drug abuse has high co-morbidity with mental disorders, thus, controlling and treating it requires multimodal treatment intervention. this cross sectional study evaluates personality traits of 67 ïv heroin abusers in kashan prison. the utilized instruments included two parts: a demographic questionnaire and mmpï. the data obtained from the questionnaires were statistically analyzed by using fis...

migraine is one of the common varieties of headache. it involves 4 to 6 percent of men and 13 to 16 percent of women under 30 years in more than 80% of cases. some studies have shown that in 50% of patients serum magnesium level decreases during attacks of headache and using magnesium tablets and intravenous magnesium sulfate is more effective for treatment of migraine attack, than placebo. thi...

This study aims to investigate the effects of tourist engagement dimensions on revisit and Word Mouth (WOM) intentions heritage tourists. The data were collected from domestic tourists in city Kashan, Iran. To analyse data, this applies Partial Least Squares – Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) as a symmetric analysis technique, well fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) an as...

The relationships between goat κ-casein (CSN3) variants and milk composition were studied in 1143 goats from 4 breeds (Camosciata, Frisa, Orobica, Verzasca). Individual milk samples were analysed by isoelectrofocusing. The effect of CSN3 type on protein and casein content was evident, B variant being associated to higher levels of both traits. Since the B variant is mainly present in local capr...

Right Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Abbas Moustafa, Discussion of ‘A new approach of selecting real input ground motions for seismic design: The most unfavourable real seismic design ground motions’ by C-H Zhai and L-L Xie, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 38/9, 1143-1149, 2009, which has been published in ...

BACKGROUND Ocular trauma is a significant health problem in pediatric patients. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of ocular-trauma-related hospitalization of children in Kashan. PATIENTS AND METHODS This descriptive, cross-sectional study included 131 children aged less than 16 years with ocular trauma, who were admitted to the Matini Hospital at the Kashan...