molecular isolation of biodegradable mycobacteria from water supplies of iranian hospitals background and objectives: some microorganisms, mainly members of two genera including pseudomonas and mycobacterium , were found to be capable of transforming and degrading of polluting agents. we herein report the isolation of a few mycobacteria with the ability to biodegrade organic and inorganic compo...

To visualize the structure of Iranian chemistry scientific publications in SciSearch, 43 Iranian and International chemists were identified. They were the highly cited scientists in 7682 Iranian chemistry publications (defined as an article with at least one Iranian author address) indexed in Science Citation Index during the period from 1990 to 2006. Co-citation data for these authors from the...

Background: Optimal allocation of resources commensurate with performance improvement is the concerns of all countries including Iran. Estimation hospitals production function is important in the economic management of hospitals. Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the production function of Iranian selected public hospitals as well as analyz...

Abstract Background Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) are among the leading causes of postoperative complications. This study aimed at investigating epidemiologic characteristics orthopedic SSIs and estimating under-reporting registries using capture-recapture method. Methods study, which was a registry-based, cross-sectional one, conducted in six educational hospitals Tehran during one-year peri...

healthcare workers suffer from work-related or occupational stress. this can lead to severe distress, burnout or physical illness, and finally to decrease quality of work life and services provision. nurses must be aware of retential stressors, because they add to the cumulative effect of other stressful events. holmes and rahe both found a relationship between life change unit as stressors and...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate gender differences in depression scores of Iranian and German medical students. METHODS Two hundred Iranian medical students (100 men and 100 women) and 200 German medical students (100 men and 100 women) were selected randomly and completed the English form of the self-rating Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). RESULTS Analysis gave a mean rating of 10.7 ± 6....