objective(s): diagnostic nuclear medicine is being increasingly employed in clinical practice with the advent of new technologies and radiopharmaceuticals. the report of the prevalence of a certain disease is important for assessing the quality of that article. therefore, this study was performed to evaluate the quality of published nuclear medicine articles and determine the frequency of repor...

background and aim: urinary tract infections (uti) are common cause of morbidity and mortality especially in young children around the world. pyelonephritis can lead to scar formation, and subsequent hypertension and renal failure. interleukins play a major role in renal scar formation following febrile pyelonephritis. the aim of this study was to investigate the level of urinary interleukin-6 ...

background: inflammation and pain induced by delayed onset muscle soreness (doms) as a result of eccentric exercise (ee) or unaccustomed activity cause some difficulties in exercise for athletes. the purpose of this study was to survey the effect of ginger extract on biochemical and functional symptom of delayed onset muscle soreness.   methods : in a quasi-experimental study, 36 healthy female...

the postharvest vase life of cut roses was studied to determine the effects of various physiological factors that influence the vase life of cut flower. cut roses were obtained from commercial area of siliguri. to assess the effect of preservatives on the postharvest life of rose, cut flowers were treated with following preservative solutions: fixed amount of citric acid (ca) (300 mg/ml) and 8-...

background and aims:in neurodegenerative disorders,oxidative stress mediated by reactive oxygen species is strongly associated with increased neuronal damages which can lead to apoptosis. pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic gene expressions are changed during the cell differentiation that affect cell viability and differentiation. therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effects of hyd...

the recognition of the biologically and environmentally important ions is of great interest in the field of chemical sensors in recent years. the fluorescent sensors as a powerful optical analytical technique for the detection of low level of various analytes such as anions and metal cations have been progressively developed due to the simplicity, cost effective, and selectivity for monitoring ...

tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyran derivatives 1 were utilized for the synthesis of several new pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives 2. compound 2 was obtained in the presence of ac2o/h2so4 (as a catalyst) and was confirmed by spectroscopic data such as ir, 1h nmr and 13c nmr. ab initio calculation was carried out to study geometric optimization, thermodynamic parameters, aromaticity and dynamic process of...

to study the effects of drought stress and foliar application with salicylic acid on yield andit’s components and percentage of essential oil of nigella sativa l., a field experiment was conducted as split plot based on randomized complete block design with three replications at research farm of shahid bahonar university of kerman during growing season of 2013- 2014. the main factor was drought...