background: prevalence of obesity in children has been increased during recent decades all over the world. obesity, particularly, abdominal obesity (ao) is associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. this study aimed to assess obesity and central obesity within students aged 11-18 of birjand city. methods: this cross‑sectional and descriptive‑ analytical study was...

introduction: despite advances in cardiac surgery, many patients might still encounter some post-surgical complications and difficulties. to overcome such difficulties, they should receive the required education. in view of the fact that determining the educational needs is the first step in educational planning, the present study aims to determine the educational needs of patients undergoing h...

chromium (vi) adsorption behavior and capacity by surface modified nanozeolite a has been investigated. surface modification was performed and the morphology of modified and unmodified nanozeolite was studied using scanning electron microscope (sem) and transmission electron microscope (tem). adsorption isotherms were studied under different conditions (ph, adsorbent dose, adsorbate concentrati...

The honorable editor-in-chief of the Journal of ARYA We read with interest the article of Dr. Maleki that has recently been published.1 We conducted a similar study in Birjand Vali-e-Asr Hospital in 20092010. This study was done on 125 patients with STEMI with a mean age of 59.2 ± 11.9 years. In this study, 65.6% of patients underwent thrombolytic therapy. This showed a crucial increase compare...

background: this study aims to demonstrate the frequency of malignant breast cancer (bc) according to pathologic findings in birjand during 2011-2013 years. methods: for this cross-sectional study, the sample consisted of pathologic records from 229 breast biopsies of two hospitals in birjand. results: most of the biopsies in women were malignant cases which nearly 90% of them were detected aft...

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is an important medicinal plant in Iran. Jujube fruit contains amino acids, polysaccharides and microelements.Ripened jujube fruits were collected at fully mature stage from two research collection of jujube at Khaf and Birjand centers in south Khorasan province, Iran, early in September, 2015.The physicochemical properties and antioxidant capacity were i...

abstract introduction: acute myocardial infarction (ami) is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity in developing and underdeveloped countries. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the trend of ami risk factors in the city of birjand, iran, between 1994 and 2003. methods: this cross-sectional study was based on the medical records of patients hospitalized due to ami from 1994 ...

groundwater quality regarding major anions and cations in the birjand plain located in the largest desert in eastern iran was monitored in this study. fifteen boreholes were considered as sampling stations and the parameters ph, tds, ec and major anions and cations were measured in groundwater samples. the dominant groundwater types can be introduced as sodium-chloride and magnesium-sulphate. t...

BACKGROUND Infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important global health problem. Knowledge of the geographic distribution pattern of HBV infection can help to control the spread of the disease. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of HBV infections and risk factors for the disease for the first time in Birjand, Southeastern Iran. METHODS This was an analytical cross-sectional ...