BACKGROUND An examination of cancer incidence patterns in American Indians and Alaska Native (AI/AN) young adults may provide insight into their present and future cancer burden. METHODS To reduce racial misclassification, incidence data were linked with the Indian Health Service (IHS) patient services database. Age-adjusted cancer incidence rates per 100,000 (AAR) and corresponding rate rati...

OBJECTIVE Although the state of Oklahoma has traditionally reported very high incidence rates of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) cases, the incidence of RMSF among the American Indian population of the state has not been studied. The authors used data from several sources to estimate the incidence of RMSF among American Indians in Oklahoma. METHODS The authors retrospectively reviewed an ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the performance of students selected for midwifery education by three methods: community mobilization in rural Afghanistan, a regional examination by the Institute of Health Sciences (IHS), and the National University Entrance Examination (NUEE). METHODS A retrospective survey was conducted in January 2009 on academic records of 178 midwives trained at the IHS in Herat, i...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies evaluating treatments for infantile hemangiomas have produced inconsistent results. A meta-analysis of published data was conducted to investigate the effectiveness and safety of oral propranolol versus other treatments for infantile hemangiomas. METHODS A meta-analysis was conducted based on literature (published from 1960 to December 1, 2014) found on the ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To better understand the features of migraine in Meniere's disease (MD). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of prospectively obtained surveys in an outpatient clinic of a tertiary medical center. METHODS Detailed questionnaires on headaches and dizziness were given to consecutive patients presenting with dizziness. The responses were verified by the clinician with the p...

The natural log and categorical transformations commonly applied to wealth for meeting the statistical assumptions of research may not always be appropriate for adjusting for skewness given wealth's unique properties. Finding and applying appropriate transformations is becoming increasingly important as researchers consider wealth as a predictor of well-being. We present an alternative transfor...

Abstract— In this paper, we present feedback retina model combined with IHS model for fusion of multispectral (SPOT) and panchromatic (IKONOS) images. Multispectral images are limited by low spatial resolution. So, combining of lowresolution multi-spectral and high-resolution panchromatic images is a way for improving the spatial quality of multispectral images. An ideal fusion process preserve...

The onset of post-traumatic headache (PTC) occurs in the first seven days after trauma, according to the International Headache Society (IHS) classification. The objective of this study was to evaluate the several forms of headache that appear after mild head injury (HI) and time interval between the HI and the onset of pain. We evaluated 41 patients with diagnosis of mild HI following the IHS ...

Compound infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are problematic and usually require intervention. This retrospective study aimed to introduce a combined therapy of oral propranolol and topical timolol, and evaluate its efficacy and safety. Eighty-nine infants with compound IHs were treated with oral propranolol 2 mg/kg/day divided 2 times per day and timolol maleate 0.5% gel 3 times per day, for at least ...

سابقه و هدف: امروزه صنعتی شدن توسعه شهرنشینی باعث آلودگی هوا در اکثر کلان‌شهرهای جهان شده است سالانه میلیون­ ها نفر به ­علت جان خود را از دست می­ دهند. ﺑﺎ ﺗﻮﺟﻪ ﺑﻪ ﻣﺤﺪود ﺑﻮدن ﺷﺒﻜﻪ اﻳﺴﺘﮕﺎه‌ﻫﺎى ﭘﺎﻳﺶ آﻻﻳﻨﺪه‌ﻫﺎى ﻫﻮا ﻏﻴﺮ اﻗﺘﺼﺎدى اﻓﺰاﻳﺶ ﺗﻌﺪاد این اﻳﺴــﺘﮕﺎه‌ﻫا سطح شهرها، دﺳﺖ‌ﻳﺎﺑﻰ ﭘﻮﺷــﺶ ﻣﻜﺎﻧﻰ زﻣﺎﻧﻰ ﻣﻨﺎﺳــﺐ برای ﻧﺸﺎن دادن ﺗﻐﻴﻴﺮات ﻏﻠﻈﺖ ذرات آلاینده ﺑﺴﻴﺎر دﺷﻮار اﺳﺖ. بر اساس پژوهش حاضر با هدف تهیه نقشه ­ها...