In order to improve the ethical climate in health care organizations, it is important to apply a valid measure. This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Hospital Ethical Climate Survey (HECS) and to assess nurses' perceptions of the ethical climate in teaching hospitals of Iran. A cross-sectional study of randomly selected nurses (n = 187) was co...

International small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) encounter several problems, including how to manage the industry forces in order achieve their performance goals. Focusing mainly on international SMEs, we explored this issue by examining competitive advantage as a mediator relationship between SMEs’ performance. This study was conducted context of Iranian market. Iran offers substantial ...

INTRODUCTION The coexistence of asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is more common than expected given their individual prevalence in the general population and may affect patient's quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of asthma in chronic rhinosinusitis in Mashhad, Northeast Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was performed in two university hospital f...

OBJECTIVE The present study is based on an ethnobotanical research project conducted in Hormozgan province that is located in south of Iran, bordering waters of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. This survey was carried out in order to recover the ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal knowledge of the residents of this province. They are using medicinal and functional plants for treating or preventing ...

There is a great deal of interest in analyzing construction development barriers to identify and rank them based on sustainability criteria have less environmental pollution. Due the importance projects developing countries such as Iran, this study implements green paradigm for case Tehran, Iran. The main novelty paper new decision-making method using DEMATEL Delphi techniques ANP. In regard, f...

BACKGROUND Spouse abuse so called intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common problem in the world. This survey was conducted to identify IPV prevalence and related factors in district health centers in Hamadan, western Iran, in hope that, by identifying risk factors, preventive guidelines could be understood. METHODS In this descriptive analytic cross sectional study, 600 married women from ...

ornithobilharziosis, as one of the parasitic infections, may give rise to serious economic problems in animal husbandry.the objective of the present study was determining prevalence of ornithobilharzia turkestanium in sheep in the mazandaran province and identify snails which could be responsible for transmission of infection animals from 2005 to 2010. a total of 900 faecal from 900 sheep herds...

A novel method for supplier selection by two competitors, including multiple criteria Mehrdad Agha Mohammad Ali Kermani a , Hamidreza Navidi b & Farid Alborzi c a Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran b Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran c Department of Industrial Engineering, Amir Kabir...

this research was done with the aim of analyzing the factors that influence the professional development of agricultural faculty members. methodologically, this explanatory research was carried out through survey method. the population of the research consisted of agricultural faculty members of iran universities (n=1190). using random stratified sampling method, 120 faculty members were select...