The unintentional contamination of haemophilia patients with HIV in the early 1980s raised serious questions about the safety of blood product supplies worldwide. The events initiated a cascade of consequences for both infected patients and the national health systems of many countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran. Lawsuits have been filed in the courts mostly in developed countries,...

BACKGROUND Haptoglobin (Hp) polymorphisms have been suggested to be associated with many pathological conditions, including cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases, and type 2 diabetes. For the first time, we aimed to investigate the possible association between Hp genotypes and metabolic syndrome (MES) in a sample of Iranian subjects. METHODS In this study, 291 patients with MES accordi...

Red tide detection in the Strait of Hormuz (east of the Persian Gulf) using MODIS fluorescence data Masoud Moradi a & Keivan Kabiri a b a Department of Satellite Oceanography, Iranian National Centre for Oceanography, Tehran, Iran b Section of Numerical and Modeling Lab, Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), University Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia ...

Ali Ghafouri 1, Jalal Amini 1,*, Mojtaba Dehmollaian 2 and Mohammad Ali Kavoosi 3 1 School of Surveying and Geospatial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 1439957131, Iran; [email protected] 2 Center of Excellence on Applied Electromagnetic Systems, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 1439957131, Iran; [email protected]...

Received: 28 March 2012 First Revision: 25 April 2012 Accepted: 25 July 2012 Ali Yoonessi1,3, Mojtaba Hajihasani4, Shahriar Gharibzadeh4, Mohammadreza Zarrindast1,3, Ahmad Yoonessi5 1. School Of Advanced Medical Technologies, Tehran University Of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2. Eye Research Center, Tehran University Of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 3. Iranian National Center For Addiction ...

this paper aims to explore the relationship between epic poetry and national self-consciousness and in particular study how shahnameh may be analyzed from this angle. what is the relationship between the shahnameh and the iranian national self-consciousness? what can one say about the iranian national self-consciousness on the basis of this text? what does the text reveal about the iranian iden...

BACKGROUND The burden of non-communicable diseases is rising globally. This trend seems to be faster in developing countries of the Middle East. In this study, we presented the latest prevalence rates of a number of important non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in the Iranian population. METHODS The results of this study are extracted from the third national Surveillance of Risk ...