INTRODUCTION In the developing countries, diabetes mellitus as a chronic diseases, have replaced infectious diseases as the main causes of morbidity and mortality. International Diabetes Federation (IDF) recently estimates 382 million people have diabetes globally and more than 34.6 million people in the Middle East Region and this number will increase to 67.9 million by 2035. The aim of this s...

the number of scientific papers is a conventional metric to measure a country's research performance in a particular area. the aim of this survey was to demonstrate statistical information about orthodontic research published in international and national journals.pubmed as an international and iranmedex and sid as national databases were searched between1997 and 2012. the keyword searching met...

OBJECTIVES To assess HIV/AIDS research productivity in the 27 countries of the European Union (EU), and the structural level factors associated with levels of HIV/AIDS research productivity. METHODS A bibliometric analysis was conducted with systematic search methods used to locate HIV/AIDS research publications (period of 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2011; search databases: MEDLINE (Ovid, P...

BACKGROUND The AFFIRM (Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation of Rhythm Management) trial demonstrated that rate control and rhythm control strategies result in similar survival and quality of life for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Because of superior safety and lower cost, rate control is now the recommended strategy for the management of most elderly, high-risk AF patients. O...

the outbreak of sugarcane whitefly, neomaskellia andropogonis corbett has been recently recorded in sugarcane fields in khuzestan province. the seasonal population dynamics of n. andropogonis was investigated in sugarcane fields (cultivar cp69-1062) in amir kabir agro-industrial in khuzestan during 2006-2007. one hectar field in the middle of a large field (25 hectar areas) was selected randoml...

BACKGROUND Our aim, within the collaborative study SPHERE (Strengthening Public Health Research in Europe), was to produce a bibliometric overview of public health research literature for Europe. METHODS A search strategy ('filter') was designed to interrogate the Science Citation Index (SCI) and the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) databases for research articles published between 01/01/...

population in all countries plays a fundamental role in economic growth and economic development. but besides absolute size and growth rate of population, the more important factor will be “age structure” or “age distribution” of population, because it can be as source of many economical, social, and political challenges. in this research, we investigate effect of changes in population shares i...