BACKGROUND Enterococcal species have emerged as important pathogens in Iran as well as throughout the world. With the increased use of vancomycin, Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) has become an important nosocomial pathogen. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of VRE and also to determine the most important gene...

BACKGROUND On the continuation of sorting the puzzle of the situation of hydatid disease in Iran and considering that so far no survey was conducted in this context in Arak City, Markazi Province central Iran, the present study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of human hydatidosis using AgB-ELISA test. METHODS Totally 578 serum samples randomly were collected from patients referr...

We construct random dynamics on collections of non-intersecting planar contours, leaving invariant the distributions of lengthand area-interacting polygonal Markov fields with V-shaped nodes. The first of these dynamics is based on the dynamic construction of consistent polygonal fields, as presented in the original articles by Arak (1982) and Arak & Surgailis (1989, 1991), and it provides an e...

Correction to: Effect of Resistance and Endurance Trainings on Nrf2/Keap1 Signaling Pathway in Testicular Tissue of Type 2 Diabetic Rats Zahra Nadi1, Yusef Abbasi2, Farideh Jalali Mashayekhi3, Mohammad Bayat2, Parvindokht Bayat4, Maryam Baazm5 1 MSc in Anatomy, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Scho...

Objective: The present study investigated and compared the effects of peer multimedia teaching methods on medication adherence heart failure patients. Methods: This quasi-experimental was done in Arak University Medical Sciences hospitals, Arak, Iran. Samples were 44 patients with failure, studied two groups. Twenty-two received education through content developed by researchers a trained educa...

BACKGROUND Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that infects human and animals. Toxoplasma parasites are isolated from different parts of animals even from semen but there are little information about the effect of toxoplasmosis on fertility in animals and humans. In present study, the effect of chronic toxoplasmosis on serum levels of testosterone in men was studied. METH...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the content of mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), nickel (Ni) and tin (Sn) in raw cow's milk of traditional and industrial sites from 8 different sites in Arak City, Markazi Province, Iran. METHODS In this cross sectional study, a total of 32 samples were collected from sub-cities of Arak, Iran via subjective sampling method. Both industrial and tradi...