being mindful of the possibilities for types of scientific communications can help a researcher in choosing the right format for presentation and reporting. original research articles, case reports, and review articles are the most common types of manuscripts submitted to and published by iranian medical journals. but not all of the scholarly communications could necessarily be fit into these k...

a ttitude among urmia medical university health workers about patient safety     khalilzadeh h [1] , hemmati maslakpak m [2] *, mohaddesi h [3] , zare fazlollahi z [4]     received: 17 jun , 2013 accepted: 14 aug , 2013     abstract   background & aims : today, patient safety is a critical factor in the quality of health care. the main problem of health care providers in improving their quality...

A mixture of H2 and CH4 is passed over a hot-wire tungsten filament in a diamond thin film chemical vapor deposition reactor. The resulting CH radicals are measured in absorption using cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS). The concentration of the CH radicals increases as the filament is approached. The rotational temperature measurements indicate a large temperature discontinuity between the f...

Aquaporins (AQPs) are membrane proteins that function as water channels facilitating a rapid and regulated transport of water across cell membranes. AQPs in kidney and lung play pivotal roles for the regulation of water homeostasis. In this thesis, I addressed questions concerning functional significance of AQPs in the kidney and lung, with particular emphasis on the role of AQPs in pathophysio...

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