karim as a new line (hamam-4: t.aest/sprw's'//ca8055/3/bacanora86 icw92-0477-1ap-1ap-4ap-1ap-0ap) was evaluated at gachsaran agricultural research station in 2004-2005. it was selected for its high grain yield (3975 kg ha-1) and included in advance yield trial in gachsaran, khoramabad, gonbad, moghan and ilam field stations in next growing season. average yield of this line and check ...

introduction after the rapid population growth in the iranian cities, these cities have experienced great changes. the physical structures of the cities are eroded and the managers have no attention to them. many immigrants entered the cities  have dwelled in the inefficient urban textures like in the marginal areas and old textures. thus, the environmental quality of place has been weak. undes...

In a Perspective accompanying Abad-Franch and colleagues, Lorenz von Seidlein, Alexander Kekulé, and Daniel Strickman discuss the importance of developing effective strategies to minimize mosquito-borne transmission of human diseases.

In the acute setting, the majority of patients affected by uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissection (ABAD) can be managed with medical therapy. In these patients, inhospital outcome is generally acceptable, with mortality rates of 1-10% (1,2). However, long-term outcomes in this group is less positive, with a mortality rates reported as 2025% within 3 years. Predictors of long-term complica...

BACKGROUND Since Pars Abad district had been known as a focus of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Ardabil Province but the prevalence of the disease in nomadic tribes has not been determined, thus, this study was conducted. METHODS This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on children up to 12yr old of nomadic tribes from Pars Abad County, Ardabil Province, Iran in 2015. For each ind...

A response to and comment on Pre-referral rectal artesunate in severe malaria: a flawed trial, by Karim F Hirji and Zulfiqarali G Premji.

Neurotoxicity of beta-amyloid peptide (A beta) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is usually thought to arise from the nonspecific effects of high concentrations of A beta on vulnerable neurons, resulting in membrane destabilization and increasing intracellular calcium concentration. This review advances the hypothesis that at early stages of AD, when A beta is present in lower amounts, its ability to...