*School of Nursing and and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ** Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran *** School of Para Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran **** Mehregan Hospital, Tehran, Iran *****Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Shahid Beheshti University ...

The micropyle number in the ova of sturgeon species from the South Caspian Sea was investigated. The study was conducted on female broodfishes of three species of sturgeon (Persian sturgeon Acipenser persicus, Stetates sturgeon A. stellatus and great sturgeon Huso huso) included 44 Persian sturgeon, 13 stellate sturgeon and 8 great sturgeon specimens. Fifty eggs were randomly collected from eac...

BACKGROUND Diabetes burden is a serious warning for urgent action plan across the world. Knowledge production in this context could provide evidences for more efficient interventions. Aimed to that, we quantify the trend of diabetes research outputs of Middle East countries focusing on the scientific publication numbers, citations, and international collaboration. MATERIALS AND METHODS This s...

In hot arid regions, cooling buildings by passive techniques is very important regarding energy saving and the need to keep clean the environment. In such areas, domed and vaulted roofs are widely used for centuries, such as in the Middle East region and central part of Iran. In this article analysis is made to explore east–west direction of wind flow around north–south vaulted roofs and flat r...

Groundwater is one of the most important water resources especially for irrigation in the east of Iran. So, it is important to note its water quality variation for deciding to manage it. To this end, the study were done to zone Birjand plain located at latitude between 32˚ 30’-33˚ 00’ N and longitude between 58˚ 45’-59˚ 41’ E. In order to achieve this goal, the required layers, Sodium adsorptio...

doi: 10.5812/jjm.31014 Published online 2015 December 26. Correction Corrigendum to: Comparison of Serum Hepatitis B Virus DNA and HBsAg Levels Between HBeAg-Negative and HBeAg-Positive Chronic Hepatitis B Patients [Published in Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology. 2015 March; 8(3): e21444] Heidar Sharafi 1Middle East Liver Diseases (MELD) Center, Tehran, IR Iran *Corresponding author: Heidar S...

1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Middle East Liver Disease Center (MELD), Tehran, IR Iran 4Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, I...