Background and Aim: Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) can be associated with pain in other areas such as the neck. Multiple causes have been suggested for TMDs; parafunctional habits such as bruxism and clenching are among the most commonly suggested etiologies. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of the amendment of oral parafunctional habits in the improvement of TMDs and neck pain. M...

this study was conducted to determine the effects of the combined use of rain shelters (rs) and deficit irrigation (di) on tomato yield and quality characteristics. two experiments with different treatments were conducted in the southern china during the growing season in 2011 and 2012. the crops were irrigated to field capacity once average soil water content at the 0-60 cm layer in the treatm...

how to cite this article: ashrafi mr, tavasoli ar. how we can put forward the diagnosis of npc disease: suspicion index. iran j child neu rol. 2015 autumn;9:4(suppl.1): 2-4. pls see pdf.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the Italian version of HAQ-DI (Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index) in systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS 121 SSc patients, satisfying ACR criteria for the classification of this disease and consecutively admitted to a tertiary Unit, were invited to participate to the study. The Italian version of HAQ-DI, as validated in rheumatoid arthritis, was administe...

The clinicopathological features currently used in breast cancer prognosis often fail to characterize the clinical heterogeneity of the disease accurately. Our study is aimed to investigate the predictive value of DNA flow cytometry in breast cancer. Previously untreated breast carcinoma samples (584) were snap frozen for flow-cytometry. Tumors were classified into three DNA index (DI) categori...

Background: Increased physical activity may be advantageous for weight loss.Objective: We investigated the effects of an energy-restricted diet with and without moderate walking on body weight, body composition, resting energy expenditure (REE), and endocrine and cardiometabolic risk variables in overweight and obese participants.Methods: A 12-wk, randomized, 2-arm, parallel, controlled, energy...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: to determine the prevalence of cryoglobulins in iranian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) and evaluate the correlation of cryoglobulins with disease activity in these patients. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, we investigated 80 consecutive women who fulfilled the 1982 revised c...

OBJECTIVE To assess sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with acute stroke and its relationship to prestroke cerebrovascular disease, particularly leukoariosis. METHODS The authors studied SDB and CT evidence of prestroke cerebrovascular disease, nonacute brain infarction, and white matter disease (WMD) in 78 previously independent patients with acute stroke. Subjects underwent respir...

OBJECTIVES To determine if heart rate (HR) is associated with desaturation indexes as HR is associated with arrhythmia and sudden death. STUDY DESIGN A community based cross-sectional study of 1214 Alaskan Inuit. METHODS Data of FA concentrations from plasma and red blood cell membranes from those ≥35 years of age (n = 819) were compared to basal HR at the time of examination. Multiple line...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the frequency of work disability (WD) in a cohort of patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) vs an internal control group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with a known high frequency of WD; and to investigate the association between WD and other factors including Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) scores, HAQ pain, age, sex, disease duratio...