conclusions the results demonstrated significant associations between the il-10 (ag-1089, il-10ca) and il-12 (aa) gene polymorphisms and a highly increased risk of vur. background vesicoureteral reflux (vur) is a common childhood disorder that is characterized by the abnormal movement of urine from the bladder into the ureters or kidneys. objectives the aim of this study was to determine whethe...

Background: The prevalence of anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCAs) and anti-Cardiolipin Antibodies (anti-CL Ab) in Behcet’s Disease (BD) and also their roles in vascular involvement is controversial. Objective: To assess the prevalence of ANCAs and anti-CL Ab as well as their correlations with clinical manifestations in Iranian patients with BD. Methods: In this case/control study, th...

background: previous studies reported many discrepancies about the effects of corpus luteum (cl) and ovarian follicle size on the developmental competence of oocytes. objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of cl and different size of follicle on the developmental potential of bovine oocytes. materials and methods: after ovarian classification based on presence or absenc...

We are interested in a game-theoretic approach to proving satisfiability of LTL formulæ. We consider for this LTL formulæ in negative normal form, i.e. using the abstract syntax ' ::= p ∣ ¬p ∣ ' ∨ ' ∣ ' ∧ ' ∣ X' ∣ ' U ' ∣ ' R ' , where p ranges over a non-empty finite set of atomic propositions AP. Let ⊤ ≡ p ∨ ¬p and ⊥ ≡ p ∧ ¬p for some atomic proposition p. The F and G modalities are defined a...

background: this study sought to assess symphyseal morphology in adolescents with different mandibular growth patterns (mgps) in order to see if a relation exists. materials and methods: in this study the symphyseal parameters (height, depth, and ratio) of normal subjects were compared with four groups with malocclusion (cl iii vertical, cl ii vertical, cl iii horizontal, and cl ii horizontal)....

    Background: Intelligibility refers to understandability of speech; and lack of it can negatively affect children’s overall communication effectiveness. Children with repaired cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P) may experience poor speech intelligibility. This study aimed at evaluating speech intelligibility in children with repaired CL/P who had not been referred to sp...