Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the cytotoxicity of ProRoot MTA and Endocem at different times and concentrations on human gingival fibroblasts. Materials and Methods: In this in-vitro study, ProRoot MTA and Endocem extracts with concentrations of 3, 6, 12, 25, and 50 mg/ml in the unhardened state (solution) at 24, 48, and 72 hours on human gingival fibroblasts were tra...

Bensulfuron methyl is one of the most widely used herbicide which is used in agricultural fields, especially rice fields. The present study investigated the toxicity of Bensulfuron methyl in Cyprinus carpio for the first time.  To this aim, in order to determine the range Finding Test of Bensulfuron methyl, the fishes were randomly divided into 8 groups including 0, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 2 a...

 Background & Aims: This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of intermittent and continuous phototherapy.Materials & Methods: This controlled randomized clinical trial study was performed on 96 full-term neonates admitted in the neonatal ward of Besat hospital of Hamadan city with indirect hyperbilirubinemia. The neonates were randomly divided into two groups. Continuous phototherapy gr...

acknowledgements i wish to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me in preparing this thesis. i would like to express my deep gratitude to my respected advisor dr. kourosh akef, whose advice and comments helped me in the early stages of the research and throughout the writing process. i would also like to express my gratitude to dr. hajar khanmohammad whose invaluable guidance he...

plagiarism in esl/efl learning contexts has been established as a dynamic and multi-layered phenomenon and has become a topic engaging many researchers in a heated debate in recent years. comparisons of student-generated texts with their source texts have shown that students rely on source texts in their writings and copying is a major strategy used by both l1 and l2 writers. in our country a...

based on the latest records of typhlops vermicularis merrem, 1820 from iran, this species is distributed in the northern and southern regions of the country. in this study, new records of typhlops vermicularis are presented and it is shown that distribution range of this species is extended towards the eastern and western iran, and according to the new distribution map, it can be assumed that t...