Introduction: Regarding the cross contamina-tion, prevention from infection is of high prior‌ity. The aim of this research was assessment of knowledge and attitude of dental students toward infection control in endodontics depart‌ment of faculty of dentistry, Babol Uni‌versity of medi‌cal sciences.  Materials and Methods: The study was accom‌plished among 8th, 10th and 12th grade dental s...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an alarming threat to health of mankind, yet its pathogenesis is unclear. The purpose of this study was to find potential biomarkers to serve as indicators for the pathogenesis of DM in a time course manner. Based on our previous findings that oxidative stress occurred at week 8, aorta lysate and sera of 102 streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic and 85 control male Spr...

The present study was undertaken to elucidate pathophysiological and pharmacological alterations in the right ventricle in monocrotaline-administered (MCT) rats. Examination of tissue weights of the MCT and age-matched control (CON) rats indicated the right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy until 8 weeks after a single subcutaneous administration of 60 mg/kg MCT. Apparent fibrosis in the right ventr...

l-carnitine as a water soluble derivative of lysine has a crucial biological role in lipid metabolism. present experiment was conducted to study the effect of l-carnitine supplementation into broiler and/or breeder diets on broilers' performance, blood related factors, carcass characteristics and immune system. l-carnitine was added to the broiler breeder's diets at levels of 0, and 6...

BACKGROUND Chronic ingestion of ethanol increases acetaldehyde and leads to the production of acetaldehyde-derived advanced glycation end-products (AA-AGE). We evaluated the toxicity of AA-AGE on hepatocytes and studied the role of AA-AGE in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). METHODS Rat hepatocyte cultures were treated with N-ethyllysine (NEL) or AA-AGE and the cell viability...

Background: Borderline Personality disorder is a disabling disease affecting 2% of general population. Various drugs have been suggested for treatment of borderline Personality disorder. If a drug could alleviate a wide range of symptoms, it would be more suitable. In these disorders drug addiction is very common. This fact makes the symptoms complicated and the treatment more difficult. This...

melasma is a common acquired skin disorder. while different treatments are currently being used, in many cases it is refractory to treatment. according to the effects of topical steroids in decreasing skin pigmentation, we studied the efficacy of this new method for treatment of melasma. a total of 42 women with facial melasma, admitted to the department of dermatology of hamadan, were enrolled...

OBJECTIVE Ibuprofen and pregabalin both have independent positive effects on postoperative pain. The aim of the study is researching effect of 800 mg i.v. ibuprofen in addition to preoperative single dose pregabalin on postoperative analgesia and morphine consumption in posterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS 42 adult ASA I-II physical status patients received 150 mg ...

White rot fungi have one of the most efficient oxidative lignin degradation systems, and present an enzymatic complex that is responsible for digesting lignocellulosic matter. The aim this study was to evaluate production laccase total peroxidases by Ganoderma lucidum via solid-state fermentation using açaí seeds marupá (Simarouba amara) sawdust unsupplemented supplemented with wheat, corn rice...