background: the significant increase in the number of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis in recent years, suggests the appear­ance of a new health problem in the old world with most cases reported from mediterranean countries. besides the pre­sent case, eleven cases of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis have been detected in iran, three of which belong to gilan prov­ince, northern iran. methods: ...

background: acanthamoeba spp. is the causative agent of blindness keratitis and fatal encephalaitis. presence of acanthamoeba spp. in a wide variety of niches such as different water types can lead to exposure of high risk people such as contact lens wearers. the main aim of the present study was to explore the occurrence of acanthamoeba genotypes in the recreational water sources using both mo...

Background: Cancer is a major public health problem in the world. In Iran especially after a transition to a dynamic and urban community, the pattern of cancer has changed significantly. An important change occurred regarding the incidence of cancer at the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, including Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan province. This study was designed it investigate the epidemiolo...

so far several methods have been developed for mapping and interpolation of isohyets.one of the recently accepted methods is geographically weighting regression which is suitable for evaluation of spatial heterogeneity of dependent variable by using local regressions. in order to evaluate annually precipitation spatial variation, this study was conducted in gilan province which precipitation is...

evaluation of parental satisfaction of nursing care in thalassemic children tavasoli sh1, alhani f2 received: 16 july, 2010 accepted: 25 oct, 2010 abstract background & aims: hospitalization for parents and children causes anxiety. therefore, evaluation of parents' satisfaction concerning their child's nursing care is necessary. observing parental satisfaction is important in determin...

regional differences and inequality in many countries is a major challenge in the way of achieving balanced development goals, particularly those countries such as iran which sovereign a large geographical territory. due to past poor national and focused planning, development and its basis in geographical regions of the country, has revealed significant differences in the development process. a...