for a long time, culture has been an influencing parameter in negotiations. growth of international trades and business competitions has increased the importance of negotiations among countries and different cultures. developing new technologies, particularly the use of artificial intelligence in electronic trading areas, has provided us with the application of intelligent agents to resolve cha...

objective(s):familial mediterranean fever (fmf) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleurisy, and arthritis. fmf affects mainly mediterranean populations and is caused by mutations in the familial mediterranean fever (mefv) gene. the aim of this study was to identify the frequency and distribution of mefv mutations in irani...

introduction: chest pain is a common compliant in children and adolescents visiting the clinic. we assess and analyze the etiology of chest pain among children referred a pediatric cardiology clinic in cardiac center in south west of iran.materials and methods: we assessed children with chest pain who visited our medical center during march 2013 to april 2014. any case of trauma associated ches...

conclusions female and older students are at higher risk of developing unhealthy lifestyle. consequently, healthcare providers, health instructors, schoolteachers, and families must pay more attention to these students. moreover, as most of lifelong healthy and unhealthy lifestyle habits are established during adolescence, developing effective health promotion and disease prevention strategies ...

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abstract [1]   background and objective: the recent studies showed that the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and neurological soft signs in aggressive persons and murderers are more than general populations. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of prisoners’ neurological soft signs (nss) and its association with crime subgroups in rudsar prison. methods: in a cross sectional ...

This paper explores the effects of general and agricultural trade openness on economic freedom and alongside with the quality of institutions, on income and poverty. Recent cross-country data for over 200 nations in global regions were used to estimate equations for income, poverty and economic freedom. Economic freedom appears to have positive impacts on income levels, which together with good...

background: nutrition is among the most important factors influencing coronary artery disease. objectives: here we aimed to study the nutritional status of patients with and without coronary artery disease (cad). patients and methods: we performed a cross-sectional study on 600 patients referred to a cardiology clinic with the signs of acs. the patients were then classified in to two groups (ca...

academics of universities have a critical and important role in the development and progress of countries as the main pillars of the higher education system. job dissatisfaction can lead to their reduced research efficiency and work quality. this study was conducted to evaluate job satisfaction and dissatisfaction among academics of shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran. it was a ...