This volume is a reprint from Eurasian Studies, vol. 16, published in 2018, with an index. It consists of articles conference at Harvard University 2015 on “Iranian Cities the Arab Conquest to Early Modern Period,” and by scholars later invited contribute. Included are thirteen original articles, translation Jean Aubin’s “Elements pour l’etude des agglomerations urbaines dans l’Iran medieval,” ...

The physical identity in the urban areas can be considered as a concept which is influenced by the way of arranging the urban body. As a matter of fact, the appropriate coordination and the compatibility of physical components, such as the urban façades, can definitely facilitate the reorganization of the urban environment for being more identifiable; this issue is so obvious in the historical ...

BACKGROUND The Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common cancer worldwide for males, and the 5th most common cancer overall, with an estimated 900,000 new cases diagnosed in 2008 (14% of the total in males and 7% of the total overall) aim of this study was to assess some of the most proposed environmental factors influencing the incidence of prostate cancer among Iranian men. Smoking, opioids, occ...

BACKGROUND The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Breast (FACT-B) scale is widely used to measure health-related quality of life in cancer patients. The aim of the present study is to validate the FACT-B in a sample of Iranian women with breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sample consisted of 300 women selected through non-random convenient sampling procedure from oncology hospita...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to conduct a review to investigate the prevalence of anxiety disorders among Iranian children and adolescents. METHOD We systematically reviewed the literature up to June 2014. We searched three Persian databases (Magiran, IranMedex and SID) and three English databases: PubMed, Scopus and PsycINFO. All original studies that investigated the current prevalence of anxiety in ...

One of the results of urban renovation is population displacement. If these renovations lead to live prosperous social classes, it is called gentrification. In this regard one of the urban renovation strategies is gentrification that is equal in "the acceptability of texture in public opinion" and is known as a synonym of "improving the quality of living environment for residents and citizens"....