BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cryptosporidiosis is a parasitic zoonosis, which is prevalent all over the world. The manifestation of the disease is either self-limiting acute diarrhea in immunocompetent individuals, or potentially fatal chronic diarrhea in immunocompromised patients. METHODS In this study, which was conducted in Tehran, 214 patients from ten health centers were investigated. Stool s...

We carried out a cross-sectional study with cluster random sampling to study the status of wife abuse in Esfahan from April to July 2002. We interviewed 386 married women using a standard questionnaire. Mean age was 35.7 years (range 15-78 years). Prevalence of wife abuse was 36.8%; incidence was 29.3%. Types of abuse included inattention to wife's feelings 44.8%, threatening to prevent communi...

BACKGROUND Training in internal medicine has significantly evolved alongside the development of science, technology and new facilities during the past fifty years. After the specialty of internal medicine, there are multiple subspecialty training programs which have started since 1985 in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In this manuscript we want to define the characteristics of the gastroenterolo...

We determined the seroprevalence of hepatitis B in Nahavand in a sample of 1824 subjects > 5 years in 2002. Face-to-face interviews were conducted and blood samples taken. The association between risk factor and hepatitis B was assessed using logistic regression. The prevalence of HBsAg positive cases was 2.3%, and HBcAb and HBsAb were isolated in 7.8% and 11.6% of the participants respectively...

Comparing Dimensions and Components on the Rights of Child in International Convention Upstream Documents Educational System Islamic Republic Iran

Research Identifying thePeriodofaStep Change inHigh-YieldProcesses Rassoul Noorossana1,∗,†, Abbas Saghaei2, Kamran Paynabar3 and Sara Abdi4 1Industrial Engineering Department, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 16844, Iran 2Industrial Engineering Department, Islamic Azad University—Science and Research Campus, Tehran, Iran 3Industrial and Operations Engineering Department, Univer...

1M.Sc., Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran 2Professor, Neuroscience Research Center, Baqiyatallah (a.s.) University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, ...

Rouhollah Heydari*, Mohammad Hosseini, Mohammad Alimoradi and Sanaz Zarabi Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences PO Bo x 68149-89468, Khorrsamabad, Iran. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran. Department of Chemistr...

Nasim Nahavandi, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Hamid Eslami Nosratabadi, Young Researchers Club, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Abbasian, PhD Student of Industrial Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Sanaz Pourdarab, Department of Information Technology Management, Science an...