BACKGROUND The purpose of the current study was to investigate the pathological characteristics of chronic kidney diseases in the Tibet plateau and the plain. METHODS 77 cases from the Tibet plateau and 154 cases from the plain of renal biopsied patients with chronic kidney diseases were compared in a randomized, and parallel controlled manner. Pathological characteristics were defined accord...

Recent environmental developments have stimulated an interest in conservation and restoration of the historical Willamette River flood plain, both to protect against flooding and to provide wildlife habitat. In order to best utilize scarce resources, we characterized historical and modern river channel and flood-plain conditions to evaluate changes and help prioritize restoration sites. Using c...

This document describes AUTHIDX, a package for automatic generation of author/editor indexes, and citation page references, with AmSTEX, LATEX, e-plain TEX, and plain TEX.

the main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of farmer field school project on improving date growers' information regarding integrated pest management in abadan county. the research was done through a descriptive survey by the use of quantitative paradigm. the statistical population consisted of two independent groups. the first: date growers who had been trained through i...

background if skeletal system does not have a correct form in childhood, certainly person will face many problems in the later stages of life. this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of skeletal disorders in primary school students in abadan, 2015. materials and methods  this cross-sectional study was conducted on 383 primary school students in abadan, iran, which were selected by cluster s...

background one of the main job problems, which usually can be seen pressures of job among human organizational service workers, is burnout phenomenon. the purpose of this study was to determine the perceived levels of relationship between burnout and the public health for teacher working in abadan high schools. material and methods this is a descriptive cross - sectional study that sampling met...

conclusions hemodialysis patients are high risk group for toxoplasmosis and should be tested periodically to prevent the dissemination of toxoplasmosis during dialysis. objectives the aim of this study was to determinate the anti- toxoplasma antibodies in hemodialysis patients of abadan and khoramshahr, southwest of iran. materials and methods sera of 150 patients (test group) aged 21 to 87 yea...