Background and Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the screening performance of a new modified liquid-based cytology method (Liquiprep™) with conventional PAP smear (CP) in a low risk population, using colposcopy followed by histology as “gold standard”. Patients and Methods:  This cross-sectional study was performed on random referred specimens to a general gynecological clinic...

to investigate the efficiency of eradicane application, using herbigation as compared with conventional method (spraying), concerning weed biomass and density reduction and change in corn grain yield, a factorial experiment was conducted based on randomized complete block design in 2006 at research fields of university of tehran (karaj). eradicane was applied at 4.5 (labeled rate), 3.15 or 5.85...

purpose : to compare the outcomes of coaxial microincision phacoemulsification with that of conventional coaxial phacoemulsification setting: department of ophthalmology, farabi and noor eye hospitals, tehran, iran methods : in a prospective study, 74 eyes of 74 patients with cataract were randomly selected to have cataract extraction using 1 of 2 techniques: coaxial microincision phacoemulsifi...

statement of problem: chondrosarcoma is a tumor which includes 10 percent of the bone primary tumors. its prevalence is half of the osteosarcoma and two times of ewing’s. the mean age of the patients ranges between 30-50 years of old. there is no significant sex or race predilection. the most common complaint is the presence of a painless and enlarging mass. its clinical course is described as ...

conclusions specimen adequacy and diagnosis of inflammatory reaction were better in liquid base smear and convention smear, respectively. results specimen adequacy and smear quality were significantly better in liquid base sampling (p = 0.03); presence of benign cellular changes was not different between the two groups (p = 0.389). diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis was significantly better with ...

adenoviruses (advs) types 40 and 41 are the causative agents of diarrhea in children. hence, rapid sensitive and specific detection of these viruses are of clinical importance. the customary methods such as propagation of virus in cell culture suffer from limitations. detection of immobilized amplified products in a one phase system (diapops) method has the potential to overcome these problems....

to improve the accuracy of the activity quantification and the image quality in scintigraphy, scatter correction is a vital procedure. the aim of this study is to compare the accuracy in calculation of absorbed dose to patients following bone scan with 99m tc-marked diphosphonates ( 99m tc-mdp) by two different methods of background correction in conjugate view method. this study involved 22 pa...