INTRODUCTION Despite the widespread use of deprivation indices in public health, they are rarely explicitly or extensively validated, owing to the complex nature of the exercise. METHODS Based on the proposals of British researchers, we sought to validate Quebec's material and social deprivation index using criteria of validity (content, criterion and construct validity), reliability and resp...

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loxosceles rufescens , commonly known as the mediterranean recluse or mediterranean fiddle-back spider is recorded from iran for the first time. the genus loxosceles contains 103 accepted species, two of them (including l. rufescens ) are cosmopolitan. all loxosceles species tested so far possess necrotic venoms, which is a unique characteristic among the order araneae. considering this charact...

It is an open problem as to whether any bimodule inducing a Morita auto-equivalence of block must have endopermutation source. We prove that, for blocks b with normal defect groups in odd characteristic, stronger result holds, namely that all such bimodules linear also the analogous characteristic 2, provided group specific, slightly restrictive, form.

this with the integration of distributed generation (dg) to meshed distribution systems, the operating time of the protective system becomes a major concern in order to avoid nuisance dg tripping. this paper proposes a new tripping characteristic for directional overcurrent relays (docrs) that can achieve a higher possible reduction of overall relays operating time in meshed distribution networ...

objective(s) as there are conflicting findings regarding the clearance-dose and patient characteristics relationships for valproic acid (vpa), this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between patient demographic characteristics, vpa dosage and the drug clearance in adult iranian patients. materials and methods patients (n= 47) were either on monotherapy with vpa or were under co...