Dear Editor, HIV infection, the same as other chronic diseases, is associated with psychiatric symptoms. 1 A profound psychological distress is made after the diagnosis of infection, and several psychiatric disorders including AIDS phobia, bereavement and grief, anxiety and depression were shown as a reaction to the infection. 2 Associating the infection to the stigmatized and illegal behaviors...

Morning Glory Syndrome (MGS) is a rare congenital malformation of the optic nerve that is caused by a failure of the closure of the choroidal embryonic fissure . The syndrome is usually seen in association with midline in utero cranial defects, such as transsphenoidal and basal encephaloceles. Although MGS usually presents as an isolated ocular finding, it can be associated with endocrinologic...

almond red leaf blotch is the most important fungal disease that is caused by the fungus polystigma amygdalinum. symptoms depending on the cultivar almond trees can be seen almost all year. in this study the effect of 5 fungicides (copper oxychloride  2000 µg/ml, bordofix 2000 µg/ml, mancozeb 200 µg/ml, bordo compound 10000 µg/ml, triforin 300 µg/ml with rep.control) was examined in a randomize...

abstract. rangeland vegetation dynamics encompass all processes of changes in vegetation composition and structure over time. investigating the rangeland ecosystem dynamics makes it possible to determine the effects of climatic and management conditions on qualitative and quantitative changes of the vegetation in a specific period of time. accordingly, data collection and measurements for evalu...

this article presents a comparative study of marginalization in the cities of sabzevar, neishabour, torbat heidariye and gonaabaad. it also presents the history of marginalization and marginal settlement in the world, related theories and models. the article also talks about the international experiences about marginalization and marginal settlement. the writers of the article have first identi...

Sensitivity analysis helps identify which model inputs convey the most uncertainty to output. One of authoritative measures in global sensitivity is Sobol' total-order index, can be computed with several different estimators. Although previous comparisons exist, it hard know estimator performs best since results are contingent on benchmark setting defined by analyst (the sampling method, distri...