*Corresponding Author: Prof. Hajieh Shahbazian, Diabetes Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: World diabetes day was introduced by the international diabetes federation (IDF) and WHO in 1991, in response to increasing prevalence of diabetes around the wo...

INTRODUCTION Individual characteristics are important factors influencing organizational commitment. Also, committed human resources can lead organizations to performance improvement as well as personal and organizational achievements. This research aimed to determine the association between organizational commitment and personality traits among faculty members of Ahvaz Jundishapur University o...

BACKGROUND Despite the effectiveness of prophylactic antimicrobials to prevent surgical site infection the use of antibiotic prophylaxis is often inappropriate. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to determine the pattern of prophylactic antibiotic use in a teaching hospital affiliated to Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS The current descriptive st...

Addendum: Amplification, Sequencing and Cloning of Iranian Native Bacillus subtilis Alpha-amylase Gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [published in Jundishapur J Microbiol. 2013;6(8):e7371] Fahimeh Afzal-Javan ; Mohsen Mobini-Dehkordi ; Behnaz Saffar 1,2 1Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, IR Iran 2Research Institute of Biotechnology, University of Sh...

doi: 10.5812/jjm.31014 Published online 2015 December 26. Correction Corrigendum to: Comparison of Serum Hepatitis B Virus DNA and HBsAg Levels Between HBeAg-Negative and HBeAg-Positive Chronic Hepatitis B Patients [Published in Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology. 2015 March; 8(3): e21444] Heidar Sharafi 1Middle East Liver Diseases (MELD) Center, Tehran, IR Iran *Corresponding author: Heidar S...

Introduction and objective: The amount of nitrogen fixed by Azotobacter varied from 0.02-0.25 KgN/ha/d and has been reported to be variable with various physiological and environmental factors. The nitrogen fixation by mesophilic soil isolates and their analogue resistant mutants of Azotobacter chroococcum was compared with their thermotolerant mutants at three different temperatures (30 o C, 3...

Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Department of Basic Sciences and Nutrition, Health Sciences Research Center, School of Public Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Science...

etabolic syndrome or X syndrome is a group of cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors including dysglycemia, high blood pressure, elevated triglyceride level, elevated LDL level, decrease in HDL cholesterol level and obesity especially in the abdominal area(1).Although there are various definitions for metabolic syndrome, the most practical method for clinical diagnosis is the use of Adult tre...

Kowsar Publishing Company Legal Department in accordance with ethics committee of Ahvaz Jundishapur University ofMedical Sciences (on behalf of editorial board of Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology – JJM) and ethics committee of Iranian Hospital in Dubai (on behalf of editorial board of Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal – IRCMJ) investigated several cases of authorship manipulations and ill...

background: medical sciences universities have great mission to train efficient, professional and committed human resources to solve the health need of people. this research aimed to study the quality assessment of staff in-service training from viewpoints of employees ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences based on servqual model between 2011-2015. methods: this is a descriptive, cro...