background: more psychiatric visits, especially non-emergency ones, to emergency departments (eds) of general hospitals have been observed in recent years. the aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of psychiatric visits to the ed of rasoul-e-akram hospital, tehran, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, during a two-month period, all psychiatric presentations and consult...

the sāghināmeh composing is one of the poetic subjects in persian literature. likely inspired by the poems called khamriyyas, a style which had already had some records, nizāmi ganjavi introduced this literary subject. many iranian literary figures have paid attention to the subject and had made some changes to transform it in form and meaning. this paper debates on these changes which can be d...

The expression pattern of TomPRO2 and LaPA1 genes in two tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) cultivars named as Isfahani and Shirazi under in vitro salt stress were investigated. Four to six weeks old in vitro grown seedlings were transferred on MS medium containing 0, 80 and 160 mM NaCl and untreated plants were used as control. RNA was extracted from root and leaf and then cDNA was synthesized. ...

abstract introduction: the clustering of several cardiovascular disease risk factors such as abdominal obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and disturbances in glucose metabolism has been termed the metabolic syndrome (ms). the ms has been shown to predict cardiovascular disease (cvd) and diabetes. epidemiological studies have demonstrated that cvd is the main cause of worldwide mortality; they ...

public participation in urban decision-making process is one of the main elements of a democratic system, which can help establish balance and harmony between different sections of the society. this paper mainly aims to study the effect of economic and social welfare on the degree of citizen participation in urban affairs. our main hypothesis emphasizes that there is a strong positive correlati...

background: although several studies have investigated the association between maternal exposure to air pollution and preterm birth, the results are inconsistent. the aim of this study was to further investigate the relation between maternal exposure to ambient air pollution during pregnancy and the risk of preterm birth and low birth weight (lbw) in an iranian pregnant population. materials an...