introduction: air temperature as an important climatic factor can influence variability and distribution of other climatic parameters. therefore, tracking the changes in air temperature is a popular procedure in climate change studies.. according to the national academy in the last decade, global temperature has raised 0.4 to 0.8⁰c. instrumental records show that, with the exception of 1998, th...

background & objectives: tubular adenomas are rare benign epithelial tumours of breast affecting predominantly females of child bearing age group. till now, very small number of cases have been reported in the literature. present study was carried out to evaluate the clinico-pathological features of tubular adenoma cases diagnosed during three years study period along with discussion of pos...

BACKGROUND Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus has been circulating in human population for three epidemic seasons. During this time, monovalent pandemic and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccination against this virus have been offered to Finnish healthcare professionals. It is, however, unclear how well vaccine-induced antibodies recognize different strains of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 circulating in th...

The 2009 Typhoon Morakot triggered numerous landslides in southern Taiwan, and the landslide ratios Ailiao Tamali river watershed were 7.6% 10.7%, respectively. sediment yields from that deposited gullies narrow reaches upstream of watersheds dominated recovery evolution 2010 to 2015. Rainfall records annual inventories 2005 2015 used analyze identify hotspots. time after was estimated as 5 yea...

To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on the severity of withdrawal reaction during rapid opiate detoxification (ROD), forty adult male subjects addicted to opioids and scheduled for ROD by naloxone were randomly divided into acupuncture and control groups. In the acupuncture group during three consecutive days immediately before induction of ROD, body acupuncture was performed while in the con...

Background: One of the important aspects of the epidemiologic study of suicide and its related behaviors is the identification of suicide methods. This study aimed to investigate the geographical epidemiology of common methods of suicide and suicide attempts in Fars Province located in Southwestern Iran during the years 2010-2013. Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted on 17,...

To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on the severity of withdrawal reaction during rapid opiate detoxification (ROD), forty adult male subjects addicted to opioids and scheduled for ROD by naloxone were randomly divided into acupuncture and control groups. In the acupuncture group during three consecutive days immediately before induction of ROD, body acupuncture was performed while in the con...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to examine trends in predicted 10-year risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) from 1999 to 2000 and from 2009 to 2010 among adults in the United States. BACKGROUND Examining trends in predicted risk for CHD and CVD may offer insights into the direction of cardiovascular health. METHODS Data from 7,751 fasting partici...