behçet’s disease (bd) which is classified among vasculitides is a systemic disease with various manifestations. its clinical course is characterized by attacks and remissions. till now, two nationwide surveys of bd from iran and japan and 4 major case series from turkey, korea, morocco and england have been reported. clinical picture of bd is dominated by mucous membrane manifestations, includi...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urged Iranians yesterday to rejoice in their final break with the “ world-devouring plunder’’ America, and the Tehran gov­ ernment began mobilizing the people for a “ holy war” of belt-tightening and possible rationing to grapple with econ­ omic woes. President Abolhassan BaniSadr declared there was “ no reason to worry” about the U.S. econom ic em bargo ag a in st I...

This paper examines the transformation of the Iranian economy through the Twentieth Century within a global context. At the start of that century, the Iranian economy had long remained stagnant, poor, and largely agrarian, with a marginal role in the world economy. By the turn of 21 century, Iran had transformed into a complex and relatively large economy with important consequences for the eco...

As manufacturing tariffs have fallen worldwide, the focus of free trade agreements has shifted towards other issues, including: rules governing foreign investment, e-commerce regulations, trade in services, harmonization of technical standards, sanitary and phyto-sanitary regulations, and the streamlining of customs procedures. Japan and Singapore are undertaking negotiations over this kind of ...

extension of trade liberalization in countries is cause to increasing amount of goods in different sectors. exploit of global trade by increasing competitive power was regarded by researchers and policymakers in different countries. whereas abundance of production factor is one of the agent that makes advantage and qualitative land and labor force are two abundance production factors in agricul...

Using transition matrices of RCA indices for 20-year trade data of three countries (China, Japan and Korea) by 3-SITC digit level, this paper investigates long-run pattern of comparative advantage of each country to the world market and each partner countries. In general it is shown that the main issued faced under economic cooperation is continuous surplus with China but deficit with Japan of ...

As the chances of a successful conclusion to the Doha Round of trade liberalization under the WTO become increasingly problematic, so the pace of negotiating local free trade agreements (FTAs) is increasing. According to the WTO report, countries in the Asia-Pacific region are “consolidating their drive towards regionalism at an accelerated pace”. After the trade agreements between China an...