We investigate the use of adaptive MCMC algorithms to automatically tune the Markov chain parameters during a run. Examples include the Adaptive Metropolis (AM) multivariate algorithm of Haario et al. (2001), Metropolis-within-Gibbs algorithms for non-conjugate hierarchical models, regionally adjusted Metropolis algorithms, and logarithmic scalings. Computer simulations indicate that the algori...

BACKGROUND Health disparities exist among and within countries, while developing and low income countries suffer more. The aim of this study was to quantify cancer disparities with regard to socioeconomic position (SEP) in 22 districts of Tehran, Iran. METHOD According to the national cancer registry, 7599 new cancer cases were recorded within 22 districts of Tehran in 2008. Based on combined...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Organizational culture is a topic that has recently emerged in management knowledge and in the domain of organizational behavior. Following new theories and research in management, organizational culture has become increasingly important and has become one of the central focus of management. The purpose of this study was to investigate the dimensions ...

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Corresponding author: Maani Beigy, Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran. Tel: +98-2188989161, Fax: +98-21889...

1. Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. M Sc student, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Department of Midwifery, Client Education and Management Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran 4Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Centre, Iranian ...

Reza Babazadeh is M.S. Student in Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam is a Professor in Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Jafar Razmi is an Associate Professor in Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran,...

Mahdi Sharif-Alhoseini1, Edward R. Laws2 and Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar3,4 1Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 2Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 3Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 4Research Centre f...

1Food and Drug Laboratory Research Center, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, IR Iran 2Day General Hospital Laboratory, Tehran, IR Iran 3Department of Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Department of Research and Development, Production and Research Complex, Pasteur Institute, Tehran, IR Iran 5Department of Epidemiology, Pasteur Instit...

following the changes in the paradigm of urban studies in recent years, sustainability has become an increasingly important issue in the neighborhood’s planning and designing. however, this concept has originally been developed for american and european neighborhoods’ planning, it could also be customized for other neighborhoods’. additionally, in the neighborhood scale, the quality parameter f...

1 Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2 Traditional Medicine and Material Medical Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3 Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4 Traditional Medicine Department, Faculty of Traditional Medicine of Tehran University of Medi...