The association of HLA class II genes with ulcerative colitis (UC) as an autoimmune disease has been investigated for several years. However, factors responsible for genetic predisposition of this disease have so far not been clearly understood. In this study, for the first time, we aimed to investigate the association between HLA-DRB1 types and UC in the population of Kerman, a city southeast ...

1Psychiatry Research Centre, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran (Correspondence to H. Hagh-Shenas: [email protected]). 2Department of Clinical Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran. 3Beheshti Psychiatry Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Islamic Republic of Iran. ABSTRACT To investigate the point prevalence o...

The Persian Gulf is known as the westernmost distribution limit for sea snakes, except for Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) that reaches southeastern Africa. Previous identification guides for sea snakes of the Persian Gulf and its adjacent waters in the Gulf of Oman were based on old data and confined mostly to written descriptions. Therefore, a series of field surveys were carried out in 2...

Rohollah Kalhor, Mohammad Zakaria Kiaei, Mohammad Azmal, Saeideh moosavi, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Soheyla Gholami. Assistant Professor, Ph.D. of Health Services Management, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran; Health Services Management Department, School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran; PhD in ...

In today's world, Abstract City-marketing and urban-branding strategies play an essential role in the tourism industry. Tourism activists compete with each other to attract more tourists their attractions. promoting a touristic attraction, branding, both physical spiritual aspects are crucial. Developing infrastructures, built heritage, iconic architecture is as well reinforcement of historical...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of the neck and shoulder are the most common and most influential factors causing disorder in the performance and absenteeism of work in administrative personnel. AIM To identify risk factors which affect musculoskeletal disorders of neck and shoulder areas in headquarters staff of Kerman University of Medical Sciences. METHODS The present cross-s...

Andrew J. Kerman,1 Joel K. W. Yang,2 Richard J. Molnar,1 Eric A. Dauler,1,2 and Karl K. Berggren2 1Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA 2Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA Received 5 December 2008; revised manuscript received 30 January 2009; published 26 March 2009