INTRODUCTION Health services quality has been the most important criteria of judging, and its improvement causes people's satisfaction of health systems. In a health system, public and private sectors provide services and typically have been effective in promoting health services quality of community. The aim of this study was to compare the quality of health services in both public and private...

BACKGROUND Caveolin is a multifunctional and scaffolding membrane protein, which involves cholesterol trafficking to plasma lipid microdomain. It organizes and targets synaptic parts of the neurotransmitter and neurotrophic receptor signaling pathways. Caveolins are encoded by CAV-1, 2 and 3 genes. Disruption of the CAV1 would likely ruin the neuronal signaling, which leads to symptoms of schiz...

BACKGROUND Evidence shows an influence relationship between described symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) and emotional state. OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between anxiety and depression with GERD in patients referred to the endoscopy unit of Bouali-Sina Hospital in Qazvin. METHODS This case-control study was conducted in the endoscopy unit of Bouali-Sina Hospital...

JPEG compression standard is widely used for reducing the volume of images that are stored or transmitted via networks. In biometrics datasets, facial images are usually stored in JPEG compressed format and should be fully decompressed to be used in a face recognition system. Recently, in order to reduce the computational complexity of JPEG decompression step, face recognition in compressed dom...

Background: Acute poisoning in children (APC) is a preventable cause of pediatric emergency visits. Patterns of acute poisoning in children are different in various regions and times. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of acute poisoning in children, who were referred to the emergency department of Qods teaching hospital in Qazvin, Iran. Methods: In this descriptiv...

canola producers in the province of qazvin were surveyed in order to explore their perceptionabout technical skills influencing the production of canola. based on the perception ofrespondents, the results showed that the contact with agricultural service centers would encouragefarmers to produce canola. the results showed that there were relationship between perception ofrespondents about canol...

cultivar of roses (rosa spp.) has been grown in greenhouses in qazvin region of iran for local markets. agrobacterium tumefaciens strains were isolated and identified from six different samples of roses plants imported from the netherland to iran. during august and september of 2012, nearly 2-5% of rose plants in two different greenhouses in the province of qazvin were observed with crown gall ...

This brief report provides a first look at self-reported instances of elder abuse by a sample of people 60 years and older living in Qazvin, Iran. Six hundred community-dwelling persons, drawn from the registry files of each health center in Qazin, completed questionnaires during April to October 2012. At least 80% of the participants reported experiencing some form of psychological abuse, fina...