“An A is an A?” Maybe in North America, but less so elsewhere

Cushing syndrome: maybe not so uncommon of an endocrine disease.

BACKGROUND Cushing syndrome (CS) is the result of extended exposure to excessive glucocorticoids from endogenous or exogenous sources. Traditionally, the most common cause of endogenous CS is a pituitary adenoma (Cushing disease). Less common causes are adrenocortical tumors and extrapituitary adrenocorticotropin-producing neoplasias. OBJECTIVES This review provides updated information regard...

Animal Rights Consideration is a Necessity in Conducting an Experiment

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

identifying the strategies persian efl learners use in reading an expository text in english and examining its relation to reading-proficiency and motivation: a think-aloud study

هدف اصلی از این مطالعه بررسی نوع و میزان استراتژی هایی بود که دانشجویان فارسی زبان رشته ی زبان انگلیسی در حین خواندن یک متن انگلیسی به کار گرفتند. این مطالعه همچنین به بررسی تفاوت های استراتژی های مورد استفاده بین دارندگان سطح بالا و پایین درک مطلب پرداخت. نوع همبستگی بین استراتژی به کار گرفته و درک مطلب از یک سو و استراتژی به کار گرفته و انگیزه از سوی دیگر نیز در این تحقیق مورد آزمایش قرار گرف...

Therapeutic Outcomes of Hyperthyroidism: A Ten-year Investigation in an Endocrine Clinic in North of Iran

Materials and methods: This descriptive study included all hyperthyroid patients. All therapeutic results were recorded and analyzed. Results: In this study, 329 records were studied and 104 patients met the study inclusion criteria. Graves' disease (GD) and toxic adenoma were reported in 94% and 6%, respectively. Among the patients with GD, 30.5% (21.7-40.3%) did not respond to initial ATD tr...