methods fifty-three patients who were treated at the department of gastroenterology and hepatology of the university clinic essen from 2008 to 2013 included in this retrospective study. laboratory parameters were used to calculate non-invasive markers for liver fiibrosis. every patient underwent a liver biopsy within 6 months of the liver stiffness measurement. objectives autoimmune hepatitis (...

performance evaluation of different organizations, is considered as a very important issue in the present literature. among the organizations, insurance companies, as part of protective services and with compensating roles in the economy of each country, have been studied extensively. it is maintained that successful operation of these industries will motivate other industries as well. in order...

background: accurate identification of sheep nematodes is a critical point in epidemiological studies and monitoring of drug resistance in flocks. however, due to a close morphological similarity between the eggs and larval stages of many of these nematodes,such identification is not a trivial task. there are a number of studies showing that molecular targets in ribosomal dna (internal transcri...

background: several studies have demonstrated an increased risk of congenital hypothyroidism (ch) in girls in comparison to boys. objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the potential interactions that are able to change the effect of gender on congenital hypothyroidism. patients and methods: we conducted a matched 1:4 case-control study in hamadan province, western of iran, from 200...

the study was carried out for a period of 150 days on 120 holstein friesian crossbred dairy cows between mid to late lactation to quantify the influence of body condition score (bcs) on yield and composition of milk. total 12 dairy farms having same housing systems and holding at least 20 crossbred dairy cows per farm between mid to late lactation were selected for this study purposes. bcs of i...

background : hyperbaric and isobaric bupivacaine has been shown to reduce bispectral index (bis) during spinal anesthesia. the aim of this study was to compare the effect of isobaric bupivacaine and hyperbaric bupivacaine on the bis during cesarean section with spinal anesthesia. methods : in this double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial, 84 pregnant women with asa ( american society o...

background: motherhood is a transformative and pleasing experience in a woman’s life. however, given the physical and psychological changes, it can induce a degree of stress and anxiety in mothers. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of cognitive-behavioral stress management (cbsm) on maternal anxiety and depression during pregnancy and newborns’ apgar scores. methods: this...

background: articular cartilage injuries are a common clinical problem at the time of acl reconstruction with an incidence rate of 16-46%. good results of acl reconstruction combined with the treatment of chondral lesions have been published in some studies. method: after statistical analysis 30 patients were selected and divided in 2 groups. theffirst group consisted of 15 patients wite isolat...

unreliability of financial statements in iran has urged this country’s financial services industry management to manipulate practices by which they could gain reliable risk scores for borrowers. this research extracts the most influential qualitative factors that would impact the default of a business relationship borrower. solicitation of the factors is done through delphi methodology. the mea...

Building on our previous work in score following, we suggest that research on musical pattern significance, representation and categorization can be usefully integrated into a score follower to automatically identify unique melodic signatures in a composition. These signatures may then be calculated and analyzed over the entirety of a composition providing anchor points. Anchor points replace w...