AIMS To assess the validity of the electrocardiogram (ECG) as a diagnostic tool for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) for different ethnic groups with echocardiography as a standard. METHODS Systematic review of the literature using the Cornell and Sokolow-Lyon voltage criteria for LVH. RESULTS Five studies were identified. Pooled data from these studies demonstrated low sensitivity using ...

Does the United States afford people of different backgrounds a sense of equal identification with the nation? Past research has documented ethnic/racial group differences on levels of national identity but there has been little research examining what psychologically moderates these disparities. The present research investigates how perceived group discrimination is associated with national an...

background: cardiac dysfunction due to chronic anemia and hemosiderosis are the major causes of death among patients with thalassemia intermedia. this study was performed to compare the cardiac function in thalassemia intermedia patients with normal subjects by means of echocardiography. materials and methods: this was a case-control study performed on 22 patients affected by thalassemia interm...

background: the main objective of this study was to assess the malnutrition and some socio-economic related factors based on three ethnic groups among primary school children in north of iran in 2010 . methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out through multistage cluster random sampling on 5698 subjects (2505 fars-native, 2154 turkman, and 1039 sistani) in 112 schools. well-trained sta...

Background: Cardiac dysfunction due to chronic anemia and hemosiderosis are the major causes of death among patients with thalassemia intermedia. This study was performed to compare the cardiac function in thalassemia intermedia patients with normal subjects by means of echocardiography. Materials and Methods: This was a case-control study performed on 22 patients affected by thalassemia int...

Bu çalışmanın konusu, Medler ve Akamenidilerden sonra kurulmuş olan üçüncü İran imparatorluğu kurucuları Aşkaniler (M.Ö.250-M.S.228) döneminde üretildiği düşünülen İnci ilahisidir. Günümüze Süryanice bir metin olarak ulaşabilmiş ilahisi ontolojik epistemolojik açıdan son derece önemli içeriğe sahiptir. ilahide ışıklar ülkesi Aşkanî imparatorluk sarayından yani anavatanından gurbet diyarı Mısır’...