Background: Invasive procedures could change the physiological responses of neonates. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the sound of the Holy Quran on the physiological responses and pain caused by heel stick blood sampling in neonates. Methods: This three-stage, two-group, clinical trial was conducted on 72 hospitalized term neonates at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) ...

materials and methods in total, among 134 patients clinically suspected of having pityriasis versicolor, attending the department of mycology, boali sina hospital and referral laboratory of the mazandaran university of medical sciences, 116/134 (86.5%) positive patients for malassezia elements, namely, yeast cells and short hyphae in microscopic examination, were included in the study. all 116 ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performances three cassava genotypes on yield, physiology and morphological traits under different fertilization regimes. A field experiment conducted in a split-plot design for two consecutive seasons Mansa district Luapula Province Northern Zambia highly weathered Chromi-haplic Acrisol soils. Four regimes, control-M3, lime-M1, NPK fertilizer-M4 ...