in this research anxiety and depression and their association with 32 different factors in students of hamedan university of medical sciences were measured. levels of anxiety and depression were assessed by state-trait anxiety inventory (from 2, trait) and beck depression inventory. a questionnaire made of demographic data, educational and noneducational activities, the presence of medical or p...

background: introduction: searching for an ideal marker for diagnosing neonatal infection is still an important concern in every country. there are many biomarkers reported for neonatal sepsis. haptoglobin is an acute phase reactants which rise in response to infection and injuries. in this report we discussed the efficacy of serum haptoglobin level in different cut off levels in early onset ne...

in this paper, a new guidance method for surface to surface ballistic missiles without mandatory engine cut-off will be presented. the complexity of solid fuel engine cut-off demands a comprehensive method for guiding these missiles. in the method presented in this paper, a certain guidance law is applied such that by transmitting appropriate commands to the control system, by changing the miss...

Introduction: Quantitative evaluation is recommended to improve diagnostic ability and serial assessment of dopamine transporter (DAT) density scans. We decided to compare the ordered subsets expectation-maximization (OSEM) with filtered back-projection (FBP), and to investigate the impact of different iteration and cut-off frequencies on SBR values. Methods</stro...

background: vitamin d deficiency is a pandemic problem mostly diagnosed in elderly. few studies are available exclusively done on the topic among young adults. specific professions such as medical students may have higher risk for developing hypovitaminosis d. we aimed to assess the vitamin d status in medical students of iran university of medical sciences; and to define a cut‑off point for 25...

in the construction process of a plastic concrete cut-off wall, concreting is usually performed using the termie pipe method. in this method, concreting is performed from the lowest point in the excavated trench (containing the slurry) using a funnel and the pipe connected to it. the concrete poured in the funnel gradually settles in the panel through the termie pipe which is beneath the slurry...