Background: Erectile dysfunction is common in patients with diabetes mellitus. In addition, reduced testosterone itself is considered as a risk factor for diabetes; therefore hypogonadism was studied in diabetes. Objective: This study was done to determine the prevalence of hypoand hypergonadotropic hypogonadism in the type 2 diabetes male patients in Mashhad in north-east of Iran. Methods: Thi...

The Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and the Sheikh Hospital in Mashhad sponsored a Cleft Lip and Palate Workshop 30 April - 1 May 2009. During the Workshop, 6 surgical cases were performed and televised live to the audience attending the conference. Two of those cases were unilateral cleft lip repairs. The surgical technique used to repair these patients by the primary author (JGM) is a ...

BACKGROUND HTLV-1 infection is endemic in Mashhad, Northeast of Iran. This study was designed to assess the epidemiology of HTLV-1 and potential risk factors in Neyshabour, Northeastern Iran. METHODS All those who referred to Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR)- Mashhad Laboratory in Neyshabour for evaluation of HTLV-I by ELISA, were tested using WB if the ELIS...

Abstract Considering the increasing demand for urban water and low water-use efficiency in agricultural sector, an exchange of treated wastewater could be a fundamental solution administering sustainable management resources. However, implementing intersectoral project is influenced by economic, social, environmental conditions each region, especially developing countries. Therefore, this study...

The following sentence should be added to the end of the result in the abstract: " The results of this study are evident that VCUG with photofluorographic hardcopy provides high diagnostic value with very low radiation dose to patients (patient dose reduced by 5-9 folds). " In the abstract in line 3 of conclusions " 50-90% " should be changed to " 80-89% " : " our study suggests that the high v...

BACKGROUND Human cystic echinococcosis (hydatidosis) continues to be an essential cause of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world. METHODS We studied hydatid cyst pattern in hospitalized adult patients from 2003 to 2012 in Mashhad and Neyshabour, northeast of Iran. RESULTS Overall, 1342 patients, 711 females (53%) and 631 males (47%) diagnosed as infected with hydatid cyst were ...

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Associated Professor of Emergency Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [email protected] 2. Associated Professor of Emergency Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [email protected] 3. Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicin...

Capacity Region for a More General Class of Broadcast Channels Ghosheh Abed Hodtani Department of Electrical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran [email protected] AbstractWe can categorize the broadcast channels with known capacity into two groups: One group consists of broadcast channels where the receivers have different capabilities (degraded, less noisy and more capab...

Purpose: To determine the relationship between refractive errors and ocular components values in carpet weavers Methods: Refractive errors and ocular components values were investigated in carpet weavers at Mashhad city in Iran. After selection of samples, the individuals who had ophthalmic and systemic disease effective on the refractive errors were excluded from the study. Refractive errors a...

In this paper we introduce the SpeakCorrect system which is a Computer Aided Pronunciation Training (CAPT) system for native Arabic students of English. The system is designed with optimized performance for the target users group. It is L1 dependent system and only the frequent pronunciation errors of native Arabic speakers are examined. Several adaptation techniques such as Speaker Adaptive Tr...