background: determining the temporal variation and forecasting the incidence of smear positive tuberculosis (tb) can play an important role in promoting the tb control program. its results may be used as a decision-supportive tool for planning and allocating resources. the present study forecasts the incidence of smear positive tb in iran. methods: this a longitudinal study using monthly tuberc...

OBJECTIVE The current study examined competing predictions of the default mode, cognitive neuroenergetic, and functional working memory models of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) regarding the relation between neurocognitive impairments in working memory and intraindividual variability. METHOD Twenty-two children with ADHD and 15 typically developing children were assessed on m...

Sarcoidosis and TB, the two most common benign causes of mediastinal lymphadenopathy, share remarkable clinical, radiologic, and histologic similarities. 1 Diff erentiation between the two remains a diffi cult task for pulmonary physicians, particularly in countries with a high burden of TB. 2 We performed a dual-time point 18 F-fl uorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT scan in 117 consecutive patients ...

Sarcoidosis and TB, the two most common benign causes of mediastinal lymphadenopathy, share remarkable clinical, radiologic, and histologic similarities. 1 Diff erentiation between the two remains a diffi cult task for pulmonary physicians, particularly in countries with a high burden of TB. 2 We performed a dual-time point 18 F-fl uorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT scan in 117 consecutive patients ...

One of the main benefits of service-based systems is the loose coupling of components, which allows for flexibility in the selection of internal and external business partners. However, currently this flexibility is severely limited by the fact that components have to provide not only the same functionality, but do so via virtually the same interface. Invocation-level mediation may be used to o...

Grounded in achievement goal theory and self-determination theory, this cross-sectional study examined the relationship between perceived motivational climate and individuals' motivation as well as the mediation effect of psychobiosocial states as conceptualised within the individual zones of optimal functioning (IZOF) model. Young students (N = 167, age range 14-15 years) taking part in physic...

Data sources in i-mediation, following property-based security policies, aim at supporting a wide range of potential clients, which are in general unknown in advance and may belong to heterogeneous and autonomous security domains. This raises the challenge how remote and autonomous entities can agree on a common understanding of certified properties, and other issues related to these properties...

multidrug-resistant (mdr) and extensively drug-resistant (xdr) tuberculosis (tb) are increasing globally. treatment options for these patients are very limited. although treatment of these patients with standardized regimen is associated with high mortality and morbidity, rational usage of new drugs might be promising. in this study we will review epidemiology of xdr-tb and tdr-tb in iran and t...

the present study aimed to explore some risk factors affected the mean of the number of tuberculosis (tb) in west azerbaijan province, iran between 2001 and 2010.our time series study analyzed the data of 2,560 tb patients as registered with tb patients care system in west azerbaijan province from early 2001 to 2010. a checklist was prepared for collecting the data and they were then analyzed i...