Brucellosis is an endemic zoonotic infectious disease in Middle East countries including Iran. This infection may involve central nervous system. Psychosis has been reported in rare cases with chronic brucellosis.A 26-year-old male shepherd patient who developed neuro-brucellosis and psychosis is presented. He had hallucinations (visual and auditory) and delusions. He was also impulsive and had...

in the mid-1950s, regionalism rose in international literature. in the middle east and persian gulf regional issues draw attention of theorists in the late 1960s. at first, regionalism aimed to organize political will of regional leaders towards to organize political will, while regionalism in the middle east and persian gulf concentrated on the security affairs. this proves that the essence of...

1 Middle East Technical University Department of Mechanical Engineering, Turkey [email protected] 2 Middle East Technical University Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Turkey [email protected] 3 Middle East Technical University Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Turkey [email protected] 4 Middle East Technical University Department of Electrica...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a group of hepatic diseases that range in severity. NAFLD is increasingly recognized as an epidemic among different populations, including those in Africa and the Middle East. The objective of this narrative review is to document the prevalence of and risk factors for NAFLD in Africa and the Middle East and the potential implications on the ...

background: to determine the prevalence of outpatient and hospitalization for cataract surgery in iran. methods: a random cluster sampling was done in a cross-sectional study on cataract surgeries performed in treatment centers of ophthalmology in iran between 2000 and 2005. one week of each season was selected randomly and all cataract surgery files of the center were studied. this study repor...

every year, millions of muslims from all over the world, are going to participate in the pilgrimage hajj located in mecca in kingdom of saudi arabia (ksa). the accumulation of many people from all parts of the world in terms of health management is of great importance. in fact, every person could be a carrier of various chronic or acute diseases. this huge population may lead to occurrence of s...

this paper investigates the relationship between total energy consumption and gdp in six countries of the middle east , including iran,pakistan,saudi arabia,oman,bahrain and the united arab emirates. the data are annual and spanning the period 1980-2012.we employed hsiao’s (1981) methodology to examine causality relation between total energy consumption and gdp.the empirical findings show a uni...