284 Correspondence (‹letiflim): Azim Honarmand, M.D. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Tel: +0 9 8 9 1 3 1 1 0 2 3 2 7 Fax ( F a k s ): +0 9 8 3 1 1 2 3 6 1 5 9 4 e-mail ( e p o s t a ) : h o n a r m a n d @ m e d . m u i . a c . ir Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfah...

AIM The present study was aimed to evaluate E. granulosus genotypes isolated from goats using HRM analysis in Isfahan province. BACKGROUND Cystic echincoccosis, so-called hydatidosis, is widespread infection caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. This is an important zoonotic disease worldwide, especially in the developing countries such as Iran. To date, molecular studies mai...

BACKGROUND PCR has been used for confirmation of leishmaniasis in epidemiological studies, but complexity of DNA extraction and PCR approach has confined its routine use in developing countries. OBJECTIVES In this study, recent epidemiological situation of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in two hyper-endemic metropolises of Shiraz and Isfahan in Iran was studied using DNA extraction by commercia...

This contribution analyses the urban identity and historical patterns of spatial development in ancient Baghdad Isfahan, according to Actor Network Theory (ANT) Actor-Relational Approach (ARA). In case two different hubs (Baghdad Isfahan).This article demonstrates how course history, those interactions between various path-dependent networks have produced various, but specific types urbanity th...

OBJECTIVE Pregnancy is accompanied by profound alterations in thyroid economy and relative iodine deficiency. The aim of this study was to evaluate urinary iodine excretion of pregnant women in cities with adequate and more than adequate iodine intake. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed on schoolchildren and pregnant women in four cities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Urinary iod...

BACKGROUND In Isfahan, the second metropolitan in Iran, there are 1448 dentistry treatment centers that most of them are inefficient. Today, efficiency is the most important issue in health care centers as well as dentistry clinics. The goal of this research is to investigate the affordability and efficiency of dentistry clinics in Isfahan province, Iran. METHODS The current work is a quantit...

BACKGROUND Continuous evaluation of research performance is an effective tool for financial and human resource allocation to promote knowledge production by academic institutions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the scientific performance of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) from April 2010 to April 2011 in the national medical research ranking. METHODS This cross sectional ...

We report measurements of thermal self-locking of a Fabry–Perot cavity containing a potassium niobate (KNbO3) crystal. We develop a method to determine linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficients in intracavity crystals by detailed analysis of the transmission line shapes. These line shapes are typical of optical bistability in thermally loaded cavities. For our crystal we determine th...