Access to appropriate health care is often difficult for people living in rural areas because of a widespread shortage of appropriately educated local, rural healthcare workers and the distance, time and cost of travelling to larger urban health centres. This shortage is due to many factors including medical education, practice conditions, health system, regulatory, community, personal, family ...

Current global trends (globalization, environmental protection, consumer demand for food safety and quality) constitute major challenges for the European rural economy as more than 80% of EU territory is rural. Thus, EU policies are oriented towards rural economies aiming at greater integration and economic development. Different rural development policies are devised to improve the socioeconom...

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Large number of unfilled teaching positions in rural regions is a common problem most the countries, including Azerbaijan. In this paper, we try to identify factors affecting preferences teachers on workplace and thus, reasons for not choosing schools areas propose an incentive mechanism reduce vacancies these To understand student preferences, wesurveyed around 2000 junior students majoring va...

background: considering the controversial information regarding the effects of perchlorate on thyroid function of high risk population as neonates, and given the high prevalence rate of thyroid disorders specially congenital hypothyroidism in our region, this study aims to investigate for the frst time in iran, the relationship between drinking groundwater perchlorate and cord blood thyroid hor...

This study investigates the diurnal, seasonal, monthly and temporal variation of land surface temperature (LST) urban heat island intensity (SUHII) over Isfahan metropolitan area, Iran, during 2003–2019 using MODIS data. It also examines driving factors SUHII like cropland, built-up areas (BI), urban–rural difference in enhanced vegetation index (ΔEVI), evapotranspiration (ΔET), white sky albed...