conclusions this study suggests that symptoms like chronic abdominal pain, and chronic constipation seem to put a heavy burden on the economy of the country, so training programs for pediatricians and general physicians that can well train them to handle such symptoms may decrease the number of clinical visits, repetitive investigation procedures, and utilizing multiple prescription drugs. also...

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    Background: Visit length is an indicator that can be used to assess patients’ satisfaction of the health care services. In recent years, some studies have focused on the mean visit time in Iran. This study aimed at determining the average visit time in Iran by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis.    Methods: In this study, Embase, PubMed/MEDLINE,...

with speed increasing in high-speed trains, due to limitations of other types of brakes, aerodynamic brake has become an important braking method. in this task to make better use of brake’s panel different configurations are examined and the best panel shape which provides the reasonable drag coefficient is introduced. the results of simulations are carried out with the computational fluid dyna...

considering the large amount of investment in railway transportation systems, effective use of resources is highly important. typically, in order to utilize the line capacity, train scheduling plays a substantial role and thus attracts lots of attention all over the world. various train-scheduling models are introduced, according to different conditions of different countries. however, for iran...

introduction: although hippocampus is the most famous brain area involved in temporal lobe epilepsy, hippocampal kindling (hk) develops very slowly. hence, rapid kindling is usually preferred to the traditional kindling and it is widely used. in this article we aimed at finding the optimal stimulus pattern, which yields the fastest hk rate. methods: stimulus patterns with different duration (2,...

This is a case report of a young healthy adult who had acute cerebral infarcts after a short-term visit to high-altitude area. He developed acute onset of right-sided limb weakness and right hemianopia a few hours after arrival at an altitude of 3600 m by train. He was initially treated for high-altitude cerebral oedema but later computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed isch...