purpose : to compare the serum homocysteine (hcy) level in healthy control individuals and in patient with primary open angle glaucoma (poag) and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (pexg) methods : in this cross sectional study, 79 subjects including 36 patients with pexg, 23 patients with poag, and 20 matched healthy control individuals were recruited. those who used alcohol and mediations affecting h...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens (pciol) implantation on intraocular pressure (iop) in eyes with chronic angle-closure glaucoma. methods: twenty-two patients with chronic angle-closure glaucoma (cacg) and visually significant cataract were included in our study. all were underwent phacoemulsification and pciol implantation. iop, depth...

The results of computational and experimental studies a model hypersonic convergent air intake are presented. Experimental were carried out in hot-shot wind tunnel IT-302M SB RAS at Mach number M = 5.7 an angle attack α 4 °. Numerical modeling was three-dimensional setting the ANSYS Fluent software package. calculations versions using different turbulence models: k- ɛ standard, RNG ɛ, ɷ standar...

introduction: nowadays,  considerable developments  in  the field  of  radiotherapy have  been  achieved.  they  include  the  advances  made  in  the  equipments  and  treatment  planning  techniques  which  require  highly complex calculations. such achievements have made it possible to treat cancer patients not only  with  higher  radiation  dose  but  also  with  higher  precision  and  con...

purpose: to evaluate all cases of drug induced angle closure glaucoma cases who presented to feiz hospital, isfahan during 2008-2010. case report: in this retrospective case series, we present 7 cases of drug induced angle closure glaucoma after administration of topiramate. all patients were female. the average age of patients was 33.28 years old (ranging from 19 to 44). with sufficient cornea...

The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the efficiency of the FR-3 appliance on functional Cl III malocclusion cases. A total of 45 functional Cl III cases were chosen from a general clinic intake of which 25 were treated with the FR-3 appliance and 20 were untreated and were taken as a control group. Patients that were treated with FR-3 had the following characteristics: Cl III with ...

background: linear and angular measurements such as a point, nasion, b point (anb) angle and wits appraisal index are not accurate enough to evaluate sagittal relationship of the jaws. the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the range of ì and â angles in 6-17-year-old children of isfahan, having normal occlusion. materials and methods: this was an analytical descriptive study. for th...

organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides are likely to pollute lipid-containing food sources, like milk (3-5% fat), owing to their lipophilicity, thereby jeopardizing the benefits of milk as a health food. pesticide load in bovine milk may be from the leaching of pesticides persisting in the adipose tissue of the animal, or through direct contamination during milking or improper handling o...

nutritional status during adolescence plays an important role in human lifecycle. the aim of this study was nutritional status and dietary intake among adolescent girls. in a cross sectional study, using two stage cluster sampling 256 adolescent girls were randomly selected from 8 semnan secondary schools. weight and height were measured and body mass index (bmi) was calculated. in adolescents,...