Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is one of the most known enzyme defects in Iran with various genetic mutations. We aimed to study the predisposing factors of hemolysis in children with G6PD deficiency. Methods: This study was done during 2007-2012 in two referral centers of Mofid Children’s Hospital and Baqiyatallah Hospital, Tehran, Iran. The hospital rec...

Background: The purpose of this study was to identify differences and similarities in teachers' and students’ viewpoints about the factors affecting this evaluation.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 70 teachers and 148 students (34.86 % females and 65.13 males) of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences were selected by convenience sampling. Data were...

Alterations of specific genes can modulate aging. Myc, a transcription factor that regulates the expression of many genes involved in critical cellular functions was shown to have a role in controlling longevity. Decreased expression of Myc inhibited many of the deleterious effects of aging and increased lifespan in mice. Without altering Myc expression, reduced levels of Mtbp, a recently ident...

Background: The diabetes mellitus is a disease with the disability to metabolize carbohydrates. The global prevalence of diabetes has estimated to be 439 million in 2030. Modification to the diet is an important factor in curing diabetes. Virtual learning is an important tool to guarantee the access of all patients to the dietary instructions. Aim: To determine the effect of E-learning educatio...

A defensive alliance in a graph is a set $S$ of vertices with the property that every vertex in $S$ has at most one moreneighbor outside of $S$ than it has inside of $S$. A defensive alliance $S$ is called global if it forms a dominating set. The global defensive alliance number of a graph $G$ is the minimum cardinality of a global defensive alliance in $G$. In this article we study the global ...

Rural areas have always played a significant role in the global economy by providing a variety of foods and raw materials. This role is much more prominent in developing countries. Rural development is also an important part of regional policies, covering agriculture, forestry, natural resource management, land use, and economic diversity in these areas. The present study focused on investigati...

the last decade has ushered in a rapidly expanding global discussion regarding acellular dermal matrix (adm) applications, economic analyses, technical considerations, benefits, and risks, with recent emphasis on adm use in breast surgery. this study aims to evaluate global trends in adm research using bibliometric analysis. the top nine plastic surgery journals were determined by impact factor...