OBJECTIVES Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the fourth most common cause of cancer death in the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the provincial distribution of the incidence of CRC across Iran. METHODS This epidemiologic study used data from the National Cancer Registry of Iran and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Healt...

BACKGROUND Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a common, chronic disease worldwide. The weekly prevalence of reflux in developed countriesis 10% to 48%. It has previously been reported as 5% in Asian countries, but new reports show a higher level in both Asian and Arab countries. In Iran, reflux has increased over the last two decades. There are few studies concerning the prevalence of refluxin ...

Predators can modify their diet and demography in response to changes food availability habitat quality. I tested the prediction that some species change predation pattern, between specialist type generalist type, depending on complexity of structure. It was hypothesized dietary is stronger diversified habitats than simplified ones, but opposite tendency occurs case reproductive response. The n...

Although the disadvantages of trans fatty acids (TFAs) are widely mentioned, limited data are available on the TFAs contents of Iranian foods, including fast foods. The aim of this study was to quantify the amounts of common fatty acids in several fast foods in Iran, with specific focus on TFAs. The most commonly consumed fast foods in Iran: sausage, calbas, hamburgers and pizzas, were randomly...

Species of Leucocytozoon (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae) traditionally have been described based on morphological characters of their blood stages and host cells, with limited information on their avian host specificity. Based on the current taxonomy, Leucocytozoon toddi is the sole valid species of leucocytozoids parasitizing falconiform birds. Using a nested polymerase chain reaction protocol...

We prove the Breuil–Mézard conjecture for 2-dimensional potentially Barsotti–Tate representations of the absolute Galois group GK , K a finite extension of Qp, for any p > 2 (up to the question of determining precise values for the multiplicities that occur). In the case that K/Qp is unramified, we also determine most of the multiplicities. We then apply these results to the weight part of Serr...

We prove the Breuil–Mézard conjecture for 2-dimensional potentially Barsotti–Tate representations of the absolute Galois group GK , K a finite extension of Qp, for any p > 2 (up to the question of determining precise values for the multiplicities that occur). In the case that K/Qp is unramified, we also determine most of the multiplicities. We then apply these results to the weight part of Serr...

system by Sir Farquhar Buzzard, published in the British Mcdical Journal of 11th May, 1929, a number of conditions are referred to in connection with tuberculosis and the nervous system. In a subsequent number of the same journal, perhaps prompted by the publication of this address, some case reports have been published. I have with me case notes which I propose to embody in this note as I thin...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus infection is a very common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. It is estimated that 3% of Iranians are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus. Current population-based studies on both rural and urban prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Iran are sparse with results that do not always agree. We performed this study to find the prevalence of hepatit...