conclusions adherence to the meddiet, according to mds and sofi-mds, may not predict mets components and mets incidence after 3 years of follow-up in iranian adult populations. results after adjusting for potential confounders, neither higher mds nor higher sofi-mds were significantly associated with the mean values of mets components and the risk of metabolic abnormalities incidence after 3 ye...

eighteenth-century sexuality is beginning to emerge which takes us beyond the memoirs of Boswell. Historians of eighteenth-century medicine will find the volume especially interesting. Virtually every essay has some bearing on the history of medicine, for medical men occupied a vital position in the sexual marketplace. It was medical men who produced the serious and not-so-serious sexual litera...

The Bright Pixel Atmospheric Correction (BPAC) is the MERIS operational algorithm for precorrecting the residual marine signal in the near infrared prior to the Clear water atmospheric correction. It is an essential step in the mission for computing Level 2 products on Case 2 waters. It is also always applied on Case 1 waters. The method is based on an iterative coupling between a simplified at...

Differences and disabilities have always been a part of oral tradition folklore. These differences greatly influenced story-telling that eventually stemmed from tradition. The western canon has included disability in their literature for some time now, but portrayal the beginning to twentieth century drastically improved. Fairytales folktales were historically associated with values morals, mor...

introduction: cervical rib is relatively uncommon congenital abnormality that originates from the seventh cervical vertebrae and rarely from the sixth vertebrae. the purpose of this paper is to consider that this abnormal condition is an important cause of neurovascular compression at the thoracic outlet. methods: in this study all patients who were referred to radiology department of isfahan h...

introduction women with mosaic turner syndrome (ts) bearing the presence of y chromosome material or with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (cais) is at risk of gonadal malignancy. two patients with characteristic features of these uncommon disorders are reported, and the surgical techniques of laparoscopic gonadectomy are reviewed and discussed. the aim of the present study is to report...

an investigation was carried out on a young unrelated couple, both 29 years old, with two boys and three girls, 3 months to 8 years old. one boy and the mother were healthy, the other four children and the father were affected. the family, originally from the district of nour, in northern iran, near the caspian sea, was first counseled at the genetic clinic in tehran in 1984. several trips were...

thymoma is the most common neoplasm of anterior mediastinum with incidence peaks during the fourth, fifth and sixth decades of life. two-thirds of patients are asymptomatic and identified accidentally by chest x-rays . of the total, 40-70 % of patients have one or more parathymic syndromes of which myasthenia gravis (mg) is the most common and reported in 10-50% . gullain-barre syndrome (gbs) h...

conclusions there was a significant association between pms scores and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. further studies are needed to confirm and validate the relationships between lipid profile abnormalities and metabolic disorders with pms. objectives this study was designed to investigate the association of hormonal and metabolic factors with pms among iranian women of reproductive age....

Sirenomelia or mermaid-like phenotype is one of the principal human congenital malformations that can be traced back to the stage of gastrulation. Sirenomelia is characterized by the fusion of the two hindlimbs into a single one. In the mouse, sirens have been observed in crosses between specific strains and as the consequence of mutations that increase retinoic acid levels. We report that the ...