the mean age at natural menopause and its determinants among shirazi women (southern iran) was calculated.  the data were obtained from a population- based cross-sectional study carried out in the year 2000.  interviews were carried out and observations made on 948 women who had incurred natural menopause. they were randomly chosen using postal zones housing sample framework of shiraz. mean±sd ...

to evaluate the effect of water stress on yield and water use efficiency (wue) of lallemantia sp, an experiment was conducted as split plot factorial in randomized complete block design with three replications in the field of medicinal plants research center of shahed university, tehran in 1390-91. the first factor was irrigation system including 40 and 60 percent depletion of available soil wa...

history - narrative interaction is one of the most important issues have being discussed in critical philosophy of history. a historian normally compiles the historical events, as the essential parts of history recording, and imports them besides some connectors through a narrative structure.  the existing relation between such a narrative and the reality is of considerable concerns which are e...

this experiment was carried out in experimental farm of agricultural faculty of ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran during 2010. the design was split plot with three replications. main plots were the medicinal plant species consist of: blond psyllium (plantago ovate forssk.), clasping peperweed (lepidium perfoilatum l.), qodumeh shirazi (alyssum homolocarpum l.) dragon's head (lalementia iberi...

background upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ugib) is a major healthcare problem and is the most frequent gastrointestinal reason for admission to hospital. we aimed to investigate the prognosis of patients with ugib referred to a referral hospital in northern iran in 2013. methods all patients with ugib who admitted to sayyad shirazi hospital, in gorgan, northern iran, in 2013 were enrolled. th...

priority of the soul to the body is one of the issues in the studies on the soul concept, long being the subject of debate and contest by islamic scholars. in addition, many narratives of infallible imams have been quoted on this topic. mulla sadra shirazi has been of a specific view on this issue. he has rejected the priority of the soul to the body in terms of multiplicity and disjunction and...

It has long been textbook knowledge that in most patients an infective illness precedes the development of the GuillainBarré syndrome (GBS). About two thirds of patients report symptoms of an upper respiratory tract or gastrointestinal tract infection predating the disease by 1–4 weeks. Many diverse infectious agents have been incriminated as triggers of this acute polyradiculoneuropathy but on...

Introduction: Integrity and function of articular cartilage depends directly on networks of collagen fibrils that resist tension and embed the water and matrix resulting in a nonlinear, nonhomogeneous and anisotropic tissue. At the superficial zone, the fibrils are parallel to the articular surface whereas they are rather random in the transitional zone and perpendicular in the deep zone anchor...

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Scientific misconduct and academic dishonesty have become crucial issues in the field of medical research in recent years. They include fabrication, falsification, plagiarism and deception. plagiarism is the most common form which is derived from the Latin word " plagiare ...