which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Dear Editor, Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after myocardial infarction in the world with many complications in somatic, psychosocial and disabilities (1). Each year in the United States, around 50,000 people die after a TBI. This ...

evaluation of the factors affecting students’ academic failure in urmia university of medical sciences in 1390   rahimi b [1] , kazemi n [2] , mohammadpour y [3] , rahmatnejad l [4] , jabbari n [5] *      received: 1 jul , 2013 accepted: 3 sep , 2013      abstract   background & aims : academic failure of the students in higher education is one of the major problems. this study aims to examine ...

the effect of active learning model on cognitive and clinical skills among icu nursing students     baghaei r [1] , mohammadpour y [2] *, naderi a [3] , rasouli d [4] , sheikhi n [5]     received: 4 sep, 2011 accepted: 15 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the clinical education and evaluation of nursing education is a fundamental pillar. this study aimed to assess the achievement of ...

assessing the preparedness rate againest earthquake risk in hospitals affiliated to urmia university of medical sciences 2011     hekmatkhah a [1] , rahimi h [2] , kamali aghdam m [3] , taghavi shahri sm [4] , sadeghifar j [5] , hamouzadeh p [6] *     received: 22 nov, 2011 accepted: 15 jan, 2012     abstract   background & aims : the necessity for providing appropriate services in hospitals du...

the effect of concept mapping teaching method on the learning of health assessment lesson in nursing students of urmia nursing and midwifery faculty 2013    habibzadeh h [1] , moradi y [2] *,rasoli d [3] ,sheikhi n [4]     received: 23 jul , 2013 accepted: 16 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : new educational strategies are needed in learning the basic issues in nursing education. de...

comparative study of food consumption patterns in urban and rural elderly population in urmia     amirzadeh j [1] , amirzadeh n [2] , rasoli j [3] *     received: 10 sep, 2011 accepted: 22 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : as elderly population is growing fast, it is vital to pay more attention to elevating elderly health care. since aging is accompanied by specific diseases, nutriti...

Objective-To evaluate effect of chitosan conduit for peripheral nerve regeneration using sciatic nerve transection model in rat DesignExperimental in vivo study. AnimalsSixty healthy male Wistar rats. Procedures-The rats were divided into four experimental groups (n=15) randomly. In sham group the left sciatic nerve was exposed through a gluteal muscle incision and after careful homeostasis the...