introduction: recent evidence has indicated that statins can reduce the incidence of both supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias with various mechanisms. the primary goal of the present study was to determine direct protective role of simvastatin in modifying concealed conduction and the zone of concealment in a simulated model of atrial fibrillation (af) in an isolated atrioventricular (...

abstract bachground and objectives: the ability of adherence to the surface of host cell is very critical in the colonization of microbial pathogens. it has been revealed that e. coli strains that infect urinary tracts have different fimbrea such as i, s, fic, dr, and fimbrial adhesions. material and methods: in this study, 363 urine samples were obtained from patients with urinary tract infect...

objective: leukocyte adhesion deficiency(lad) is a scarce, autosomal recessive inherited disorder . lad-i which is the most common type occurs due to mutations on the cd18 gene. this mutation leads to absence or severe reduction of leukocyte cell surface expression of ß2 integrin molecules which are necessary for the adhesion of the leukocytes to the endothelial cells, transendothelial migratio...

abstract background: the study was established to define the prevalence of neonatal microcytosis and to estimate the incidence rate of alpha-thalassemia as its leading cause, in tehran, iran. materials and methods: overall, 800 neonates were selected from two populations of newborns and admitted neonates. three hundred and sixty-one cord blood samples were obtained from deliveries in mahdieh ho...

abstract background: childhood cancer as a life-threatening illness has negative consequences for both the patients and their family. the aim of this study was to examine the impact of child cancer on their mother's quality of life and to assess the association of quality of life with resilience among mothers of children with cancer. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, a total...

introduction: gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (gnih) has been known as a key inhibitor of the secretion of gonadotropin releasing hormone (gnrh). ewe has estrous cycles comprising of follicular and luteal phases. follicular phase is in turn divided into proestrous and estrous phases. blood level of lh increases in follicular and decreases in luteal phases. the aim of the present study was to ev...

introduction: recent studies have shown the presence of cl- channels in heart and liver mitochondrial membranes. in this work, we have characterized the functional profile of a cl- channel from rat brain mitochondria. methods: after removing and homogenizing the rat brain, the supernatant was separately centrifuged in msedigitonin, h2o and na2co3 and mitochondrial inner membrane vesicles were o...

â  sayyed mohammad bagher hosseini * â  javad gholamalizade ** â  â  abstract â  â  the fourth and fifth centuries are known as the golden age of arab poetry in khorasan, in such a way that khorasan became a place for great poets and scholars from all over the islamic world. one of the poetic genres culminated in this period is usually created when human is faced with an affair that irritates h...

â  â  â  the image of women in shoghi’s poetry â  â  zahra soleymanpour * â  jafar delshad ** â  â  â  abstract â  â  from a long time ago, describing the woman as well as love and mania has allocated a large part of poets’ poetry to itself. it could be said that there is almost no poet some of whose poems are not related to women. moreover, love and affection are in fact common senses amon...

â  â  technical structure of complaint poetry until 3 a.h â  â  â  * gholam abbas rezai â  * * sherafat karimi â  â  abstract â  complaint refers to the poetic works in which the poet talks about the vehemence of his/her painful feeling. it is the description of pains, personal and social problems and in a way is confiding whatever has annoyed his/her soul and body. complaint can be categorized...