The present study aimed to determine the effects of iron nanoparticles (Fe-NPS) on growth performance, survival rate, liver histopathology and some blood and immune parameters of stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) juvenile. A total of 144 fish (175-195 g) were fed diets containing graded levels of Fe-NPs (0, 25, 50 and 100 mg kg -1 diet) for 8 weeks. Based on results, no significant differ...

Background and purpose: Prostate cancer is the second most common malignant cancer in men and radiotherapy is one of the treatments for this disease. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of demographic, clinical and pathology factors in survival rate of patients on radiotherapy and comparing different survival models to determine an efficient model. Materials and methods: In a his...

Background and Objectives: The cancer of the pancreatic head and Ampulla of Vater is a malignant disease usually seen in advanced stages with symptoms caused by stomach and biliary obstruction. Curative treatment is possible in the early stage. Unfortunately, most symptomatic patients are in the advanced stage and have an unrespectable tumor; therefore, they should undergo palliative surgery. T...

Introduction: Determining the efficacy of this procedure and determining the survival rate of patients after transplant surgery and determining the role of some factors in this survival is important. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of cadaveric donor kidney transplant recipients in transplant patients of Imam Reza Hospital in Tabriz during the last 5 years. Mate...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different levels of Mentha piperita extract on growth factors, body composition, intestinal bacteria and survival rate of Oncorhynchus mykiss in challenging with Yersinia ruckeri. For this purpose, four groups of fish with mean weight of 32. 2± 0.12 g were raised for 8 weeks in Vniro tanks, 80 fish to each tank and feeding with different level...

Analysis of performance and survival rate of different oak species in severe climate of Zagros forests especially under global warming can help with management, conservation and restoration of these species. So, seeds of three oak species of Zagros (Quercus branti, Q. infectoria and Q. libani) were collected from Baneh forests and sown in the common gardens of Yasuj. Then, their growth paramete...

abstract this study is carried out to determine the chemical composition in the three vegetative stages of the haloxylon sp., degradation parameters, with adding naoh and ca(oh2 ). for this purpose, in may and october and january 2010 enough some haloxylon sp. of the ammary area was prepared. crude protein and ash percentage are decrease, neutral detergent fiber percentage with pragress stage ...