BACKGROUND the debate about measures of chronic comorbidity in the elderly is mainly due to the lack of consensus on pathogenetic models. OBJECTIVE the aim of the present study was to compare the concurrent validity of a number of measures of chronic comorbidity assuming different pathogenic models, versus disability in elderly patients. SETTING the Geriatric Evaluation and Rehabilitation U...

to explore the potential for in vitro rapid regeneration of fagonia indica burm., cotyledon explants were obtained from 10-day old aseptically germinated seedlings that cultured on ms medium which supplemented with 1.0-5.0 µm 2,4-d. callus was initiated from cotyledon explant on ms medium supplemented in all concentrations of 2,4-d investigated. 2,4-d was more effective than iaa and naa for cal...

background: microbiological and chemical qualities ofmilk are among the most important issues in public health.objectives:although there are a few published studies whichhave been conducted in south east of iran this study wasperformed to investigate quality of raw milk delivered to a dairyindustry company kerman province. methods:atotal of 109raw milk samples were collected at the time of deli...

objective: to determine the prevalence of sexual problems in iranian women and association of sexual dysfunction with menopausal symptoms. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 151 married women with the age of 40-60 yearsold who were referred for treatmentto department of gynecology in vali-e-asr hospital (tehran, iran) from april to july 2012, were recruited. they were evaluat...

313 personal effort as well as personal desire must be active if an effective program is to develop. A case is made to the end that effort be directed to improve health during the latter half of the lifespan of the individual and not to continue focusing all attention on childhood and adolescence. The author urges us to reconsider policy in connection with a constructive medical program, to rec...

Background Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used to non-invasively measure specific tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) continuously. Cerebral autoregulation status can be derived from NIRS and arterial blood pressure. The relationship of both cerebral and somatic StO2, fractional tissue oxygen extraction (FTOE), and cerebro-splanchnic oxygenation ratio (CSOR) with measured vital sign par...

background: pharmacogenomics is the study of genetic variations among individuals to predict the probability that a patient will respond to single or multidrug chemotherapy. breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide. treatment of breast cancer by application of biological rationales gives us the ability to match the correct pharmacology to individual tumour genetic p...

A long term investigation was made on the importance of thyroxine and prolactin in the reproduction of a tropical wild bird, spotted munia, Lonchura punctulata. Different doses of thyroxine i.m. (0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 microg; 0.56, 1.12 and 2.24 n mol Sodium salt, Sigma) per day/bird were administered in 0.1 ml of 0.9% alkaline NaCl per day per bird. Similarly various doses of prolactin (1.0, 2.0,. ...

Somatic mosaicism refers to the occurrence of two genetically distinct populations of cells within an individual, derived from a postzygotic mutation. In contrast to inherited mutations, somatic mosaic mutations may affect only a portion of the body and are not transmitted to progeny. These mutations affect varying genomic sizes ranging from single nucleotides to entire chromosomes and have bee...