this report presents a case of vertebral artery dissection (vad), which was misdiagnosed as cerebrovascular accident (cva) in initial examinations.in this case, a 33-year old woman, who was involved in a car accident, was referred to khoy legal medicine centre by traffic court two months after the accident.the patient was examined by the author, who was on an assignment at the centre.at this ti...

Dear Editor-in-Chief On January 28, the city of Khoy (the northwest of Iran) was struck by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale at 21:44:44 and a depth of 7 km, X: 45.01 and Y: 38.05 (1). This earthquake occurred 117 kilometers from Urmia, the capital of the West Azerbaijan Province. Over 370,000 people were affected by this earthquake, which resulted in three death...

introduction: intensified agriculture over a long-term is an important factor in soil change phenomena that can cause some unwanted effects on soil properties. to examine this hypothesis, chemical properties of the soils under sunflower cultivation over five decades and adjoining virgin lands were investigated in order to monitor changes caused by long-term cropping. the studied soils are influ...

introduction in recent decades, a large variety of science experts, including geology and mine scientists, have considered remote sensing technology as one of the most important instruments to receive information. access to hyper spectral data is one of the main evolutions in the remote sensing technology. the main feature of the technology is its application in identification of minerals and d...

Micronutrients are well known to play an important role in the maintenance of health. Alterations in maternal-fetal disposition of some essential micronutrients could be a potential health risk for mother as well as the fetus. A longitudinal study was conducted in Khoy city located in North West of Iran to investigate maternal nutrient intake and maternal serum micronutrients and their relation...

assessing health beliefs and breast cancer early detection behaviors among female healthcare providers in tabriz health centers     mokhtary l [1] *, khorami marekani a [2] , habibpour z [3]     received: 2 mar, 2013 accepted: 4 may, 2013     abstract:   background & aims : breast cancer is the most common cancer among females. in iran 10.7% of cancers are related to breast cancer. early detect...

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the attitude of students of nursing and public health faculty on their teachers’ evaluation, 2011 motaarefi h , orujlu s *, habibzade h , sakhaie sh received: 24 aug , 2013 accepted: 23 nov , 2013 abstract background & aims: medical universities need to the competent and motivated teachers as an important factor in education and training of the students. understanding the affecting factors on t...

     Investigation of drought event has a great importance in the natural resources and water resources management and planning. In this research, the effect of the climate change on drought characteristics in Khoy station was investigated using the HadCM3 model under B2 scenario. The statistical downscaling was executed using SDSM 4.2.9 and observed daily precipitation, observed predictors and...