abstract background: the reduction of suicidal attempts as one of the most important goals is improvement of societies’ health status. the present study aimed to assess the epidemiologic aspects of suicide cases in fars province in 2010-2011. methods: a total of 9714 suicide cases in fars province, south of iran, in 2010-2011 were enrolled in this cross-sectional study through census. the study...

Myiasis is the invasion of body tissues of humans or animals by the larvae of the Diptera or two-winged flies. The various forms of myiasis may be classified from clinical or entomological point. This study describes the existence of Chrysomya bezziana (Diptera: Calliphoridae) cases as a causative agent of myiasis in 18 and 87 year-old men in two different regions in Fars Province. To our knowl...

1945-1990 arası milliyetçilik çalışmaları içerisinde değerlendirilen modernist milliyetçilik, sömürge sonrası bağımsızlığını ilan eden devletlerde modernleşmenin etkisiyle ortaya çıkmakta ve milletlerin ‘verili’ olmadığını vurgulamaktadır. Milleti inşa edilmiş bir sosyal olgu olarak ele alan milliyetçiler, millet kurma sürecini geleneksel toplumdan modern topluma geçişte ara dönem alıp, milliye...

A study was made in rural regions around Neiriz city, Fars province in the south of the Islamic Republic of Iran during 2002-03 to further investigate a new focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. Meriones libycus was the dominant rodent (100% of 65 rodents collected) and 4.6% were naturally infected with the amastigote form of Leishmania spp. Promasigotes were identified as L. major. This c...

Haplothrips herajius sp. n. is described from leaves and flowers of a species of Suaeda in the south of Fars Province, Iran. This is the second Iranian species of Haplothrips with the unusual character state of extra setae on the metanotum. Information on variation in color and structure of the new species is provided. The similarities and host plant associations of this new species and Haploth...

Feature selection is an essential data processing step to remove irrelevant and redundant attributes for shorter learning time, better accuracy, and better comprehensibility. A number of algorithms have been proposed in both data mining and machine learning areas. These algorithms are usually used in a single table environment, where data are stored in one relational table or one flat file. The...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Brucella, causative of brucellosis, has some potential virulence factors involved in Brucella replication and its strategies to circumvent the immune response. One of them is the virB gene that encodes the type IV secretion system proteins (T4SS) involved in intracellular replication of organism. Brucella virulence factor A (bvfA), and urease (ure) has also been descri...

Background: Pediculus capitis or head louse infestation affects millions of children worldwide, especially those in the 5–11 years age group. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of head pediculosis among school children in urban and rural areas of Fars Province, southern Iran. Methods: All school children of age 6-11 yr from both genders in all urban and rural areas of the province wer...