background: cesarean section is a surgery to deliver a baby and remove the placenta and membranes through an incision made on the mother's abdomen and uterus. while the rate of cesarean section is 10-30% of all deliveries in the world, it is 50-65% in iran. the aim of this study was to identify factors leading to cesarean section in bam, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 200 mothers...

background: for medical students, the selection of a specialty is one of the most critical decisions to be made. on a personal level, it determines lifetime career achievements and, for the community, it directly affects the outcome of public health programs. the aim of this study was to investigate which factors were more important among iranian residents when considering a specialty. methods:...

With the technology advances, online shopping has experienced a phenomenal growth. In line with such phenomenon and its relevancy, considerable number of studies have shown an interest within this area. Although recent researches particularly addressed consumer’s behavior, findings were inconsistent. Thereby, further been called for. The present study aims to investigate effect few variables de...

Absenteeism among university students is a widespread issue today. It known that absenteeism may incur negative effects on students' academic performance as well many social problems. This study was carried out to investigate and highlight perceptions of the factors affecting attendance for online in-person classes. The surveyed from variety disciplines at University Toronto Mississauga...

In this paper, we investigate potential factors that may influence business performance on Yelp. We considered businesses’ overall star ratings as a measure of their performance. In order to account for user sentiment and location dynamics we constructed additional features from business and user review data. We experimented with regression (Linear and Decision-Tree) as well as classification (...

background: this study aimed to calculate the child labor rate and establish the factors affecting this phenomenon in the less developed provinces of iran. methods: this study has used the secondary data of population and housing census gathered by iranian statistical center in 2011. the data belonged to 14859 children between 10 and 14 of 9 less developed provinces of iran. a multiple regressi...