Background: Iran has achieved rapid scientific growth in the past two decades. Considerable growth in scientific publications by Iranian dermatologists matches the pace of Iran’s scientific publications in the previous decade. In this study, we aim to identify the current trends in Iranian dermatology publications and authorship over the past decade.Methods: We compared papers indexed in the ME...

We surveyed 1144 current patients with Minamata disease (MD) aged 40 or over in the Minamata area and the same number of neighbor controls matched with age and sex by questionnaire interview with regard to subjective complaints and activities of daily living (ADL). From analysis of subjective complaints, it was found that MD patients had significantly higher rates of all complaints than control...

“I will not work for the present no more, I am working for the future”said Tesla to journalists gathered in New York City more than seven decades ago. – “The future is mine!” Inventor of alternating current, polyphase engines and generator, reversible magnetic field, radio, teleautomatics, inventor, on whose patents energetics of XX century is properly based, worked alone on explanation of cosm...

negligent of the recent findings of translation studies in the past decades, the undergraduate curriculum of english translation in iranian universities has not been updated since over two decades ago. the comparison of this curriculum with its international rival curricula indicates to a substantial discrepancy which cannot be solely due to contextual or cultural reasons. it is also suspected ...