background rapid dose assessment using biological dosimetry methods is essential to increase the chance of survival of exposed individuals in radiation accidents. objectives we compared the expression levels of the fdxr and rad51 genes at 6 and 18 mv beam energies in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. the results of our study can be used to analyze radiation energy in biological dosimetry. con...

introduction: midazolam has turned into a common drug for pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia. however, there is not much data regarding its proper dose and potential side effects in the iranian children population. therefore, the present study was done to compare 2 doses of iv midazolam in this regard. methods:  the present clinical trial was performed to compare 0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg dose...

methanolic extract of whole plant of amaranthus viridis l (meav), was screened for antinociceptive activity using acetic acid induced writhing test, hot plate test and tail immersion test in mice. in a similar way a screening exercise was carried out to determine the antipyretic potential of the extract using yeast induced pyrexia method in rats. administration of the extracts was applied to bo...

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether Relationship Marketing (RM) creates competitive advantage and retains customers for businesses. In order to evaluate RM practices in Grameen Phone (GP), two hundred and sixty five respondents were surveyed. Findings show that GP has been applying RM successfully, consequently retaining customers and achieving competitive advantage. However, GP sh...

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This study assessed the effect of prepregnancy level of alcohol use among mothers on relationship breakups with young children at 36 months after birth and the extent to which relationship satisfaction (RS) throughout the postpartum period could mediate any association between alcohol use and divorce. The data were part of the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, and analyses of the present...

a lithium borate thermoluminescence dosimeter with 0.3 wt% of manganese impurityconcentration was prepared for high dose levels in the range of 1-30 kgy for gamma irradiation applications.the tld reader was used for read out purposes from ambient temperature to about 400°c with a heating rate of 6°c/sec. the pre- and post- irradiation anneal temperature was 300°c for 1.5 and 1 hours respectivel...