late neoproterozoic-early cambrian schists have been occurred in southwest of zanjan city from the soltanieh belt. the soltanieh belt in northwest of iran is uplifted basement of precambrian-paleozoic in main central iran zone and includes outcrops of precambrian, paleozoic and mesozoic formations. late neoproterozoic-early cambrian schists, the oldest stratigraphy unit in the region, consist o...

field experiment was conducted in 2008 at the research field of agricultural college of shiraz university, shiraz, iran to investigate the effects of urban waste compost (uwc), manure and chemical fertilizer on the initial growth of corn (zea mays). experimental design was split plot factorial with three replications. main plots were assigned to nitrogen (n) fertilizer (0 and 200 kg n ha-1), an...

pistacia atlantica is the most important tree species for the economy of many rural areas in west of iran, but no effort has been made for the genetic improvement of this species. the aim of this investigation was to study the genetic variation and inheritance of early growth traits in p. atlantica. for this purpose, three wild pistachio populations comprising 60 randomly selected adult trees f...

background: early childhood caries (ecc) in the earliest stage is preventable. the studies indicate oral bacteria play an important role in pathogenesis of dental caries. according to high prevalence of ecc, alternative therapies should be explored in order to reduce the occurrence of it. aim: this study aims to assess the effectiveness of a product containing povidone iodine 10% and sodium flu...

objective: the interest in cosmetic surgery has increased dramatically during recent years and psychologists have focused on the associations of this interest. the present study aimed to compare cosmetic surgery patients and normal individuals in terms of their early maladaptive schemas (emss), body image (bi), and self-esteem, as well as investigate the relationships of emss and self-esteem wi...

anxiety affects the culture of society so that content of each culture has permanent effects on behavior, feeling and psychological features of people. the purpose of this research was the comparison of early maladaptive schemas between two ethnic groups (i.e. kurds and the persians students) with high and low levels of trait anxiety. the research design was descriptive and ex post facto type. ...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, ahmadabadi f, jafari n, jabbehdari s, alaee mr, ghofrani m, taghdiri mm, tonekaboni sh. biotinidase deficiency: a reversible neurometabolic disorder (an iranian pediatric case series). iran j child neurol. 2013 autumn; 7(4):47- 52.   objective biotinidase deficiency is one of the rare congenital metabolic disorders with autosomal recessive inheritance. if...

early warning systems are key components of strategies to reduce risk. this research, by adopting a systematic approach in the management of the risk of desertification and by including previously developed models and systems, offers an integrated efficient structure in terms of early warning for the risk of desertification as a pilot system for semi-arid areas of west golestan province in iran...

early screening of autism increases the chance of receiving timely intervention. using the parent report questionnaires is effective in screening autism. the q-chat is a new instrument that has shown several advantages than other screening tools. because there is no adequate tool for the early screening of autistic traits in iranian children, we aimed to investigate the adequacy of the persian ...