aim: the purpose of this study was to determine quality of life in peptic ulcer patients referring to al-zahra hospital of isfahan. background: peptic ulcer disease (pud) is one of the most prevalent diseases. its prevalence is 6-15% and about 10% of people experience its symptom in their life. pud can have a considerable impact on patients’ quality of life (qol). patients and methods: this des...

The aim of this study was to determine whether iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in mothers alters their maternal cognitive and behavioral performance, the mother-infant interaction, and the infant's development. This article focuses on the relation between IDA and cognition as well as behavioral affect in the young mothers. This prospective, randomized, controlled, intervention trial was conducted ...

the freiheitssatz of magnus for one-relator groups is one of the cornerstones of combinatorial group theory. in this short note which is mostly expository we discuss the relationship between the freiheitssatz and corre-sponding results in free power series rings over fields. these are related to results of schneerson not readily available in english. this relationship uses a faithful representa...

Changes in experimental animals' behavior as well as humans' behavior reflect even mild alterations in function of central nervous system. In order to detect those changes variety of tests' batteries were developed. With help of such unified tests it is possible to determine and differentiate individual behavioral parameters and establish their relation to specific CNS alterations. Behavioral t...

Meta-analyses support the effectiveness of behavioral interventions for the treatment of insomnia, although few have systematically evaluated the relative efficacy of different treatment modalities or the relation of old age to sleep outcomes. In this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (k = 23), moderate to large effects of behavioral treatments on subjective sleep outcomes were foun...

Organisms have metabolic pathways that are responsible for removing toxic agents. We always associate the liver as the major organ responsible for detoxification of the body; however this process occurs in many tissues. In the same way, as in the liver, the brain expresses metabolic pathways associated with the elimination of xenobiotics. Besides the detoxifying role of CYP2E1 for compounds suc...