statement of the problem replacement of missing or lost teeth with dental prostheses supported by dental implants has been accepted and received positive evaluations from patients who have undergone implant treatment. purpose the aim of this study was to evaluate the level of patient knowledge about dental implants among a selected sample of dental patients in tabriz, iran materials and methods...

introduction & objective: patients with major depressive are difficult to treat, and the relative efficacy of medications and cognitive therapy in the treatment of depression is still a matter of deabath. the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacies of antidepressant medication, cognitive therapy and combination of cognitive therapy and antidepressant medication. materials & methods:...

background: self-medication has increased in the last decade in iran; can be followed several complications. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors influencing self-medication based on health belief model. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 1400 hamadan province pharmacies visitors, during spring and summer 2012 which was randomly selected with the p...

background: the health of elderly population in the world has been an important issue in recent century and the use of appropriate or inappropriate medications is challenging among them. the purpose of this study was to assess the pattern of medication in elderly population in amirkola, northern of iran. methods: this study was conducted on 1534 elderly subjects who participated in amirkola hea...

This paper reports on the state of the art silicon micromachined microphone utilizing a dual poly silicon membrane system. MEMS chips from 1.4mm down to 1.0mm side length are applied for mobile communication. Design aspects related with key performance parameters such as sensitivity, signal to noise ration and distortion are discussed. Sensitivity of -38BV/Pa is achieved for different microphon...

fed a diet consisting of natural foodstuffs than when main tained on a semipurified ration. Whereas these comparative differences between stock rations and purified diets relative to tumor incidence have been evaluated in terms of carcinogenic compounds and spontaneously appearing tumors, to our knowledge this effect has never been assessed in regards to exposure to sublethal doses of total-bod...

this study was designed to evaluate pharmacokinetics of sulphadimidine   in cockerels fed on subclinical dose of arsenic (100 ppm) in diet and to determine the protective efficacy following simultaneous dietary medication with piper longum (pipli)   (100 ppm) in a 12-week feeding trial. pharmacokinetic parameters were determined after single i.v. dose (50 mg/kg) of sulphadimidine in cockerels i...