background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is an inflammatory and demyelinating disease of central nervous system (cns). the aim of the present study was to determine the type and the frequency of initial presenting symptoms in patients with ms and their relation with demographic characteristics in babol, northern iran. methods: all patients of this study were recruited over a ten year period from 200...

Even though water is a renewable resource, the majority of available on planet unfit for human use. Moreover, drinkable demand ever-increasing as result rising population, urbanization, and life standards, which makes needs sustainable, economic, environment-friendly treatment alternatives utmost importance. Seawater desalination using solar stills has been proposed promising alternative that m...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disease that usually affects individuals over 50 years of age. Age at onset in a small subset of PD cases is considerably lower, and these are considered early-onset PD (EOPD) patients. Most PD cases appear sporadic, but approximately 15% are familial, and some of the familial cases exhibit Mendelian inheritance. Genetic analysis of fami...

The desalination of saltwater is a viable option to produce freshwater. All the processes are energy-intensive and can be carried out on large scale. Therefore, producing freshwater using renewable energy sources most desirable considering current crisis effect that fossil-fuel-based has our carbon footprint. In this respect, tray-type still, one several solar power still varieties, popular owi...

serum ige and beta 2 microglobulin levels were determined in 31 patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction and 30 patients with other forms of ischemic heart disease. the levels of these parameters were studied on the first, third and seventh day after the onset of disease. the immunological method used for the determinations was elisa patients with myocardial infarction showed an elev...