the form and morphology criteria are among  effective components in enhancement and improvement of urban environments and one of the features of successful urban spaces, is the way these criteria are arranged alongside each other especially at the visual landscape of an entrance space, because entrance of every place is the first and most important communication ring between the person and the ...

the prenatal period is a critical time for neurodevelopment and is thus a period of vulnerability during which a range of exposures have been found to exert long-term changes on brain development and behavior with implications for physical and psychiatric health. during fetal life, neurons proliferate, migrate and form connections, providing the structure of the developing brain. neurons reach ...

background: the free-living amoebae acanthamoeba spp. have been recognized as etiologic agents of amoebic encephalitis, keratitis, otitis, lung lesions and other skin infections mainly in immuno-compromised individuals. the purpose of this study is to detect the presence of acanthamoeba in swimming pools in egypt using a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) method. methods: water samples were collec...

in this study 485 specimen of garra rufa (heckel, 1843) from 29 populations from six river systems and basins including tigris, karkheh, karun, persis (helleh and mond), hormuz and maharlu were collected by a 5mm mesh sized seine net, anesthetized in 1% clove oil solution, fixed in 10% formalin and transferred to the laboratory for further investigations. some 28 morphometric, 25 morphometric p...

the systematics, morphology, distribution, biology, economic importance and conservation of the freshwater catfishes of iran are described, the species are illustrated, and a bibliography on these fishes is provided. there are four families with four genera and six species, one of which is an exotic; the family bagridae with one genus and species, mystus pelusius in the persian gulf, hormuz and...

this article describes a clinical case of mandibular second premolar with three separated canals in apical third of the root that are diagnosed and endodontically treated. sound knowledge of root canal anatomy and morphology, tactile examination of canal walls, critical interpretation of radiographs and high magnification examination are essential elements of success in complicated root canal t...

the sella turcica is a structure which can be readily seen on lateral cephalometric radiographs and sella point is routinely traced for various cephalometric analyses. the search was carried out using the following key words (sella turcica, bridging of sella, size, shape of sella turcica) and with the following search engine (pubmed, cochrane, google scholar). the morphology is very important f...

sperms are highly specialized cells for delivering dna from male to the ovum. incredibly, wide degree of diversity in sperm morphology in their basic structures i.e. head, middle piece and tail is found across species. differences in terms of overall size of the sperm, shape and number of sperm produced are also incredible. one of the key for this variations or diversity in sperm may be associa...

background: cytomegalovirus (cmv) is a prevalent infection in humans. recent studies have shown the role of cmv infection in male infertility disorder. aim: here we aimed to study the role of cmv infection in men with idiopathic infertility. materials and methods: we performed a case-control study of cmv serology in 200 patients attending male infertility clinic of a university hospital. there ...

background: in vitro maturation (ivm) is a promising treatment option for certain infertile women. nowadays, with the aid of polscope, it has become possible to evaluate zona pellucida (zp) characteristics as a parameter of oocyte quality. moreover, quality of oocytes can be influenced by many factors, such as patient’s age. the polscope system is a non-invasive technique to assess birefringent...