BACKGROUND Obesity or being overweight is a major health problem in Iran. Only few studies are available that compare the obesity prevalence by four different available criteria. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Isfahani adolescents based on four different definitions. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 3002 I...

1 Introduction Many languages systematically avoid stressing final syllables. This dispreference for final stress can be seen both in languages with weight-insensitive stress and those with weight-sensitive stress. For example, many languages with weight-insensitive stress, e.g. Nahuatl (Wolgemuth 1981), Polish (Comrie 1976), regularly stress the penultimate syllable, the syllable closest to th...

For a linear semisimple Lie group we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for a highest weight module with non-singular infinitesimal character to be unitarizable.

Introduction: human resource plays a very important role in the success or failure of a company. The weakness in conclusion of criteria of model EFQM (Employee's criteria and results) using FAHP method (Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process) will be discussed here as Iranian organizations are usually weak in their results field. Method: the present study is an applied research. Procedure of doing ...

Comparatively few of the vast amounts of decision analytical methods suggested have beenwidely spread in actual practice. Some approaches have nevertheless been more successful in this respect than others. Quantitative decision making has moved from the study of decision theory founded on a single criterion towards decision support for more realistic decision-making situations with multiple, of...

this experiment was conducted to determine the effect of using l-threonine and reducing dietary levels of crude protein (cp) on egg production criteria in layers. three hundred of hy-line w36 laying hens were used in this experiment. this experiment consisted of three experimental treatments with five replications in each. experimental treatments included 3 diets with different levels of cp whi...

The theme parks, whose number has increased rapidly since the end of World War II, are frequently visited by visitors who want to spend their leisure time in recent years. which pioneers among entertainment centers with development experience economy, should give importance satisfaction create competitive advantages terms visitor satisfaction. Satisfaction is a very key factor, especially envir...

introduction during the last decades interest in organic production of seed specially for medicinal plants take into consideration because of higher quality of organic products (hermes, 2010). seed germination is one of the principal stages in the plant life cycle and seeds with higher quality and vigour resulted in more pronounced seedlings growth and development. therefore, investigation of a...