Technical Appendix Table. Characteristics and clinical and laboratory findings for patients having positive results for TBRF by rtPCR, Jask and Rodan Counties, Iran, 2011–2013* Patient no. Sex Age, y Occupation Area, Province Relapses Microscopy (count/10 high power fields) rt-PCR IGS nested PCR 1 M 22 Unknown Jask, Hormozgan Yes Positive† (2.3) Positive Positive 2 M 59 Farmer Jask, Hormozgan Y...

BACKGROUND Scorpion sting is a common medical emergency in Iran. The epidemiological features and control of such cases vary from south to north. This review will provide new information about the epidemiology of scorpion stings in different provinces of Iran. METHODS In this descriptive retrospective study, data on scorpionism including incidence rates, mortality as well as locality from 200...

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) still causes serious illnesses in millions of people throughout the world. Although pulmonary TB accounts for the majority of the cases, extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) also contributes to the burden of disease and frequently neglected in the national TB control programs. The present study was designed to investigate the frequency of osteoarticular TB (OT), one of the m...

BACKGROUND To date, no study has addressed the association between race/ethnicity and obesity considering other sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in Iran. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to study lifestyle and the environmental factors affecting obesity in the Iranian subjects of the STEPS Survey, 2011. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study was conducted on 8639 subjects (aged ≥ 20 years) ...

Abbas Keramati* [email protected] * Corresponding author Industrial Engineering Department, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11155-4563, Tehran, Iran Masoud Afshari-Mofrad [email protected] Information Technology Management Department, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-111, Tehran, Iran Ali Kamrani [email protected] Industrial Engineering Department, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 1...

0736-5853/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd doi:10.1016/j.tele.2011.02.001 E-mail address: [email protected] Since the introduction of the Internet in Iran, Iranian women have used this medium not only as a means of accessing and disseminating information but also as the means of voicing their concerns about discriminatory laws and to participate in public discourse. In Iran, the Internet ...

An integrated simulation-based fuzzy regression-time series algorithm for electricity consumption estimation with non-stationary data Ali Azadeh a , Morteza Saberi b c d & Anahita Gitiforouz a a Department of Industrial Engineering, University College of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-4563, Iran b Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Tafresh, Tafresh, Iran c In...