Background & aim: Postpartum period is accompanied by significant changes in women’s quality of life. These alterations can affect the health of mothers and children. Considering the importance of postnatal quality of life and its different contributing factors, this study aimed to compare women’s quality of life after vaginal delivery and cesarean section. Methods:This retrospective cohort stu...

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The Caspian (Hyrcanian) lowland forest zone in northern Iran is characterized by small remnant alder forest communities, dominated or subdominated with an Euxino-Hyrcanian element, Alnus glutinosa ssp. barbata. The first floristic inventory of these alder forests in northern Iran is presented. The floristic catalogue is based on the data of 133 phytosociological releves in eight different alder...

What quality of life represents to an individual may not be the same as to the next. Some individuals value certain features higher than others. Most indicators of quality of life and social development do not change in a population’s taste even though they rate differently in terms of scale and reference from one person to another. Local governments should be able to identify such differences ...

Arabidopsis ton mutant cells do not make the bands of microtubules that normally predict cell-division planes; the planes are irregular, yet seedlings develop to maturity. Is cellular morphogenesis important for plant form?