in the past two decades, the world as a whole and the usa in specific, were confronted by new kinds of threats. in this era, usa has tried to change it’s strategies to encounter these threats especially after 9/11. dealing with them, requires a new strategy that includes different variables such as political, military, economic and etc. the goal of this strategy is to leave the most affects on ...

liberalism as the basic ideology of the most western political orders has believed in its basic principals to fundamental human rights including the privacy and the realm that should be privileged from any one especially the public authority. however the public authorities frequently in the excuse of protection of the order and security or the necessity situation have confined the liberties and...

accountant working in the private or public sector companies must remain impartial and loyal to ethical guidelines when reviewing a company or individuals financial records for reporting purposes. people are expecting a lot from the professional community and the quality of the complex services provided by the accounting profession have confidence. of the information provided by accountants sho...

1The Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Depatment of Iranian Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Depatment of Rheumatology, Vali-asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Center for Rese...

Malaria is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the Amazon. We used malaria reports for health districts collected in 2006 by the Programa Nacional de Controle da Malaria to determine whether deforestation is associated with malaria incidence in the county (municipio) of Mancio Lima, Acre State, Brazil. Cumulative percent deforestation was calculated for the spatial catchment area of each...

The June 1999 Purdue Land Value Survey reported a reduction in land values for all classes of land. Given the low grain and livestock prices at the time, a decline in land values was not a surprise. However, in spite of continued low grain prices, the June 2000 Purdue Land Value Survey reported an increase in value for all land classes. Top-quality land had an estimated value of $2,715 per acre...

This paper presents a preliminary profile of infant feeding practices in a peri-urban Amazonian community. A random sample of 180 households with at least one child under the age of five years were interviewed in 1996 as part of a maternal-child health survey conducted in a peri-urban neighborhood in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Since some households had more than one child under the age of five, ...