mithraism and zoroastrianism, the ancient iranian religions, are rooted in the culture of this country; consequently, their reflections are vividly evident in persian literature. the prominent iranian poet nizami ganjavi utilized these cults allegorically and symbolically in his two prominent versified stories of haft paikar, and khosro and shirin. this paper aims at discussing the primary samp...

this article examines lord byron’s allusions to persian literature, history, culture and its ancient religion. the influence of persia on byron is considerable. byron was greatly influenced by orientalists such as sir william jones and their translations of eastern literatures. after examining byron’s allusions to persia, one realizes that byron’s attitude with regard to persia appears to be am...

introduction: micap is a new notation in which the teeth are indicated by letters (i-incisor, c-canine, p-premolar, m-molar) and numbers [1,2,3] which are written superscript and subscript on the relevant letters. fdi tooth notation is a two digit system where one digit shows quadrant and the second one shows the tooth of the quadrant. this study aimed to compare the short term retention of kno...

background: leptin is a protein product of obesity gene and is synthesized mainly by adipose tissue. objective: the aim of this study was to determine maternal and neonatal serum leptin levels in term preeclamptic and normal pregnancies. materials and methods: this cross sectional study was performed on 37 preeclamptic and 40 normotensive term pregnant women without other disease. serum level o...

background and objective: the aim of this study was to determine the level of plasma high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-crp) in preeclampsia and to compare hs-crp levels between normal pregnant women, mild preeclamptic, and severe preeclamptic women. materials and methods: serum hs-crp levels were investigated in 40 cases of normal pregnant women, 37 cases with mild preeclampsia and 38 cases...

intravenous hydralazine is a commonly administered arteriolar vasodilator that is effective for hypertensive emergencies associated with pregnancy. oral nifedipine is an alternative in management of these patients. in this study the efficacy of nifedipine and hydralazine in pregnancy was compared in a group of iranian patients. fifty hypertensive pregnant women were enrolled in the study. a ran...