The phenology and routes of long-distance migrations European Nightjars are well described for Western individuals migrating within the East Atlantic Mediterranean flyways, while little is known about populations from other parts Eurasian breeding range. We describe route choice timing in eastern Mongolia, Asia–East Africa flyway to reach wintering destinations South-East Africa. After covering...

Background Neck circumference (NC), emerging as a key morphological index for pediatric obesity, is associated with obesity- and overweight-related detrimental conditions in children. In this study, we aimed to provide the age- and sex-specific percentile reference values for neck circumference of the Iranian children and adolescents. Methods We used the data gathered through the weight disor...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the major risk factor for development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in different populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of MetS among Iranian population. METHODS Thirty-four cross-sectional studies were analyzed with a sample of 83227 people. National and international English electronic databases (PubMed, Goo...

n Iranian Journal of Parasitology Vol. 9, No. 1, Jan -Mar 2014, a paper entitled " Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Antibody Levels in Blood Supply of Shiraz Blood Transfusion Institute, Iran " by Shaddel et al. was published and prevalence of toxoplasmosis was reported as 23.6% in blood products. In this regard, following notes should be considered. Blood transfusion is an important lifesaving medical i...

OBJECTIVES Iran is considered as one of the high-prevalence areas for β-thalassemia with a rate of about 10% carrier frequency. Molecular diagnosis of the disease is performed both by direct sequencing and indirectly by the use of polymorphic markers present in the beta globin gene cluster. However, to date there is no reliable information on the application of the markers in the Iranian popula...

templates are very useful tools for diagnosis of malocclusions. a number of templates have been provided for some populations in previous years. since craniofacial characteristics of different ethnic groups are not the same, each population needs its own norms. the aim of this study was to provide orthodontic craniofacial templates for 8-16 year old iranian boys and compare dentoskeletal featur...

Some populations of Gundelia tournefortii were compared based on chemotaxonomical characteristics. In this study, some biochemical compounds such as total protein and storage proteins of shoot were studied. The populations were compared on the basis of biochemical characteristics using statistical methods. Different populations were collected from mountains of west Azarbaijan province. Total pr...

Considering the importance of maintaining genetic diversity in native animals, this study conducted to analyse dromedary populations north Kerman province, Iran, using eight autosomal microsatellite markers. Eighty-one blood samples were collected from five different and DNA was extracted. The highest lowest allele number effective alleles shown YWLL08 (21 4) VOLP32 (14.97 3.11), respectively. ...