The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has recently been declared a pandemic and spread over 200 countries territories. Forecasting the long-term trend of COVID-19 epidemic can help health authorities determine transmission characteristics virus take appropriate prevention control strategies beforehand. Previous studies that solely applied traditional models or machine learnin...

Despite numerous studies on the prevalence of temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJDs) in adults, those performed in children are limited. This study determined the prevalence of TMJDs in 9−12−year−old Kermanian boy students living in Southeast of Iran. 240 boy students selected by randomized method and studied through a descriptive cross-sectional epidemiologic survey including interviews and...

literary and artistic joint works are prepared by two or more authors. it's importance, have increasingly grown today, particularly in academic areas. one of the issues related to these works is the problem of identifying the concept and realization of the joint works in the different legal systems which has similarities and differences. this research is a comparative study in mentioned is...

The Iranian, or Persian, calendar is solar, with the particularity that the year is defined by two successive, apparent passages of the Sun through the vernal (spring) equinox. It is based on precise astronomical observations, and moreover uses a sophisticated intercalation system, which makes it more accurate than its younger European counterpart, the Gregorian calendar. It is currently used i...

The current status of the control system for a new high intensity proton accelerator, the JAERI-KEK Joint Project, is presented. Phase 1 of the Joint Project has been approved and recently started its construction at the JAERI site at Tokai. The first beam commissioning is scheduled in 2006. In parallel with it, a 60-MeV Linac is now being constructed at the KEK site at Tsukuba for R&D purposes...

normal axial alignment restoration in lower extremities is crucial for surgeons performing reconstructive surgeries. since reference normal values of axial alignment are affected by age, sex, and ethical issues, we tried to scrutinize these parameters in iranian adults and compare them with normal values in literatures. through a cross-sectional design, standing axial alignment views of lower e...