Electronic Government is one of the special concepts which has been performed successfully within recent decades. Electronic government is a digital, wall-free government with a virtual organization for presenting of online governmental services and further cooperation in different political/social activities. In order to have a successful implementation of electronic government strategy and be...

Tigris, are widespread in west of Iran and lives mostly in river and lake. They are omnivorous fish. This study aims to investigate population structure of C. reginus using Principal component Analysis. The study was conducted in three rivers that is the most remote headstream of the Gamasiab River in west part of Iran. Seven quantitative traits were measured for each specimen. After logarithmi...

BACKGROUND HIV/AIDS continues to be a major global health problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate common opinions and beliefs about HIV/AIDS among Iranian teenager girls. METHODS This Qualitative study (face-to-face interviews with tape recording) was conducted among fifty female teenager school students in Urmia-Iran. RESULTS The thematic analysis indicated the main information sour...

X iv :1 01 1. 60 46 v2 [ he pph ] 1 1 Ju n 20 11 Exclusive Ds → (η, η′)lν decays in light cone QCD K. Azizi1 ∗, R. Khosravi2 †, F. Falahati3 ‡ Physics Division, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Doğuş University, Acıbadem-Kadıköy, 34722 Istanbul, Turkey Physics Department, Jahrom Higher Education Complex, 74137 Jahrom, Iran Physics Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran Abstract Probing ...

Background and aims: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most important causes of death and disability in Iran. Stroke is a serious cardiovascular situation which poses many problems for both patients and societies. Considering the pleiotropic effects of statins and their safety, particularly in low doses, as well as the increasing trend of stroke in Iranian populations, the economic eva...

The main objective of this study was to investigate whether the sex ratio at birth (SRB, male proportion) alter in Iraq during its war against Iran (1980-1988). Here we compared 785 births (348 males, 437 females) during 1980-1989 with 1144 births (655 males, 489 females) before 1980 and 2914 births (1496 males, 1418 females) after 1989 in Fallujah, Iraq. The SRB significantly decreased during ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Varicella zoster virus (VZV) can cause life-threatening disease in pregnant women. The aim of this study was to identify the VZV immune status in pregnant women and also determine the validity of self-reported history for chickenpox. METHODS Serologic testing for VZV was performed for 400 pregnant women attending prenatal care at clinics located in two teaching and r...

Old-age disability has become a public health concern. This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of disability and its related factors among the elderly population in Kashan city, Islamic Republic of Iran. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a multistage random sample of 350 elderly people. The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II was used as the disability...