Objectives. The current study was conducted to determine the relationship between the presences of significant multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) having intact mexR genes (nalC) to different antibiotics. Methods. In order to identify nalC, fifty strains of P. aeruginosa were obtained. All isolates were found in urinary tract infections. They were evaluated against di...

Isochronal late activation mapping (ILAM) is a functional substrate technique which detects deceleration zones (DZ) in those with scar-dependent VT. DZ have been shown to correlate the critical isthmus during re-entrant Personalised virtual heart arrhythmia ablation targeting (VAAT) aims non-invasively identify optimum targets through computational modelling. The association of VAAT predictions...

BACKGROUND Hearing loss is a common and considerable disability that harms educational performance of school children in developing countries like Iran. Lack of a simple and practical screening protocol often deters routine and systematic hearing screening at school entry. METHODS This study was to establish a practical screening model for hearing loss in school-aged children based on a commu...

Hemodialysis causes fundamental changes in blood pressure and quality of life in patients on hemodialysis. This study aimed to investigate the effect of continuous care model (CMM) on blood pressure and quality of life in patients on hemodialysis in the city of ilam. A randomized clinical trial study with control group was performed on 56 patients undergoing hemodialysis in the Shahid Mostafa h...

In this second volume of Professor Needham's proposed eight-volume treatise on Chinese science and civilization, he describes in extensive and loving detail the philosophical background against which the specific sciences in China developed. In the first part, Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism and Legalism are analyzed with special attention being paid to the implications of these philosophies for w...