Understanding the Relationship between Sleep Quality and Physical Activity: Implications for Healthy Aging.

Background: Understanding the general health and well-being of the aged population requires an understanding of several factors, among which the interplay between physical activity and sleep quality are the most efficient determinants. There is still much to learn about the precise ways that different components of sleep quality affect different kinds of physical activity in older persons, accordingly, the study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the interaction between these variables.

Methods: An online questionnaire-based investigation was conducted between August and September 2023.

Assessing the Efficacy of Medical and Cultural Support for Immigrant Adaptation and Social Integration.

Background: The research was designed to investigate the perceptions and attitudes of immigrants towards extra medical support programs that Immigrant Support Centers (ISC) offer. We aimed to find how they evaluate such medical support in terms of helpfulness for social integration in the host country.

Methods: The study was performed in South Korea during May-June 2023.

The effect of actual and expected income shocks on mental wellbeing: Evidence from three East Asian countries during COVID-19.

This paper evaluates the effects of economic shocks to current and expected income reduction on mental wellbeing. We use individual-level data from three East Asian countries; China, Japan, and South Korea, during the early phases of the pandemic when the COVID-induced economic shocks were severe. The findings reveal significant causal effects from current and expected income reduction on different aspects of mental health deterioration, including anxiety, trouble sleeping, boredom, and loneliness.

Effect of Baduanjin Exercise on Metabolic Syndrome Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Background: While people's living standards are improving, the incidence of chronic diseases due to a lack of exercise is increasing. Complex health conditions (e.g.

The Psychological Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic in Tourism Sector: A Systematic Review.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic-induced changes have threatened the psychological wellbeing of travelling. This review aims to appraise a range of perceived psychological variables used to realize how the pandemic has influenced tourist behavior.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted to identify the mechanisms behind tourists' behavioral change during the pandemic.

Comprehensive Survey of Plagiarism in Iran.

Background And Objective: We conducted this study to assess the prevalence of plagiarism and to shed light on some dark aspects of this issue. The main objectives included to find out the etiology, prevalence, and detection of various forms plagiarism.

Methods: In this Cross-sectional study we used a questionnaire, face-to-face interview, analyzing the present notifications and codes, websites, and literature review.

Improving Medical Tourism Services through Human Behaviour and Cultural Competence.

Background: Medical tourism is a type of service sector in which there is direct interaction between healthcare practitioners and patient-customers, leading to several challenges due to cultural and social background differences. We aimed to investigate the determinants of delivering a culturally-oriented service in medical tourism sector.

Methods: Adopting an exploratory qualitative approach, interviews were conducted through a semi-structured procedure with authorities across various medical sectors in South Korea in winter 2017.

Medical Tourism in Iran, Reevaluation on the New Trends: A Narrative Review.

Background: This narrative review aimed to reevaluate the medical tourism sector in Iran to reveal the new trends and activities in order to know the current actual share of Iran in the competitive market of global medical tourism.

Methods: A holistic approach was adopted to analyze the information collected through a system of investigation that comprised the available secondary data, besides the information and statistical data about the associated organizations to this sector in Iran.

Results: Iran's medical tourism sector is consistent with the new trends in global market, which is mainly bordered countries-based, cultural-oriented, and diasporic type of travelling.

Trend of Medical Tourism Publications: An Attempt to Explore the Involved Academic Disciplines and Interests.

Background: Medical tourism suffers from the lack of a consensus regarding the involved categories. This study aimed to address this gap from the academic disciplines and publications perspective.

Methods: Totally 1954 citations were identified through a formula of keyword search of SCOPUS.

Barriers of Developing Medical Tourism in a Destination: A Case of South Korea.

Background: This study aimed to determine the efficient factors that potentially lead to the barriers of developing medical tourism in South Korea.

Methods: To explore the current medical tourism trend, a qualitative procedure was adopted. Besides analyzing the current situation of medical tourism in Korea through a systematic searching on the available information and publications, in-depth-interviews were conducted to collect data from relevant authorities and representatives of medical tourism associations in this country.

Application of geographical information system in disposal site selection for hazardous wastes.

Background: The aim of this study was to provide a scientific method based on Geographical Information System (GIS) regarding all sustainable development measures to locate a proper landfill for disposal of hazardous wastes, especially industrial (radioactive) wastes.

Methods: Seven effective factors for determining hazardous waste landfill were applied in Qom Province, central Iran. These criteria included water, slope, population centers, roads, fault, protected areas and geology.

Appraisal the potential of central iran, in the context of health tourism.

Background: The aim of the present study was to appraisal the prose and cone of Shiraz City in terms of its potential in the context of health tourism.

Methods: The statistical sample included medical and health tourism sector in the city of Shiraz in the northwest of Fars Province, south of Iran. The efficient authorities on the topic were identified through the hospitals engaging in medical tourism.