the present survey was carried out in oak (quercus brantii lindl.) woodlands of arghvan valley protected area, in ilam province, western iran. the main aim of this study was to survey the understory vegetation of oak in different classes of altitude (1400-1600, 1600-1800 and >1800 m) in the southern aspects, and their relationship with physical and chemical properties of soil. four transects, w...

background : stomach cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. in iran, the mortality of stomach cancer is the first cause of death due to cancer in both sexes. this study was designed to estimate survival rate of stomach cancer at national level. methods : from the national cancer registry file, 3439 cases of stomach cancer that had telephone number and were diagnosed between ye...

in this study, a new stochastic model is proposed to deal with a multi-product, multi-period, multi-stage, multi-site production and transportation supply chain planning problem under demand uncertainty. a two-stage stochastic linear programming approach is used to maximize the expected profit. decisions such as the production amount, the inventory level of finished and semi-finished product, t...

behaviour of the dilution characteristics of the coastal waters off tuticorin is presented in thebackground of setting up of a desalination plant. simulations of dispersion and spreading of the proposeddischarges has been carried out. scenarios of dilutions were assessed based on the results of a 2d model using the advection-dispersion theory. it is observed that under prevailing currents in th...

human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (hg-csf) induces proliferation and differentiation of granulocyte progenitor cells. this glycoprotein is currently being used for treatment of neutropenia, in patients who have undergone bone marrow transplantation. so far, different researchers have tried to enhance hg-csf biological activity and stability. in this study, polymerase chain reaction (p...

in the present study, tin-promoted pd/mwnts nanocatalystwas synthesized via polyol technique for application in hydrogenation of high-concentrated acetylene feedstocks. tem images showed a restricted distribution of nanoparticles in the range of 3-5 nm. the results indicated that nanoparticles sizes were resistant to further catalyst deactivation. xrd patterns signified alloying between pd and ...

AIM To evaluate the efficacy and safety of trabeculectomy, phacotrabeculectomy plus intraocular lens implantation(phacotrab+IOL group) and phacoemulsification with IOL(phaco+IOL) in primary angle-closure glaucoma(PACG). METHODS It was a systematic review and meta-analysis, randomized controlled trials(RCT) and clinical controlled trials(CCT) were collected through electronic searches of the C...

because of participation in many aspects of human life, and due to oxidation-sensitive characteristics of dopamine (da) and arachidonoyl dopamine (aa-da), the necessity of biocompatible carrier to keep them against oxidation is of importance. in this work, we explored the putative binding sites of da and aa-da to -lactoglobulin (blg) as potent carrier. docking results identified the binding si...