abstract trademarks describe the goods or services that its owners are using sign to distinct their goods or services from competitor’s goods or services. these symptoms are so far mainly includes a range of traditional symptoms such as visual symptoms. but in the two past decades, smell trademarks also stepped into the sphere. smell trademarks are too strong indicator of origin. this feature i...

Background & Aims: Ulcerative colitis is one of the inflammatory bowel diseases with unknown etiology. Genetic and environmental factors are thought to be effective in this disease. According to the limited studies in our country, general assessment of demographic features and clinical symptoms seems to be essential. Methods: In this prospective and cross-sectional study, 85 cases of ulcerat...

introduction:temporomandibular disorders (tmds) are referred to signs and symptoms involving masti catory muscles, temporomandibular joint and rele vant structures. having been prevalent noticeably, we decided to evaluate the frequency of tmd, among patients referred to the dental clinic of guilan university of medical sciences. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, a sample of ...

aim and background: insomnia, one of the prevalent disorders, in many cases is considered as a sign associated with physical and mental disorders. the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on these symptoms among male prisoners. methods and materials: subjects of this experimental study were 28 male prisoners in central prison of shiraz who w...

Introduction: Suicide with plaster is a new and strange way of suicide which has been only committed in Lorestan province and its vicincy out skirts which have been occurred in recent years. Concerning the points of unclear border of this issue charactristics of victims patient's sign and symptoms, management, suitablecuring way, a study case has been done. Materials & Methods: This study co...

background brucellosis as a zoonotic infectious disease is endemic in iran and due to the variation in clinical and laboratory findings, its diagnosis is often delayed. objectives the aim of this study was to determine clinical and laboratory aspects of the disease in khuzestan. patients and methods medical records of 81 admitted patients with a diagnosis of brucellosis were reviewed. the study...

Negative symptoms are still a major obstacle in the recovery of schizophrenic patients. Many attempts to develop novel drugs affecting negative symptoms of schizophrenia have yielded insignificant results. This study evaluates the effects of bromocriptine, a dopamine agonist, on negative symptoms of schizophrenia utilizing a placebo-controlled crossover double-blind clinical trial. Methodology:...

background: exposure to respirable particulate matter containing silica in the working environment can lead to respiratory diseases and other health hazards. the current study was designed to estimate the prevalence of lung diseases and their determining factors in the stone carvers of kerman, iran.   materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study in which 67 male workers exposed to st...

background: endometriosis is a complex disease with a spectrum of pain symptoms from mild dysmenorrhea to debilitating pelvic pain. there is no concrete evidence in the literature whether endometriotic cyst per se, causes pain spectrum related to the disease. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of surgical removal of endometriomas on pain symptoms. materials and methods: in ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Atorvastatin on negative symptoms in patients with chronic schizophrenia. The study was a prospective, double-blind, 6-week trial. Forty patients participated in the study; 19 patients were assigned to the Atorvastatin group as well as 21 patients to the placebo group. For assessing negative signs, we used Scale for the Assessment of Negative...