BACKGROUND Iran signed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on June 16, 2003 and it was ratified by the parliament and the House of Representatives on November 6, 2005. Finally, it came into force on February 4, 2006. In this study, we aimed to evaluate health experts' opinion about tobacco control activities in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a qualitative case study. We used a s...

In 2012, the publishing house of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued a book on a hunter-gatherer population inhabiting the Philippines: the Tagbanua. The book straightforwardly glorifies the lifestyle of the group under consideration. During the book launch the Tagbanua were hailed for having ‘‘kept their forests, rivers and coasts in an almost pristine state for thousands of years.’’ The Tagb...

This book explores the production of pop music in Tehrangeles, a name given to Los Angeles by Iranian diaspora, through its impact on identity. form has been circulating widely abroad and Iran for decades, it is particularly relevant when considering cultural exchanges between diaspora. Hemmasi how producers have positioned themselves reflect question nation. The interesting ...

In this paper we propose a conditional logic IBC to represent iterated belief revision. We define an iterated belief revision system by strengthening the postulates proposed by Darwiche and Pearl [3]. First, following the line of Darwiche and Pearl, we modify AGM postulates to make belief revision a function of epistemic states rather than of belief sets. Then we propose a set of postulates for...

THIS short book is one of a series of three volumes summarizing the principles of obstetrics, gynaecology and neonatal medicine. It is essentially a book of lists written by two doctors: "a medical adviser to a major pharmaceutical company," and "a physiological laboratory worker" respectively. The authors and their colleagues are said to have conceived this book during their 'shop-floor' exper...

THIS short book is one of a series of three volumes summarizing the principles of obstetrics, gynaecology and neonatal medicine. It is essentially a book of lists written by two doctors: "a medical adviser to a major pharmaceutical company," and "a physiological laboratory worker" respectively. The authors and their colleagues are said to have conceived this book during their 'shop-floor' exper...

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