BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most prevalent kind of cancer among women in Iran. Regarding the importance of cancer prevention and considerable variation of breast cancer incidence in different parts of the country, it is necessary to recognize regions with high incidence of breast cancer and evaluate the role of potential risk factors by use of advanced statistical models. The present study ...

This study aimed to investigate the influence of organizational culture on the knowledge management measures in Department of Social Security in Lorestan; the methodology is an applied, descriptive/survey, in terms of objective, the nature and methods, respectively and it is a fieldwork one; the statistical population consisted of N=380 employees of the Social Security Administration of Loresta...

background :    salmonellosis is an infectious and a food-borne disease of humans and animals. the initial source of the infection is the intestinal tracts of birds and other animals. apparently healthy animals can become subclinical carriers and persistently shed salmonella in their feces which can act as a reservoir for the pathogen. the aim of this study is to detect the carriers of salmonel...

1 Department of Mathematics, Lorestan University, P.O. Box 465, Khoramabad, Iran 2 Department of Civil Engineering, Shahid Chamran University, P.O. Box 135, Ahvaz, Iran 3 School of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, MC 8001, Australia 4 School of Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, ...

BACKGROUND Although meat constitutes an important part of many consumers' diet, its consumption has become a quiet controversial issue. Several factors are effective on tendency to red meat consumption. The 2007's report of the world Cancer Research Fund makes the recommendation to limit the consumption of red meat to less than 500 g per week. The aim of this study is to determine meat and meat...