statement of the problem: orthodontists often find challenges in treating the anterior open bite and maintaining the results. purpose: this retrospective study was aimed to evaluate the stability of corrected open bite in the retention phase during permanent dentition. materials and method: a total number of 37 patients, including 20 males and 17 females, with the mean age of 18±2.1 years at th...

the identity of dead is an essential part of post-mortem examination. the identification of unknown human remnants begins with the creation of an anthropological profile, which includes sex, biological age, stature and individualizing features. the estimation of age at death is based on the bodily biological changes that occur throughout life. closure of spheno occipital synchondrosis is one of...

studies show that there is a substantial gap between the recommended daily calcium intake and what people actually consume. calcium food fortification is an effective method to increase daily calcium consumption. in the present study, the influence of three calcium salts at different levels was evaluated on physicochemical properties of set yoghourt such as ph, acidity, incubation time and syne...

BACKGROUND Patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) have been frequently complicated with ascending aortic dilation possibly because of hemodynamic burdens by aortic stenosis (AS) or regurgitation (AR) or congenital fragility of the aortic wall. METHODS AND RESULTS To clarify if the aortic dilation could be prevented by aortic valve replacement (AVR) in BAV patients, we studied 13 BAV (8 AR ...

the effect of late planting heat stress on yield and yield components was studied in 11 barley lines from icarda and one cultivar from iran (izeh) during two years (2005-2007) in gachsaran dry-land agricultural research station. each line was planted in a 6-rowed plot at two dates: normal planting (middle of november) and late planting (end of december) with three replications using a randomize...

microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (mahd) at three levels of microwave power (180, 360, and 540 w) and the traditional hydrodistillation (hd) were applied to obtain essential oils from bunium persicum boiss. (black zira). mahd at 540 w started much earlier than that of hd (4 min vs. 38 min, respectively). by the time the extraction of essential oils started with hd, almost 50% of the total es...