background and aims: ankylosing spondylitis (as) is an idiopathic chronic inflammatory disease mainly involves sacroiliac and axial joints; but it may also have extra-articular involvement. accordingly, this study was designed to determine the frequency of cardiac involvement among patients with ankylosing spondylitis. methods: this study was performed as a descriptive-analytical cross-section...

behçet’s disease (bd) is a multisystem disorder with potential ability to influence the pregnancy outcome and pregnancy is associated with several physiologic alterations which can lead to potential changes in the course of the disease. we studied 77 pregnancies in 69 women with bd. the disease activity was calculated by two methods for three periods of before, during and after pregnancy to eva...

background and purpose: the movement of spiritual leadership is a special kind of service-centered leadership which looks forward to progress and staff control. job involvement also emphasizes timely attendance of staff, feeling successful at work, and sense of optimism and success about the future of the organization. therefore, this study investigated the relation between spiritual leadership...

background heart failure is a major cause of death in thalassemia. the study aimed to determine the diagnostic value of n terminal pro b type natriuretic peptide (nt-pro bnp), to early diagnose the cardiac involvement in beta- thalassemia major patients. materials and methods  80 thalassemia patients aged 7 to 18 years old (patients group), and 80 healthy age and gender matched controls were en...

mitochondrial disorders (mids) require biochemical or genetic investigations for being diagnosed. in some cases, however, the diagnosis can be suspected upon the syndromic phenotype or upon clinical presentation and family history, as in the following case. the patient was a 74-year-old male admitted for worsening of pre-existing left-sided ptosis and ophthalmoparesis after a birthday party. th...

humanism and socio-constructivism have entailed drastic developments in education including that of foreign/second language. incorporating teachers and learners in all areas of education including materials development and evaluation, focusing four-pairs of binoculars on evaluating efl materials can be taken amongst the outcomes of this trend.  this study is a report of an evaluation of the esp...

this study assessed of youth involvement in agricultural production in sabon gari local government area. the data used for this study were collected using interview schedule administered to 112 respondents who were selected through multi-stage sampling procedure. descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentages and means were used to analyze the data. the result revealed that majority (95....

intra-operative management of thyroid gland in laryngeal cancer is controversial. to determine the rate of thyroid involvement in patients with laryngeal cancer treated by radical surgical excision, we reviewed the records during 1996-2000 in imam khomeini hospital, cancer institute, and amir alam hospital.we studied several factors such as age, gender, and tumor location, presence of thyroid i...

this research is to examine the relationship between corporate organizational culture and financial performance in iranian ict ministry-affiliated corporations. denison's questionnaire was used to measure organizational culture while four indicators namely return on assets, return on sales, return on owner's equity ratio and operating expenses/operating income ratio were employed in a...

purpose: to report multiple astrocytic hamartomas in a patient with tuberous sclerosis (ts). patient and findings: a 16-year-old girl with ts without any ocular complaint was referred for ophthalmologic examination. she had papular rash on her face and other skin lesions elsewhere in the body which were specific for ts. multiple well-circumscribed elevated lesions characteristic of astrocytic h...