Reproductive-age women were given identically prepared mestranol or ethynylestradiol orally for two consecutive 21 day cycles in doses ranging from 50 to 100 mug per day. Endometrial biopsies were obtained at the end of the second cycle and assessed for estrogenic effect. At these dose levels and with this treatment regimen, no differences could be detected between doses or between drugs, indic...

In the introduction to this theme issue, Honing et al. suggest that the origins of musicality--the capacity that makes it possible for us to perceive, appreciate and produce music--can be pursued productively by searching for components of musicality in other species. Recent studies have highlighted that the behavioural relevance of stimuli to animals and the relation of experimental procedures...

introduction: in health care, emphasis on basic human rights is especially important. patient’s privacy protection becomes important when the human is exposed to shortcomings of social and health systems. this study was performed to compare the patient’s rights in developed countries and suggest a proper model for iran. methods: this research was a comparative and descriptive case study. resear...

extended abstract introduction school of modernism started between 1920 until 1930 in both sides of atlantic ocean. however, one can see its signs in the first movements in planning about the garden city ideas. the idea of modernism happened at the same time in architecture and this paradigm was dominant until late 1960. in twentieth century, the limitations of natural resources were understoo...

lack of scientific and confirmed researches and expert knowledge about evaluation systems for clinical governance development in iran have made studies on different evaluation systems for clinical governance development a necessity. these studies must provide applied strategies to design criteria of implementing clinical governance for hospital's accreditation. this is a descriptive and compara...

The Holy Quran, as an Arabic masterpiece, comprises great domains of syntactical, phonological, and semantic literary patterns. These patterns work as the shackle of translators. This study examined the application of the most common shift strategies in Catford‟s linguistic model for translation of topicalization in chapter 29 of the Holy Quran. The topicalized cases were compared to their coun...

background & aim: comparison of existing curriculums together helps to identify strengths and weaknesses of the program and provide to improve healthy competition. this study aimed to compare geriatric nursing curriculum in iran and ireland. methods & materials: this study was carried out in 2015 using beredy model. research community was geriatric nursing curriculums in iran and ireland. compa...