SUMMARYThe weekly number of dengue cases in Peru, South America, stratified by province for the period 1994-2006 were analysed in conjunction with associated demographic, geographic and climatological data. Estimates of the reproduction number, moderately correlated with population size (Spearman rho=0.28, P=0.03), had a median of 1.76 (IQR 0.83-4.46). The distributions of dengue attack rates a...

this paper aims to consider the relationship between social capital and social responsibility in islamic azad university – firouzkouh branch. the population of research all faculty members, managers and experts employed in islamic azad university - firouzkouh branch. the sample sizeincludes 157 peopledetermined by jeris-morgan formula using the stratified random sampling method. firstly, a ques...

OBJECTIVE The assessment of the functional ability is one of the items of the core set to define improvements in patients with JIA, CHAQ being the most used scale already validated in 32 countries. The aim of this study was to design and validate a new scale named CAPFUN (capacidad funcional = functional ability) to assess functional ability in children with JIA. METHODS This scale includes 2...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency and attitude of medical students towards cleaning their stethoscopes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in the first week of December 2013. The study included 771 students (397 in their fourth and 374 in their sixth year) from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia. An anonymous quest...

job satisfaction is a positive or pleasant emotional state resulting from a person’s appreciation of his/her own job or experience. the study purpose was to model job satisfaction for teachers working in agricultural institutes within mazandaran province of iran. the study used a descriptive-correlative design . the statistical population (including all instructors working for agricultural inst...

BACKGROUND Neck pain is a highly prevalent condition resulting in major disability. Standard scales for measuring disability in patients with neck pain have a pivotal role in research and clinical settings. The Neck Disability Index (NDI) is a valid and reliable tool, designed to measure disability in activities of daily living due to neck pain. The purpose of our study was the translation and ...

Moyamoya patients underwent cerebral revascularization surgery had higher risk for postoperative complications. Cerebral autoregulation impaired may be the main mechanism for postoperative complications. In our study, we used correlation coefficient r between cerebral tissue oxygenation index (TOI) and mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) to assessing of cerebral autoregulation. Total 30 moyamoya...

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient is a nonparametric (distribution-free) rank statistic proposed by Charles Spearman as a measure of the strength of an association between two variables. It is a measure of a monotone association that is used when the distribution of data makes Pearson’s correlation coefficient undesirable or misleading. Spearman’s coefficient is not a measure of the linea...

the present study examined the role of social capital on financial performance of farming cooperatives in khouzestan province. the method of research was descriptive- correlative. the population consisted of 3273 members of farming cooperatives. based on cochran formula, 213 persons were selected. the survey was conducted using a questionnaire. content validity of the questionnaire was determin...