BACKGROUND PCR has been used for confirmation of leishmaniasis in epidemiological studies, but complexity of DNA extraction and PCR approach has confined its routine use in developing countries. OBJECTIVES In this study, recent epidemiological situation of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in two hyper-endemic metropolises of Shiraz and Isfahan in Iran was studied using DNA extraction by commercia...

Geminiviruses cause curly top disease, in dicotyledonous plants which constrains host crop production. Beet curly top Iran virus (BCTIV) is a widespread Becurtovirus (family Geminiviridae) in numerous areas within Iran. In this study, we isolated and analyzed a full-length genomic DNA of a new variant of BCTIV from pepper crops in the Kaftark region, east of Shiraz (proposed acronym: BCTIV-Kaf ...

1- Assistant Prof. of LIS, Department Information Management, Regional Center for Science & Technology (RICeST), Shiraz, Iran , [email protected] 2- Graduated knowledge and Science, Shemiranat Public Libraries Office, Tehran, 3- Ph.D. in School Psychology Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University,

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to study the prevalence rate of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and differences between subtypes in school age children of Shiraz, south of Iran. METHODS A random sample of 2000 school age children from both genders was selected. A parent-completed, DSM-IV-referenced rating scale of attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms was used. RESU...

One of the problems with which mentally challenged children and adolescents are faced in the healthcare systems of the world is that the importance of their problems have often been neglected by decision-makers. 1 The problem looks more severe when we investigate health care services to mentally disable children. Generally, a child's health problem creates an economic burden for families but ca...

X iv :1 01 1. 60 46 v2 [ he pph ] 1 1 Ju n 20 11 Exclusive Ds → (η, η′)lν decays in light cone QCD K. Azizi1 ∗, R. Khosravi2 †, F. Falahati3 ‡ Physics Division, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Doğuş University, Acıbadem-Kadıköy, 34722 Istanbul, Turkey Physics Department, Jahrom Higher Education Complex, 74137 Jahrom, Iran Physics Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran Abstract Probing ...

Objectives: To assess the baseline knowledge regarding stroke risk factors, symptoms, treatment and information resources in an Iranian urban population. Subjects and Methods: A community-based face-to-face interview survey was conducted in the Shiraz urban area in Iran. A total of 385 potential participants between the ages of 15 and 83 years were randomly selected from people referred to Mota...

OBJECTIVE To compare and evaluation of scores of trauma research center of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran with other trauma research centers in Iran. METHODS The assessment scores of each center were gathered from Iran medical research and Ministry of Health and Medical Education website. Each score is recorded in helical year which is defined from the 21th of March of every ye...

This survey examines the familiarity of students at Virtual University of Shiraz (VUS), as a first virtual institution in Iran, with the concept and importance of digital libraries. To do this research, a descriptive and survey methodology was used. Students of Virtual University of Shiraz in comprise the population of the study. Findings showed that more than 66 percent of distance students ar...

Behdad Tahayori 3 Department of Kinesiology and Program in Neurosciences, Indiana University 4 Bloomington, USA 5 Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shiraz University of 6 Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 7 Neurorehabilitation Program, the Crossing Rehabilitation Center, IUHealth La Porte 8 [email protected] 9 10 Bahman Tahayori 11 Neuroengineering Research Labo...