Abstract This study investigates the structure and evolution of a summertime convective event that occurred on 14 July 2015 over Arabian region. We use WRF Model with 1-km horizontal grid spacing test three PBL parameterizations: Mellor–Yamada–Nakanishi–Niino (MYNN) scheme; Asymmetrical Convective Model, version 2, (ACM2) quasi-normal scale-elimination (QNSE) scheme. Convection initiates near A...

BACKGROUND Thrombophilia is a pathological state of increased blood coagulability. It causes problems during pregnancy including preeclampsia, stillbirth, repeated abortions, and detached pair. Out of the most prevalent factors causing inherited thrombophilia, protein S (Prs), protein C (Prc), and antithrombin III (ATIII) deficiency, and Factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation could be mentioned. This s...

AIM to analyze the occurrence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and its association with the polymorphisms of -308G/A, -238G/A of TNF gene and +252A/G LT gene polymorphism in smokers. METHODS cross-sectional study, comparing the genetic group of people who have COPD and who do not have COPD with the same smoking history. The study was conducted from January 2011 to March 2012 at...

Background and Aim: Spontaneous abortion is the most common pregnancy complication with no reasonable causes in most cases. Some research imply the role of anti-thyroid antibodies (e.g. anti TPO-Ab and anti TG-Ab) that can cause spontaneous abortion. In the present study, the association between abortion and presence of antithyroid antibodies in mother’s serum was assessed. Methods: In this cas...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare standard triple therapy regimen with sequential therapy regimen containing levofloxacin used for the eradication of H. pylori in patients with gastrointestinal infection caused by H. pylori. Methods: This single blind clinical trial study was conducted on 96 patients with positive Rapid Urease Test (RUT) who were referred to the Endoscopy center ...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to evaluate the therapeutic effects of vaginal royal jelly and vaginal estrogen on quality of life and vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women. METHODS This double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial was carried out at gynecology and obstetrics clinics of Hajar Hospital of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences (Iran) from January 2013 to January 2...

BACKGROUND One of the most important problems after episiotomy is perineal pain which is more severe on the first day of postpartum period. The aim of this study was to compare the analgesic effects of indomethacin suppository and lidocaine cream in the management of post-episiotomy pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a randomized, controlled trial, 60 primiparous women who had mediolateral episio...

background and objective: according to the fact that neonatal infection is a challenging diagnosis field, several studies have tried to test sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests. this study was conducted to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of procalcitonin (pct) as a single early marker of neonatal sepsis. materials and methods: in this study, 150 neonates admitted to nicu an...

islamic jurisprudence is one of the most important issues in the field of islamic studies. islamic jurisprudence has been studied by numerous western scholars. some of them assumed that islamic system of law adopted jewish or roman system of law and in many cases based on them.the origin of islamic urisprudence is also one of the controversial issues in this respect. some western scholars, in a...