PURPOSE The aim of the International Myeloma Working Group was to develop practical recommendations for the diagnosis and management of multiple myeloma-related renal impairment (RI). METHODS Recommendations were based on published data through December 2015, and were developed using the system developed by the Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation Working Group. ...

The Extent of Using the Basic Vocabulary in the First Grade Quran Textbook S. B. Alavi Moghaddam, Ph.D. Textbooks need to be written in such a way that their readers can understand the written texts. One way of ensuring this objective in first grade textbooks would be the use of basic vocabulary, as determined by Ne'matzadeh, et.al. (1384). Considering the importance of the Quran text...

The magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of porphyry-style mineralization in the shallow crust that is linked to magmatic processes at depth has been extensively studied using bulksample isotopic analysis combined with relative timing constraints. However, a lack of evaluation of the fluid evolution process against an absolute time frame limits further understanding of the ore-forming process. Here,...

The present study deals with the flow and heat transfer analysis of two immiscible fluids in an inclined channel embedded in a porous medium. The channel is divided in two phases such that a third grade fluid occupies the phase I and a viscous fluid occupies the phase II. Both viscous and third grade fluids are electrically conducting. A constant magnetic field is imposed perpendicular to the c...

BACKGROUND Accurate tests to diagnose adenocarcinoma and high-grade dysplasia among mucinous pancreatic cysts are clinically needed. This study evaluated the diagnostic utility of amphiregulin (AREG) as a pancreatic cyst fluid biomarker to differentiate non-mucinous, benign mucinous, and malignant mucinous cysts. METHODS A single-center retrospective study to evaluate AREG levels in pancreati...

objective: to determine the preventive effects of local administration of simvastatin for postoperative intra-abdominal adhesion formation in animal model of rat . methods: in this experimental study, 32 wistar albino rats as the animal model of intra-abdominal adhesion formation were included. adhesions were induced in all the animals via abrasion of the peritoneal and intestinal surface durin...

BACKGROUND To retrospectively assess feasibility and toxicity of proton therapy in patients with low-grade glioma (WHO °I/II). PATIENTS AND METHODS Proton beam therapy only administered in 19 patients (median age 29 years; 9 female, 10 male) for low-grade glioma between 2010 and 2011 was reviewed. In 6 cases proton therapy was performed due to tumor progression after biopsy, in 8 cases each d...