the aim of the present research is to study scientometric indicators (the number of articles and citations, the mean citation per paper, h-index, y-index, and the national and international collaboration) of medical and non-medical highly cited papers of iran in the essential science indicators (esi). the research population is all highly cited articles of iran in esi during 2005 to 2015. data ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a common and genetically heterozygous inflammatory rheumatic disease characterized by new bone formation, ankylosis and inflammation of hip, sacroiliac joints and spine. Until now, there is no method for early diagnosis of AS and the effective treatment available for AS patients remain largely undefined.We searched articles indexed in PubMed (MEDLINE) database usi...

This article describes the Indexing Aid Project for conducting research in the areas of knowledge representation and indexing for information retrieval in order to develop interactive knowledge-based systems for computer-assisted indexing of the periodical medical literature. The system uses an experimental frame-based knowledge representation language, FrameKit, implemented in Franz Lisp. The ...

In 2014, the Library of Congress (LC) rejected a proposal to change headings in Subject Headings (LCSH) that refer undocumented immigrants as “Illegal aliens.” Two years later, Analysis Committee (SAC) working group submitted recommendations regarding how and why LC should LCSH That same year, decided cancel aliens” subject heading, which subsequently sought block. eventually required “to make ...

Objective Drug repositioning is a promising methodology for reducing the cost and duration of the drug discovery pipeline. We sought to develop a computational repositioning method leveraging annotations in the literature, such as Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) terms. Methods We developed software to determine significantly co-occurring drug-MeSH term pairs and a method to estimate pair-wise ...

The cholesterol-lowering effect of plant sterols was first discovered in the early 1950s. However, it is only recently that plant sterols have become clinically important, when advances in food-technology have made it possible to combine sterols with a variety of food products including margarines, yogurts, fruit juices and cereal bars. We review the clinical trial evidence of lipid-lowering ef...

The current GPS signal structure and signal power levels are barely sufficient for indoor applications. Recent developments in high sensitivity receiver technology are promising for indoor positioning inside light structures such as wooden frame houses but generally not for concrete high rise buildings. Errors due to multipath and noise associated with weak indoor signals limit the accuracy and...

Public discussion and debate concerning legal, ethical, philosophical, and emotional aspects of death and dying have slowly gained prominence over the past decade. However, parallel discussions among physicians regarding their perspectives toward their dying patients have remained more subdued and less visible, repressed within a culture of hi-tech medical care that often perceives patient deat...