background: several studies have suggested that obesity-related inflammation can lead to altered iron metabolism as well as higher rates of iron deficiency in obese than in normal-weight subjects. given that at a population level, premenopausal women are at higher risk of iron deficiency, the purpose of this study was to investigate iron and inflammatory status in young overweight and obese wom...

background: re-emergence of pertussis has been reported in iran despite a high rate of vaccination coverage. low efficacy of the vaccine might be due to the genetic divergence between clinical versus vaccine strains. in the current study, the genetic profiles of clinical isolates and vaccine strains of bordetella pertussis (b. pertussis) were assessed by using pulsed field gel electrophoresis (...

background: salmonellosis is one of the most importantzoonotic diseases throughout the world. objectives: thepurpose of this study was to characterize a large collection ofsalmonella isolates from different poultry sources in iran.methods: a total of 123 salmonella isolates from differentpoultry sources were subjected to drug susceptibility test,hemolysin production, motility test, and plasmid ...

for many years, researchers have studied high accuracy methods for recognizing the handwriting and achieved many significant improvements. however, an issue that has rarely been studied is the speed of these methods. considering the computer hardware limitations, it is necessary for these methods to run in high speed. one of the methods to increase the processing speed is to use the computer pa...

enterococci are gram positive and catalase- negative cocci that are found in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals and birds, and are readily isolated from soil, surface and waters. the aim of this study was to discriminate between enterococcus isolates based on repetitive element sequence based –pcr (rep-pcr) with the boxa2r primer and their antibiotics profile. enterococci isolates were obtai...

voltage profile and losses are important factors in a distribution network in which there arevariety of ways to improve them. in this paper, distributed generation (dg) is used as a solutionto improve the above characteristics. backward/forward sweep load flow algorithm is used dueto the inefficiency of usual load flow algorithms because of high r/x ratio and their lack ofconvergence in distrib...

background: regular moderate intensity physical activity and lipid lowering effects of nigella sativa(n. sativa) supplementation may be appropriate management for sedentary overweight females. therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the effects of long-term n. sativasupplementation and aerobic training on lipid profile and maximal oxygen consumption (vo2max) in sedentary overweig...

the concentration of adiponectin, a hormone which is secreted from adipose tissue, is inversely correlated with body fat mass. this hormone has anti inflammatory and anti atherogenic properties. its concentration reduces in metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. this study reviews the evidence on the relationship between serum adiponectin concentration and lipid profile. in this study ...

the association between overt hypothyroidism and altered lipid profile is well known, whereas the significance of dyslipidemia in subclinical hypothyroidism (sch) is still a matter of debate. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the lipid profile in patients with sch in comparison to controls. serum lipid parameters of 34 patients with sch and 34 age- and sex-matched healthy controls we...