background and objectives: tetanus and diphtheria are vaccine-preventable, infectious diseases with significant morbidity and mortality. immunization by the diphtheria and tetanus toxoid (dt) has been applied in iran for almost 50 years. however, there are very few data about the rate of immunity to these diseases in the adult population. the humoral immunity to tetanus and diphtheria among blo...

background: toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that infects human and animals. toxoplasma parasites are isolated from different parts of ani-mals even from semen but there are little information about the effect of toxo-plasmosis on fertility in animals and humans. in present study, the effect of chronic toxoplasmosis on serum levels of testosterone in men was studied. met...

background nephrotic syndrome (ns) characterized by a large amounts of protein into urine and a set of indications that include: protein in urine, low blood protein levels, high cholesterol levels, high triglyceride levels, and swelling. therefore, aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between prognosis of nephrotic syndrome and blood biomarkers level in children of arak city, i...

Introduction: Not only can the experience of pain be a factor for drug use, but it also motivation to use drugs again during and after treatment. Aim: The purpose present study was compare effectiveness acceptance commitment-based therapy mindfulness-based on chronic in People with addiction. Method: research method semi-experimental pre-test-post-test design control group one-month follow-up. ...

effect of educational program bases on transtheoretical model constructs on cognitive and beharioral processes for smoking cessation     hekmatpoue d [1] , ouroji ma [2] , shamsi m [3] *     received: 3 jul , 2013 accepted: 14 sep , 2013   abstract   background & aims: smoking as the leading cause of diseases in the world is increasing . smoking cessetation can prevent the death, but the rate o...

the emarat pb-zn mine is located at about 80 km south of the city of arak , iran. i the present mine-scale litho geochemical survey 56 hanging wall samples and 37 footwall samples were taken form exploratory tunnels, drillholes and open pit all samples were taken in the range of 0-40 m from pb-zn veins. the relationship between three variables including concentration of zn in wallwork, distance...