This brief biography is consecrated to a scientist who has spent more than sixty years of his life on the study of Iranian plants and made a significant contribution to our knowledge of botany in Iran. Dr. Musa Iranshahr was born on 7 December 1923 in Tabriz (Iran). He did his elementary and high school where he was born. After graduating from Faculty of Agriculture, TehranUniversity, he receiv...

There seems to be very few signs of the politeness peculiar to Iranians, when considering information ethics in Iranian library and information science scene. An expressed dissatisfaction appears to exist with library services among users studied in some dissertations on user satisfaction in library and information science in Iran. In spite of this fact that might be at least partly related to ...

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background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is a disease of the immune system that creates damage of learning and memory in that. using probiotic supplements is recommended for preventing ms disease and improving memory. this study aimed to investigate the effect of lactobacillus plantarum (lp) and bifidobacterium b94 (bb94), on acquisition phase of spatial memory in the local demyelination of rats` hi...

A 48-year-old gentleman presented with abdominal pain for 1 year. He had undergone an abdominal surgery for recurrent abdominal pain 10 years back, details of which were not available. Clinical examination, blood chemistries and ultrasound were normal. He underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy for evaluation of abdominal pain. Endoscopic examination revealed evidence of gastrojejunostomy with nor...

Phagosomes containing the bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila are transported to the ER after macrophage internalization. To modulate phagosome transport, Legionella use a specialized secretion system that injects bacterial proteins into eukaryotic cells. This review will focus on recent studies that have identified bacterial proteins and host processes that play a concerted role in trans...

Streptococcus suis is an emerging zoonotic pathogen, and infection is easily misidentified. The first human case in Taiwan was reported in a swine farmer in 1994. Hsueh et al reported six isolates of Streptococcus acidominimus using commercial identification systems but later identified them as S. suis using 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis. We also identified S. suis meningitis (initially mis...