visit-to-visit variability (vvv) in blood pressure (bp) creates challenges to hypertension control and was independent associated with increased all-cause mortality in hypertensive patients. the major goal of the present study was to investigate the association of vvv in systolic (s)bp with progression of carotid atherosclerosis and en-dothelial dysfunction in on-treated hypertensive patients.o...

effects of different mulches and saran shading on yield and quality of tomato (lycopersicon esculentum cv. early urbana vf) were studied at ilam university, ilam, iran in 2009. the research work was carried out using a 4×4 split plot experimental arrangment through a completely randomized block design (crbd) of three replications, where shading levels of 0%: no shading; 40%: white; 55%: double-...

Objective: We aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials that examined the effects of L-citrulline supplementation on blood pressure (BP).  Materials and Methods: We searched MEDLINE, SCOPUS, PUBMED and Google scholar databases from inception to November 16, 2017 and 811 papers were identified, of which 8 trials with 10 data sets met the inclusion criteria. Inclus...

background according to the previous studies, antihypertensive drugs should be withdrawn before surgery. nowadays it is accepted that some drugs effectively control systemic blood pressure (bp) to assure its desirable therapeutic control. objectives in this study, the effects of captopril, an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (acei), on hemodynamic changes before, during and after the cor...

scince 1990 research on clover has been commenced in karaj and other field stations of seed and plant improvement institute, iran. one of the achievements of this initiative is selection, improvement and release of alborz 1 crimson clover cultivar. new crimson clover cultivar, alborz 1 was primarily selected from clover germplasm received from food and agriculture organization (fao), the united...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether brief intervention and contact is effective in reducing subsequent suicide mortality among suicide attempters in low and middle-income countries. METHODS Suicide attempters (n = 1867) identified by medical staff in the emergency units of eight collaborating hospitals in five culturally different sites (Campinas, Brazil; Chennai, India; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Karaj,...

* Author for correspondence: Agronomy and Plant Breeding Department, Agricultural College, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Tel: 02612246074, Fax: 02612227607, Email: [email protected]. Abstract. The application of AFLPs, and SSRs to examine genetic relationships in the 54 accessions of Aegilops tauschii from 5 countries was investigated. A total of 256 (234 polymorphic) and 224 (219 polymorp...