Fractional-order modeling of human behavior in infections: analysis using real data from Liberia.

This paper presents a fractional-order model using the Caputo differential operator to study Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) dynamics, calibrated with Liberian data. The model demonstrates improved accuracy over integer-order counterparts, particularly in capturing behavioral changes during outbreaks. Stability analysis, Lyapunov functions, and a validated numerical method strengthen its mathematical foundation.

Value-Based Market Segmentation of West Asian Medical Tourism Market: A Case of Iran.

Background: Identifying different groups of customers and their preferences and needs enable countries to gain a competitive advantage in the medical tourism market. We aimed to segment medical tourists from West Asian countries seeking medical services in Iran.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 596 medical tourists who sought medical services in Iran in 2021.

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes complications and its association with diet knowledge and skills and self-care barriers in Tabriz, Iran: A cross-sectional study.

Background And Aims: Diabetes can lead to multiple complications that can reduce the quality of life, impose additional costs on the healthcare systems and ultimately lead to premature death. Proper self-care in diabetic patients can impede or delay the onset of diabetes complications. This study aimed to investigate diabetes complications and their association with diet knowledge, skills, and self-care barriers.

Direct and indirect cost of COVID-19 patients in Iran.

Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the cost of COVID-19 patients and some affecting factors in Iran.

Methods: This was a prevalence-based cost-of-illness study based on a bottom-up costing approach which was conducted from March 2020 to July 2020 Data were extracted from the hospital's Hospital Information System (HIS) and Cost-of-illness (COI) assessment checklist. Indirect costs were assessed based on the Human Capital Approach.

The relationship between workplace deviant behaviors and organizational justice among nurses: A cross-sectional survey.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the correlations between workplace deviant behaviors (WDBs) and the levels of the perceived organizational justice among Iranian nurses.

Design: This was a cross-sectional quantitative research.

Methods: The present research was conducted on 424 nurses selected by a convenience sampling method in 2019 (May-August) in Tabriz, Iran.