background: the aim of this study was to conduct a sero-epidemiological survey in isfahan city and suburb areas, central iran to detect the rate of human hydatidosis using elisa test. methods: overall, 635 serum samples were collected from subjects referred to different health centers in urban and rural regions of the city. sera were analyzed using ag-b elisa test. ten μg/ml antigens, serum dil...

the main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors causing the rural underdevelopment in iran. to fulfill this objective, delphi technique, as a method of refining group opinions and substituting computed consensus for an agreed-upon majority opinion, was used. the study used a series of three steps questionnaires. findings indicated that lack of a coherent strategy for sustainable r...

BACKGROUND Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection is one of the most common parasitic infections among humans and other warm-blooded animals worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate toxoplasmosis status in patients admitted to Al-Zahra hospital, Isfahan, Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2012 to January 2015. During this period, 716 patients referred...

The purpose of the present study was to compare the incidence of childhood meningitis in regions with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants (rural regions) and regions with more than 2,000 inhabitants (urban regions) in the prefecture of Achaia in Western Greece during 1991-2005. Included were all 555 children hospitalized for meningitis. The criteria for bacterial meningitis were (i) positive blood/cer...

Through interpreting Landsat TM images, this study analyzes the spatial distribution of rural settlements in China in 2000. It calculates rural residential land percentage for every 1-km(2) cell. The entire country is divided into 33 regions to investigate the spatio-temporal dynamic patterns of rural residential land during the 1990s. According to the remote sensing survey, the rural residenti...

Tea is the most common beverage throughout the world. Green tea (Camellia sinensis) is full of flavonoids (1). This herbal drug has a lot of polyphenols, catechin epicatechin, epigallocatechin and epigallocatechin-3-gallate. It also contains other composites like saponins, caffeine, tannins, and some vitamins. Several different investigations have indicated that green tea has hypo-cholesterolae...