Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Perceptual-motor training on motor skills of normal preschool children (aged 4-6 years) in Esfahan city. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with intervention and control groups. Each group included 30 normal preschool children aged 4 to 6 years. They were selected randomly children of intervention group one empowering...

Modeling land allocation for different land uses at regional level is a multi-dimensional problem, as it is influenced by spatial, temporal and dynamics of environmental and socio-economic factors in the complex process of land use change. It is therefore a challenge to develop a proper model that can handle these complexities. In this context, a new model has been conceptualized and developed....

The present article is a survey research that intends to explore the social factors affecting social identity. Statistical population consisted of over 551653 youth aged 15-29 living in the city of Esfahan. From among them, 384 persons were selected as sample of the study based on sampling formula using quota sampling method. Research hypotheses were formulated by referring to the theories give...

Modeling the dependency between stock market returns is a difficult task when returns follow a complicated dynamics. It is not easy to specify the multivariate distribution relating two or more return series. In this paper, a methodology based on fitting ARIMA, GARCH and ARMA-GARCH models and copula functions is applied. In such methodology, the dependency parameter can easily be rendered condi...

We carried out a cross-sectional study with cluster random sampling to study the status of wife abuse in Esfahan from April to July 2002. We interviewed 386 married women using a standard questionnaire. Mean age was 35.7 years (range 15-78 years). Prevalence of wife abuse was 36.8%; incidence was 29.3%. Types of abuse included inattention to wife's feelings 44.8%, threatening to prevent communi...