background: visfatin is a new adipocytokine which is largely secreted by visceral adipose tissue and its effects in the development of diabetes and inflammatory reactions are similar to insulin. it acts synergistically with insulin in increasing glucose cellular uptake, stimulating glucose transfer to the muscle and adipose tissue, as well as in preventing hepatic glucose production. its insuli...

background the occurrence of invasive candida infections has increased during the past two decades as a result of increasing in the number of immunocompromised patients. conclusions increase in the prevalence of non-c. albicans species in the recent years has become a problematic event amongst clinicians caring for icu patients. candida glabrata is the most common species isolated from icu pati...

background: papillon-lefevre syndrome (pls) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and early development of aggressive pe-riodontitis. although cathepsin c (ctsc) gene mutations have been established in about 70-80% of pls patients, it is assumed that the patients may have dysfunctioning of immune defense mechanisms. objective: to assess the associat...

using new approaches to optimize the process of power transmission line routing can solve many complex problems which power transmission line routing decision-makers are faced. due to the expansion of involved parameters we can consider multi-objective evolutionary algorithms as appropriate method in this area. in this thesis with using multi-objective evolutionary algorithms nsga-ii and offere...

background: in recent years, various toxic chemicals/compounds have been widely detected at dangerous levels in drinking water in many parts of the world posing a variety of serious health risks to human beings. one of these toxic chemicals is lead, so this paper aimed to evaluate of efficiency coconut husk as cheap adsorbent for removal lead under different conditions. methods: in the spring o...

objective: the aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of hypertension and type ii diabetes in elderly iranianresidents of the kahrizak charity foundation(kcf). materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, a total of two hundred sixty eight men and women ≥60 years were studied. the data were collected during annual health examination of the elderly residents in kcf. ...