BACKGROUND Information is limited regarding the absolute and relative risk of cardiovascular disease in persons with high-normal blood pressure (systolic pressure of 130 to 139 mm Hg, diastolic pressure of 85 to 89 mm Hg, or both). METHODS We investigated the association between blood-pressure category at base line and the incidence of cardiovascular disease on follow-up among 6859 participan...

Recent protest movements brought attention to the one percent, a segment of the population that is critical to understanding inequality and social mobility but that attracts relatively little research attention. In this article, I survey current research on the one percent in the United States. I distinguish income from wealth and show that both are very concentrated but that the concentration ...

combating corruption need a multi pronged strategy because of the unintegrated and distributed nature of corruption. in this paper we review literature of anti corruption strategy and extract 26 indicator with a preventive approach and present the indicator in a economical , political , social , administrative section for national strategy of islamic republic of iran .the experts accept the ind...

statement of problem: condylar hyperplasia of the mandible is a self limiting abnormality which can cause facial asymmetry, temporomandibular joint (tmj) dysfunction and esthetic problems. treatment planning is based on the results of isotope scanning, clinical findings and patient age. single photon emission tomography (spect) is considered to be a sensitive method in the calculation of condyl...