background and purpose: occular toxicity is one of the most important complications of hydroxychloroquine. not any type of treatment has so far been found and recommended for this disorder. the purpose of this study was to report some characteristics of patients with hydroxychloroquine induced retinopathy.    materials and methods: from 107 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and/or systemi...

background: the advancement of technology in recent decades has been lead to use the electrophysiology cardiac devices. although these devices are used increasingly, but the frequency of subclinical infection is unknown. we investigate bacterial infections due to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (icds) in patients with endocarditis. m aterials and methods: population of the study was cons...

abstract purpose-the purpose of this paper is to review a sample of the literature relating to interpretive structural modelling (ism) and its deployment for modelling purposes in the area of supply chain management (scm). design/methodology/approach- the literature is examined from the three perspectives. first, concept of ism and examines ism as modelling technique. second, use of ism by the ...

interpreters have emphasize the necessity of knowing e’rab (diacritic) and syntax in the holy quran and none of them has been doubtful in the significance of the role of e’rab in interpreting. tabarsi in his interpretation book has exerted his efforts in delineating e’rab and after mentioning verses for interpreting, firstly explains lexical elements and then, discusses their e’rab. the signifi...

A comparison of the landmark papers by Watson and Crick (1953) and Avery et al. (1944) shows how different rhetorical choices can influence the impact of a scientific paper. The paper by Watson and Crick revolutionized biology and remains a model of scientific rhetoric. In contrast, the paper by Avery et al. reports equally important findings, but its impact was greatly diminished because of rh...

  Small groups that gather to learn a specific topic or solve a problem bring golden teaching opportunities with extraordinary outcomes if being properly used. This happens since teaching in small groups is among the most effective approaches in teaching that can be highly efficient in learning. Small groups that may form at the very least with two members and can expand up to thirty members h...