The transmission risk of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Japan was evaluated using a mathematical FMD transmission model. The distance-based transmission rate between farms, which was parameterized using the FMD epidemic data in 2010 in Japan, was used to calculate the local-level reproduction numbers-expected numbers of secondary infections caused by one infected farm-for all cattle and pig fa...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Our aim was to assess the clinical efficacy of ginger capsule (Zintoma herbal capsule) in the relief of symptoms in patients with post-radiotherapy xerostomia.METHODS: This study was a randomized double-blind, parallel clinical trial of ginger usage in patients with post-radiotherapy xerostomia. Sixty-one subjects were selected from patients with xerostomia of Imam Khomeini ...

background there is a dearth of epidemiologic studies that provide important information to understand the incidence, prevalence and severity of oral lesions in patients with tuberculosis (tb). objectives this study aimed to determine the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and adverse habits among hospitalized tb patients. patients and methods the study was conducted on all the tb patients (n =...

lymphomas are solid malignant tumors having a wide spectrum of clinical and pathological features. non-hodgkin’s lymphoma (nhl) is a subtype of lymphoma with two-thirds of the cases presenting as lymph node enlargement. the remaining one third of nhl cases has been reported in the extranodal sites, including the gastro intestinal tract, waldeyer’s ring, bone, skin, and brain. intraoral non-hodg...

abstract introduction: recurrent aphthous stomatitis is one of the most common diseases of oral mucosa. in spite of its popularity and severity of pain, it dosen't have a routine treatment method. because of side effects of different chemical drugs, recently, herbal drugs had been used in treatment of these lesions causing a decrease in pain and burning. the purpose of this study was to evaluat...

The mouths of some bony and cartilaginous fishes are located in the anterior part of theirbodies, with a slight variation in sharks, which have theirs located in the abdominal part. Thisvariation is evolutionary over time. The force exerted by the jaws of sharks in order todismember their prey can be examined from two origins: .The determined force exerted by teethand muscles and the force as a...

background: we determined the levels of subjective and observer drowsiness and facial dynamics changes. methods: this experimental study was done in the virtual reality laboratory of khaje-nasir toosi university of technology in 2015. facial dynamics changes like changes in eyes, mouth and eyebrows were surveyed on twenty-five drivers in 2015bykss (karolinska sleepiness scale) and ord (observer...