background: plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain. sonography has been proposed for early and differential diagnosis of heel pain. materials and methods: the study was performed on patients with plantar fasciitis (n=40). after completing the demographic data, the pain intensity was measured using visual analogue scale (vas); foot and ankle function by foot and ankle ability me...

conclusions the inhibition of mini-puberty period in male rats was demonstrated to have an effect on their testicular function to some extent. results serum t and lh levels peaked at two hours after birth, while fsh peaked at hour 0, and bilateral testicular weight peaked at four hours after birth. the rats that underwent ether inhalation five minutes after birth had markedly reduced serum horm...

purpose: to evaluate the outcomes of ptosis surgery in patients with weak levator function using orbicularis oculi and frontalis muscles. methods: this prospective interventional case series study was conducted over 3 years on patients with ptosis and weak levator function (less than 4mm). in all cases, orbicularis oculi and frontalis muscles were used directly to correct the ptosis. success wa...

background: the aim of the present study was to find the effects of cadmium (cd) on japanese quail on the role of an animal model in order to understand the toxicity of cd in creatures presented, within the environment. methods: one hundred 30-day-old male japanese quails were equally divided into the control group and cd group. the control group received no cd while the cd group was given form...

objective: to evaluate the symptoms of menopausal women and the link between sexual function, menopausal symptoms and demographic variables. materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional study in which 202 postmenopausal women admitted to the health care centers were selected. the female sexual function index (fsfi) questionnaire and menopause-specific quality of life (menqol) were the main ...

in order to identify left ventricular diastolic function in patients with betathalassemia major and normal systolic function by noninvasive m-mode and doppler echocardiography, an analytic study was designed in a university hospital in sari. we have studied 44 patients (23 men and 21 women), mean age 15.48±2.16 (range 12 to 20) and 43 age and sex matched control subjects. peak flow velocity in ...

the main objective of an ecosystem sustainable management is to preserve itscapacity to respond and adapt to current disturbances and/or future changes, and maintain theprovision of environmental goods and services. two very important properties linked to thisobjective are the ecosystem resilience and resistance to disturbance factors. the objective ofthis paper is to recommend conceptual modif...

existence of capacity drop phenomenon, as the difference between pre-queue and queue discharge flow rates, has been one of the controversial concepts of traffic engineering. several researches have focused on capacity drop existence and also its estimation issues. this paper aims to estimate capacity drop based not only on a comparison between breakdown and queue discharge flow rates, but also ...

introduction: renal failure affects the mechanical and the ventilatory function of the lungs. a few studies have evaluated the ventilatory and pulmonary function in dialysis patients. the present study aimed to compare pulmonary function test (pft) results in patients undergoing hemodialysis (hd) and peritoneal dialysis (pd). materials and methods: we conducted a cross-sectional study on 50  pa...