BACKGROUND Researchers and academic institutions need assessment and rating to measure their performance. The criteria are designed to evaluate quality and adequacy of research and welcome by most universities as an international process to increase monitoring academic achievements. The study aimed to evaluate the increasing trend in global ranking of Iranian medical universities websites empha...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. decided to make a new section of sub-specialty " Biomedical Engineering " in addition to 36 present sections. A few articles in the field of biomedical engineering have been published every year in JKMS under several subspe-cialty categories. The new section...

Background: In order to transfer teachers’ knowledge, the presence of students is necessary in the classroom. Despite numerous studies on the causes of absence, the strategies of its reduction have not been yet investigated and this study intends to address this issue. Methods: Inthis cross-sectional study 401 students were participated who were selected with systematic random sampling. The stu...

Bladder exstrophy is a rare congenital malformation. It presents as leakage of urine in the anterior abdominal wall following defects in midline anterior abdominal wall skin and bladder. We report the use of combined general anaesthesia and caudal epidural analgesia in a 4yr old boy for repeat bladder exstrophy repair. Problems of prolonged surgery and the challenges of pain and sedation manage...

In this study, we investigated the feasibility and safety of intravenous transplantation of allogeneic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for femoral head repair, and observed the migration and distribution of MSCs in hosts. MSCs were labeled with green fluorescent protein (GFP) in vitro and injected into nude mice via vena caudalis, and the distribution of MSCs was dynamically monitored...

1 Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria; 2 Biochemistry Department, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; 3 Anatomy Department, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, Ogbomoso, Nigeria; 4 Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology Department, Facul...

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The present study was conducted on ten patients suffering from persistent oral lichen planus (OLP).Patients were treated with diode laser (970nm) for the symptomatic relief of pain and burning sensation. The patients were assessed before, during and after the completion of the laser treatment which was done twice weekly for two successive months with maximum of ten session...

1 University Pediatric Clinic Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; 2 University Hospital Split and School of Medicine, University of Split, Croatia; 3 Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; 4 Institute for Clinical Bioche...

It has almost become a stereotyped plan for the president of a society like ours to introduce into his address, by way of preface, a statement, more or less in detail, that for the fulfilment of the.duties of the office he is much less capable than any of his predecessors. This is probably an outcome of the retiring modesty of the Profession in its individual capacity and of the desire to carry...