perform-ance shaping factors by using a fuzzy reasoning method and proposes a pro...

the present study sought to investigate demotivating and remotivating factors among iranian ma students of tefl. the participants included 170 male and female (male= 97, female= 73) iranian ma students of tefl randomly chosen among the students of 10 most well-known state universities of iran. to collect the qualitative data, interviews were conducted on 20 students, two from each university. s...

background: exposure to job stress causes deleterious effects on physical and mental health of employees and productivity of organizations. objective: to study work-related stressors among employees of prisons of ilam, western iran. methods: in a cross-sectional study conducted from july to october 2013, 177 employees of ilam prisons and security-corrective measures organization were enrolled i...

Many factors may be involved in determining why some students are more and some are less proficient in language. This study tried to explore the factors affecting Iranian EFL learners’ proficiency. 221 students at second, third and fourth year of university, including 50 male and 171 female were selected randomly to participate in the study. A researcher-made questionnaire and a proficiency tes...

high blood pressure control (hbpc) is a common goal of who and the world hypertension league (whl). the two important strategies in hbpc are identifying cardiovascular (cvd) risk factors and planning to modify controllable factors. this study was accomplished to determine the cvd risk factors in high blood pressure (hbp) patients of the rural population, residing in the babol region, north of i...

background although, there have been extensive research on the motivations driving patient to undergo cosmetic procedures, there is still a big question mark on the persuasive factors which may lead individuals to undergo cosmetic surgery. the present study evaluated various factors affecting patients undergoing cosmetic surgery in bushehr, southern iran. methods from 24th march 2011 to 24th ma...

background it is known that risk factors related to neonatal bacterial sepsis are complex. objectives the current study aimed to determine the risk factors of neonatal sepsis. materials and methods this study was conducted on 1023 neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units (nicus) in south sinai governorate hospitals from january 2010 till september 2014. demographic data of the neonate...

background: cesarean section is a surgery to deliver a baby and remove the placenta and membranes through an incision made on the mother's abdomen and uterus. while the rate of cesarean section is 10-30% of all deliveries in the world, it is 50-65% in iran. the aim of this study was to identify factors leading to cesarean section in bam, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 200 mothers...