background and purpose: salmonella is a group of enterobacterias that cause infectious diseases in human and animals. typhoid, bacteremia, enterocolitis and salmonellosis which are caused by this bacterium are considered major health concerns in developing countries, such as iran. quick, accurate, reliable and early diagnosis is vital to prevent salmonella outbreak. materials and methods: there...

we investigated the use of dna amplification by polymerase chain reaction (per) for detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis in 300 patients who were suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis and compared the results with culture results which were performed in parallel with pcr. two-thirds of each sample was processed for smear and culture by standard methods and one-third was prepared for dna...

background: the ultrasonography probes are cleaned by absorbent soft, dry cloth. this question arose whether linear and convex ultrasound probes coupling with gel could perform as a means for nosocomial infections transmission, and which method is economical and more efficient for cleaning the probes. this study was conducted to answer these questions. methods: one hundred – ninety two patients...

An all-optical non-inverted parity generator and checker based on semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) are proposed with four-wave mixing (FWM) cross-gain modulation (XGM) non-linear effects. A 2-bit using by exclusive NOR (XNOR) OR (XOR) gates implemented first SOA second 10 Gb/s return-to-zero (RZ) code, respectively. The check bits provided adjusting the center wavelength of tunable bandp...

The phase equilibria of Bi-Te-RE (Yb, Nd, Sm, Er, Tb) at 673 K were established through equilibrated alloys. isothermal sections according to the result Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), probe micro-analysis (EPMA), and Powder X-ray diffractometry (XRD). In Bi-Te-Yb system K, existence 4 three-phase (YbTe+Bi2Te3+Te, YbTe+Bi2Te3+?, YbTe+Bi+?, YbTe+Yb5Bi3+Yb4Bi3) was established, while 3 region...

The dynamic stability of a composite plate with external electrorheological (ER) damper subjected to an axial periodic load is investigated. Electrorheological fluids are a class of smart materials, which exhibit reversible changes in mechanical properties when subjected to an electric field. As a result, the dynamic behavior of the structure is changed. The ER damper is used for suppressing th...

Objective(s): This paper describes synthesisPolyvinyl Alcohol/CaF2:Er nanofibers because of  its  photoluminescence properties.Materials and Methods:  First, CaF2:Er nanocomposite synthesized with co-precipitation method. In order to prepare polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/CaF2:Er nanofibers, CaF2:Er nanocomposites were added to the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer. PVA/CaF2:Er composite nanofibers were...