BACKGROUND In Iran, admission to medical school is based solely on the results of the highly competitive, nationwide Konkoor examination. This paper examines the predictive validity of Konkoor scores, alone and in combination with high school grade point averages (hsGPAs), for the academic performance of public medical school students in Iran. METHODS This study followed the cohort of 2003 ma...

SynthesizedTextures represent continuous-tone images with a small set of vectors and color profiles. This representation is not only efficient in terms of compression ratio but also serve as the basis of photorealistic animations in AFX. Unlike standard synthetic texture techniques, the SynthesizedTexture imaging starts with analysis of photorealistic images or video sequences and conversion to...

S FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DEMOGRAPHY OF DISASTERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE POLICY ON DEVELOPMENT AND RESILIENCE Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi Title: Demographic Consequences of the 2003 Bam Earthquake in Iran Iran is a seismically active country crossed by several major fault lines resulting in frequent and often destructive earthquakes. This paper aim...

Analyses of 22,508 holoplanktonic chaetognaths collected at 21 stations were made from four oceanographic campaigns along the coasts of Quintana Roo, Mexico, in 1991 (Caribe I = February; Caribe II = March; Caribe III = May; Caribe IV= August). Unencysted larval didymozoid parasites were identifi ed as belonging to the Monilicaecum type because of the arrangement of the chambers of the heavily ...

This paper investigates the hydro-climatic reasons behind desiccation of Hamun Lakes in Iran-Afghanistan border. We analyzed changes flow Hirmand River (90 percent total inflow to lakes) at international border, and precipitation over this river’s sub-basin during 1960–2016 by calculating standardized indices for (SPI) discharge (SDI). applied Normalized Difference Spectral Indices using satell...

This study addresses maternal and foetal complications in pregnant women hospitalized for burn injuries in 2003-2008. It was a retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study, carried out in pregnant women hospitalized in the burn ward of Imam- Khomeini Hospital, Iran, in 2003-2008 (burn injury rate, 1.88%, 39 cases; mean age, 23.51 ± 4.78 yr). The pregnant woman death rate was 66.7%: 26 patien...

In the framework of orbifold compactifications of heterotic and type II orientifolds, we study effective N = 1 supergravity potentials arising from fluxes and gaugino condensates. These string solutions display a broad phenomenology which we analyze using the method of N = 4 supergravity gaugings. We give examples in type II and heterotic compactifications of combined fluxes and condensates lea...

Introduction: A normal sexual desire plays an important role in marital stability; therefore, it is essential to identify factors affecting it. Aim: The present study aimed predict based on emotional self-regulation, experiential avoidance, and depressive symptoms female teachers Bafq, Iran. Method: In this descriptive-correlational study, the statistical population consisted of 225 teachers, w...