results the findings showed that the program was used in 380 health houses in 10 cities of iran. the total number of inhabitants covered by the program were 5555258, and 8245 of them were substance abusers. the cases were registered and their data were reported by the managers. the function of health houses, health centers, and district health centers were assessed by considering the number of ...

the synthesis of heat integrated multi-component distillation systems is complex due to its huge search space for structural combination and optimization computation. to provide a systematic approach and tools for the synthesis design of distillation systems, a new method for modeling heat integrated columns is presented, and the operating cost objective function is minimized by improved harmon...

introduction: the integration of behavioral and social sciences (bss) into the curriculum of medical students in order to equip them with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes is an essential issue, emphasized in many researches. our aim is to investigate the barriers to integrate bss into the general medicine curriculum as well as the recommended strategies to overcome such barriers th...

micropolar plasticity provides the capability to carry out post-failure simulations of geo-structures due to microstructural considerations and embedded length scale in its formulation. an essential part of the numerical implementation of a micropolar plasticity model is the integration of the rate constitutive equations. efficiency and robustness of the implementation hinge on the type of inte...

Introduction: The aim of this paper is to review integration experience in general dentistry curriculum in the world universities in the twenty-first century and advantage of it to review the same curriculum in Iran. Method: In this study, a qualitative method is used. First, by library research and the analysis and interpretation of data, integration of the dental curriculum were some prestig...

objectives: this study was conducted on the estimation of the efficiency of mental health program in primary health care in chaharmahal and bakhtyari province, situated in center of the islamic republic of iran, from 1999 to 2009. methods: one of the important objectives of mental health program is screening of mental health disorders and follow up. according to the prescription of mental healt...

computer-integrated manufacturing (cim), technologies are presented as solutions tomanufacturing organizations, which need to perform well in all customer-related dimensionssimultaneously. in the literature, cim technologies providing such benefits as more frequentproduction changes, reduced inventory level, improved ability of producing complex parts with ahigh degree of accuracy and repeatabi...

background: dna immunization with plasmid dna encoding bacterial, viral, parasitic, and tumor antigens has been reported to trigger protective immunity. the use of plasmid dna vaccinations against many diseases has produced promising results in animal and human clinical trials; however, safety concerns about the use of dna vaccines exist, such as the possibility of integration into the host gen...