background: hiv/aids is known to affect an individual not only physically but also mentally, socially, and financially. it is a syndrome that builds a vacuum in a person affecting his/her life as a whole. nowadays, using anti-viral medication delays the onset of the disease cycle and increases the patients’ life time. from the psychological point of view, however, such patients are faced with a...

Introduction: Nowadays, bedbug infestation is one of the public health problems around the world. The objective of this study was to evaluate the spatial distribution of bedbug in different parts of the infested houses. Moreover, the association between house sanitation and presence of bedbug infestation was determined in infested houses in Ahvaz City, Iran. Materials and Methods: Totally, 57 ...

Introduction: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or Kala-azar is a parasitic disease caused by a protozoan of Leishmania genus and in Iran by Leishmania infantum. Cytokines have a major role in determining progression and severity of clinical manifestations in VL. The role of TGF-β1 in VL has been recognized since 1992. We investigated polymorphism in the TGF-β1 gene, which is a cytokine known to have...

Background and Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect Internet addiction on tendency marital infidelity in couples Shiraz. Method: statistical population includes all men women who referred counseling centers Shiraz for marriage 2015. These people completed Addiction Questionnaire were divided into two groups: addicts normal. Samples selected by available sampling meth...

To create a highly efficient photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) system and maximise the energy exergy efficiency, this study aims to propose an innovative configuration of PV-T comprising wavy tubes with twisted-tape inserts. Following validation numerical model, parametric has been conducted assess geometrical effects twisted tape tubes, as well coolant fluid type velocity, on overall performance sys...

Behdad Tahayori 3 Department of Kinesiology and Program in Neurosciences, Indiana University 4 Bloomington, USA 5 Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shiraz University of 6 Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 7 Neurorehabilitation Program, the Crossing Rehabilitation Center, IUHealth La Porte 8 [email protected] 9 10 Bahman Tahayori 11 Neuroengineering Research Labo...

This work describes the knowledge and experience of dentists about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A total of 273 dentists working at Shiraz, Iran were interviewed: 55% felt that they are able to define CPR, although only 37% had a correct concept; 51% believed they were able to perform CPR, however, none of them had received practical training in CPR; 4% of the interviewed professionals m...