Abstract Cognitive aging is a highly complex, dynamic, and context-dependent process; influenced by individual community characteristics experiences across the life course. Low- middle-income countries (LMICs) are critical components of international dementia research because burden rapidly rising in LMICs, low-resource settings may have unique social economic determinants cognitive health. How...

confirmation of convergence hypothesis among provinces, its role in removing divergence among regions and achieving regional convergence is one of the important issues in macroeconomics. the aim of the present study is to examine absolute and conditional income convergence hypotheses among iranian provinces during the period 2000-2010 using panel data. the hypotheses are tested for the whole pr...