atropine has been used for more than a century by small groups of researchers to arrest myopia progression, and lately has gathered compelling evidence of its protective effect from well-designed clinical studies, mainly performed during the last two decades. however its exact mechanism of action is an unsettled issue. experimental finding has shown that it is not related to accommodation, as i...

global aquaculture production has more than tripled during the last 15 years, and aquaculture is expected to account an increasing share in global seafood production. there are large differences among countries in the rate of growth and development of aquaculture. this review tries to explain the progress and problems of aquaculture during three last decades in iran. the total production of ira...

We apply an automatic topic mapping system to records of publications in knowledge organization published between 1988-2008. The data was collected from journals publishing articles in the KO field from Web of Science database (WoS). The results showed that while topics in the first decade (1988-1997) were more traditional, the second decade (1998-2008) was marked by a more technological orient...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predisposing factors for otogenic intracranial abscesses, assess their changes over time, and analyze how they differ from those due to other causes. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of all patients treated for otogenic intracranial abscesses, between 1970 and 2012 at a tertiary referral center, were retrospectively analyzed. The analysis included patient de...

iran-france relations have gone through many ups and downs in the last three decades. yet, during the last few years and especially during the presidency of sarkozy, an unforeseen coldness dominated the relations between the two countries. it seems that recent events in the area and iran’s nuclear power profile accompanied by changes taken place especially in france’s approach to iran. this pap...