BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the second most sexually transmitted diseases agents in developing countries. Antimicrobial resistance strains have created serious health concern. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of endocervical gonococcal infection and antimicrobial susceptibility of N. gonorrhoeae in Kashan, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, 2...

Low-dimensional semiconductors are considered promising candidates for thermoelectric applications with enhanced performance because of a drastic reduction in their thermal conductivity, κl , and possibilities of enhanced power factors. This is also the case for traditionally poor thermoelectric materials such as silicon. This work presents atomistic simulations for the electronic, thermal, and...

fakharian e1 (md), tagharrobi z 2 * (msc), mirhoseini f3 (msc), rasoulinejad sa2 (phd), akbari h4 (msc), ameli h5 (msc)    1 neurosurgery department, kashan medical faculty, kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, iran   2 health & management nursing department, kashan nursing & midwifery faculty,   kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, iran   3 anesthesiology department, kashan...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Our letter highlights the role of CNS drug delivery mechanisms on the efficacy of opioid pharmacotherapy. Information presented in this letter emphasizes the importance of translational studies aimed at understanding specific mechanisms involved in CNS opioid delivery, opioid efficacy, and/or drug-opioid interactions. Copyright ...

to improve commercial grapevine cultivars, it is necessary to apply such methods that by cultivation of a certain number of vines in a certain area, higher yield could be harvested. to achieve such a goal, healthy stocks with resistant to pests and diseases, high fructification and high quality of vines are needed. all these properties can be obtained successfully through clonal selection. viti...