background: considering the importance and prevalence of obesity and the desire to lose weight, especially among women, this study intended to investigate the relationship between body mass index, body satisfaction, and weight control behavior among women employees in isfahan. methods: an analytical cross‑sectional study was conducted among 408 women who were selected by stratified random sampl...

BACKGROUND National guidelines recommend the same approach for treating hypertensive men and women. It is not known, however, whether current US antihypertensive medication utilization patterns and the resulting degrees of blood pressure (BP) control are similar or different among hypertensive women and men. METHODS The study was a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey of the noni...

introduction: urinary incontinence (ui) is a common disorder among aging population especially women. women are at more risk of ui than men, because of anatomic, social and cultural status and also because of pregnancy, delivery and menopause. regarding lack of studies in the area in yazd, the study aimed to find the prevalence and related factors to ui among aging women in yazd city, iran. met...

The term “plea bargaining”has become a label often used to describe a series of disparate mechanisms to investigate,prosecute,and adjudicate criminal liability. For some,plea bargaining is the indispensable tool to address criminal conduct,while for others it has become a symbol of coercion and injustice. The purpose of this Article will be to distinguish the very different mechanisms that are ...

Different attempts have been made to answer Reich's question why the majority of those who are hungry don't steal and why the majority of those who are exploited don't strike. The two most influential approaches have been the ideological one and the gunman theory. The gunman theory seems to have the upper hand in that it not only explains many cases of successful oppression by a minority of a m...

violence against women especially partner violence involves 1/3 of women worldwide. this research is performed with an analytic cross sectional design and its’ purpose is to determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence among married women in medical science catchments area ( tehran university) during the year of 2001. 348 married women were selected from 6 health centers by multi-stage...

China is a country that is arousing a large amount of interest as a new mega-market, as it opens itself to a market-orientated economy and expands at a remarkable rate. However, the influx of international investment, new business opportunities and advertising from overseas has seen Chinese consumers being exposed to potentially offensive advertising products and images. While some products and...

Introduction: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common disorder among aging population especially women. Women are at more risk of UI than men, because of anatomic, social and cultural status and also because of pregnancy, delivery and menopause. Regarding lack of studies in the area in Yazd, the study aimed to find the prevalence and related factors to UI among aging women in Yazd city, Iran. ...