abstract objective: diabetic peripheral neuropathy is the main risk factor of diabetic foot ulcer and its early diagnosis is important to prevent limb amputation. we assessed the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in diabetic patients. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 352 randomly selected diabetic patients using a standardized questionnaire including age, gen...

trade relationships built through production chains appear to be lasting due to relation-specific nature of the transactions, compared with the usual transactions of goods sold on the open market. this paper aims to verify such stability of international production networks at the global level, with special emphasis on intra-east asian trade. a series of survival analyses provide an evidence su...

Pulmonary acid aspiration syndrome has been recognized as a major hazard in the practice of emergency anaesthesia (Edwards et al., 1956; Bannister and Grenvik, 1962). This risk has been associated with a gastric fluid pH of less than 2.5 units (Teaubaut, 1952). The histamine H^receptor antagonist cimetidine is likely to be effective in reducing the pulmonary complications following acid aspirat...

lallemantia royleana (balangu) is a well known iranian medicinal plant that its seed mucilage has many applications in modern pharmacology. plant mucilage traditionally was used as a gel supplement, and natural matrix for sustained release of drugs. but it seems that these compounds are not a simple additive and also have many undiscovered pharmacological properties. in this research, the anest...