Fundamental Stokes Eigenmodes in the Square: Which Expansion Is More Accurate, Chebyshev or Reid?Harris?

Blood lead level in opium abuse. Which is more dangerous? Opium smoking or opium ingestion?

Social Support or Organizational Support: Which One Is More Predictive of Job Burnout in workers?

  Introduction: Social and organizational supports are effective factors closely related to job burnout and Due to the limited studies in this area on Iranian workers, this study aims to determine the predictability of social support and organizational support in  job burnout for workers in Yazd. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 200 textile workers in Yazd through str...

Which Is More Prominent in Recurrent Hydatidiform Mole, Ovum or Sperm?

Recurrent hydatidiform mole is defined as episodes of two molar pregnancies in a female. Often, complete moles onlyderive androgenic nuclear genome. We described two cases with repeated molar pregnancies attempted to preventfuture episodes by performing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)to assess genetic disorders. The first pat...

Cholinesterase Level in Erythrocyte or Serum: Which is More Predictive of the Clinical Outcome in Patients with Acute Organophosphate Poisoning?

Background: Acute organophosphate poisoning (AOPP) is related to several clinical complications that may be fatal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of demographic, clinical and laboratory findings on AOPP outcome. Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, medical records of all patients with AOPP admitted to Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran, were reviewed from Jan...

Concise, intensive or longitudinal medical education courses, which is more effective in perceived self-efficacy and development of faculty members?

  Background: Teachers’ self-efficacy and development may be conceptualized as their beliefs in their own ability to plan, organize and carry out activities that are required to attain educational goals. In this study, we examined the effect of different medical education training courses (six-day, one- month short- term and six-month long- term courses) on perceived self-effica...