abstract isolated tuberculosis (tb) liver abscesses have rarely been documented in the literature.this report describes the challenging diagnosis of primary liver tb. we report on the case of a 10-year-old girl with down syndrome, who had symptoms of fever and chills, anorexia and intermittent vomiting. the ultrasound and computed tomography (ct)revealed multiple abscess-like lesions in the liv...

motor vehicle and falling down are responsible for the most number of traumatic injuries. this study aimed to compare the characteristics of traumatic brain injury among accident and falling down cases. in this analytical cross- sectional study, data were collected from the records of cadavers who died due to accident or falling down and referred to kahrizak dissection hall, tehran forensic med...

purpose: this research aimed to study the effect of 8 weeks core stability training on static balance of the children with down syndrome. methods: a total of 16 children with down syndrome from rehabilitation center of noor abad city were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups of control (n=8) and experimental (n=8). at the pretest and posttest, subjects’ static balances were evaluated by ...

background: the surgical management of cholesteatoma is a controversial issue, particularly regarding intact-canal-wall mastoidectomy (icwm) versus canal-wall-down mastoidectomy (cwdm). the current experiment compared the quality of  visualization in different middle ear structures using icwm with otoendoscopy with findings of cwdm by microscopy.materials and methods: the patients diagnosed wit...

objective: in this study, the possibility of prenatal diagnosis of down syndrome with real-time pcr method was evaluated. in this context, optimization of a suitable method for purification of high quality dna from amniotic fluid samples was also considered. materials and methods: pregnant women who had the high risk of having babies with down syndrome were selected according to the biochemica...

Triangular silver nanoplates, of different orientations, and other nanostructures were successfully synthesized using the Horizontal Vapor Phase Crystal (HVPC) Growth technique for antimicrobial purposes in this study. This finding demonstrates HVPC as an alternative and simple technique to synthesize ordered silver nanomaterials for antimicrobial study. Keyword —alternative method, antimicrobi...

An important element in scenario-based architecture evaluation is the development of scenarios by holding meetings of stakeholders. As the team meeting is an expensive activity, studying the effectiveness of meetings is an important research question. In this paper, we report the findings from analyzing the data collected in a controlled experiment aimed at empirically studying the effectivenes...

AIM To gather data from Diplomates of the American Board of Endodontics regarding treatment of dilacerated canals. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire addressing definition, endodontic treatment procedures and prognosis was constructed and distributed via e-mail to 708 Diplomates of the American Board of Endodontics. Data from 150 respondents, a 21% response rate, were collected by using a ...

The resonant-mass technique for the detection of Gravitational Waves may involve, in the near future, the cooling of very large masses (about 100 tons) from room temperature (300K) to extreme cryogenic temperatures (20mK). To cool these detectors down to cryogenic temperatures an exchange gas (helium) is used, and the heat is removed from the antenna to the cold reservoir by thermal conduction ...

background: the wnt/β- the wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is involved in many developmental processes in both fetal and adult life; its abnormalities can lead to disorders including several types of cancers and malfunction of specific cells and tissues in both animals and humans. its role in reproductive processes has been proven. objective: this study was designed to evaluate the expression o...