1Virology Research Group, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; 3HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman,...

Traditional approaches for salvaging peri-odontally involved teeth have faced the test of whether or not the treatment modalities can guarantee tooth survival for more than a couple of decades. This challenge stems from the most recent encouraging reports of a success rate of over 15 years of implant therapy to treat partial edentulism. The main criticism of traditional periodontal therapy targ...

As I look down the hill through the editorial office’s window, I notice a sprout developing on a pine tree blooming nearby. I then pat myself on the back thinking of the last 3 months I have gone through. It was snowing when I first began the managing editorship for Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives. The first issue has already been published, with its glossy cover now reflecting in...

A total of 22 snail-borne parasites causing various parasitic zoonoses in Korea are listed and reviewed. All of these parasites are indigenous except Heterophyes heterophyes, H. dispar and Angiostrongylus cantonensis detected in patients who traveled outside of Korea.

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds often face impoverished auditory environments, such as greater exposure to ambient noise and fewer opportunities to participate in complex language interactions during development. These circumstances increase their risk for academic failure and dropout. Given the academic and neural benefits associated with musicianship, music training may be one method ...

Association of genetic variants with rapid fibrosis: progression after liver transplantation for hepatitis C. Layden JE1, Tayo BO, Cotler SJ, et al. Transplantation. 2014 May 27;97(10):1072-8. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000440953.06886.a3. BACKGROUND: Recurrence of hepatitis C, the main indication for liver transplantation in the United States, leads to rapid fibrosis progression and worse outcomes co...

Past attempts to exploit the unused capacity of clusters of users’ desktop workstations to run super-computing jobs have proven less successful than was expected. One solution to the problems of past approaches is an orbital supercluster. This is a loose federation of clusters of workstations, these clusters being distributed across the world. It has the following properties: • Jobs submitted t...

BACKGROUND Increasing hospital costs and its social and cultural problems has led to the idea of providing healthcare services at home. Because of infrastructural and implementation problems, providing healthcare at home in Iran has not been initiated yet. Therefore, this study set out to elaborate the need for a comprehensive system in order to provide this service in Iran. METHODS All artic...