purpose : to report a case of bilateral dense ring-shaped marginal keratitis after photorefractive keratectomy (prk) case report : a 44-year-old man developed bilateral dense ring-shaped marginal keratitis after prk. the patient had moderate to severe meibomian gland dysfunction preoperatively that was treated incompletely. he was treated with mild topical antibiotics, topical and systemic ster...

The "Kitab al-abniya an haqa iq al-adwiya" (Book of the Foundations of Pharmacognosy) also Known as "Rozat ol-ons wa manfa 'ar on-nafs" is the most ancient medical book in Persian (Farsi), which was written by Abu Mansur Movaffaq ibn Ali Heravi during the period of Mansur ibn Noh Samani between the years 350 to 366 lunar hegira. The book deals with 584 mineral, herbal and animal-based drugs. Th...

Automated methods to detect new information in clinical notes may be valuable for navigating and using information in these documents for patient care. Statistical language models were evaluated as a means to quantify new information over longitudinal clinical notes for a given patient. The new information proportion (NIP) in target notes decreased logarithmically with increasing numbers of pre...

This paper empirically analyzes a particular type of notes observed in securitization transactions: combination notes. Combination notes are formed by combining parts of two or more tranches of securitization transactions, where one part usually consists of a share of the first loss piece. It is analyzed whether combination notes are purely demand driven, or whether combination notes also appea...

objectives: it is not clear what type of pre-crimped crown is more successful in achieving greater marginal adaptation following re-crimping. this study aimed to assess the changes in the circumference of 3m espe and mib pre-crimped stainless steel crowns (sscs) for the primary maxillary and mandibular first and second molars following re-crimping. materials and methods: this was an in-vitro, e...

objectives: this study aimed to assess the effect of re-etching of desensitized dentin for five and 10 seconds on marginal microleakage of composite restorations. materials and methods: class v cavities (4x2x2mm) were prepared on the buccal surfaces of 64 third molars and randomly divided into four groups of 16. in the control group, single bond (sb) adhesive was applied after etching. in bb+sb...

the present study investigated the effect of marginal glosses (both l1 and l2) on incidental vocabulary learning of efl learners. the subject pool consisted of 154 third-semester iranian students enrolled at azad university, central branch. after administering a proficiency test, 90 homogeneous students were assigned to two experimental groups (x1 & x2) and one control group. afterwards, a 50 -...

purpose : to assess the results of intracorneal ring (icr) segments for treatment of patients with pellucid marginal degeneration (pmd) methods : in this prospective interventional case series study, eight eyes of 5 patients with pmd who were contact lens intolerant received one or two intacs (intacs, addition technology) segments. preoperative and postoperative evaluations included slit-lamp e...

Background & Aims: Increasing pressure for having scholarly publications in accredited English medium journals emphasizes the need to enhance academic writing ability by author-researchers in various fields, especially, in medical and hard sciences. In order to enhance the language of manuscripts, many authors seek assistance from editors prior to submission to high-status journals. Various typ...