Introduction: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen that causes several nosocomial or community-acquired infections. Adhesion to surfaces and subsequent biofilm formation are the major phases of a staphylococcal infection. The aim of this study was to detect the presence of icaABCD genes in clinical isolates of MRSA. Methods: A total of 110 clinical Staphyl...

Introduction: Cholesteatoma is traditionally diagnosed by otoscopic examination and treated by surgery. The necessity for imaging in an uncomplicated case is controversial. This study was planned to investigate the usefulness of a preoperative high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scan in depicting the status of middle ear structures in the presence of cholesteatoma and also to compare the...

Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and multiple sclerosis (MS) are auto immune demyelinating disorders. Both MS and NMO patients suffer from urinary dysfunction.  Objectives: Investigation of frequency and severity of urinary symptoms in two groups of MS and NMO patients. Materials & Methods: 56 MS patients and 20 NMO patients were enrolled in this cross sectional study conducted in Isfah...

1 Introduction Demand response (DR) refers to a set of dynamic demand mechanisms that aim to manage electricity consumption in response to supply-side signals. DR can be used for the purpose of demand regulation (e.g. to maintain voltage and frequency within safety limits) as well as for energy balance (e.g. to shift demand to off-peak periods, to curtail demand during emergency situations, or ...

Datacenter platforms have dominated the systems landscape over the last decade, offering applications the promise of scalability, availability and responsiveness at very low costs. Delivering on this promise is a significant research challenge — datacenters consist of thousands of inexpensive fault-prone components, running commodity operating systems and protocols ill-fitted for high-performan...

appearance of music in history of human being is an innate issue. when the man started the social life and the special civilization and culture formed in the society the music as the part of human life changed in a way which got an important part of culture of nations. so we want to study music in islamic culture. one of the most important and ambiguous issues in jurisprudence is music which is...

the relation of pan-iranist party and the national front of iran until 1953 iranian coup d'état is of great importance in its periods of activity. this relation can be examined at two different levels: the obvious and pervasive support, and the opposition and separation. in the first period, the pan-iranist party supported the objectives and activities of the national front party, particul...

introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries performed worldwide. post-operative pain arising from tonsillectomy is one of the earliest complications that can postpone oral nutrition and increase the hospitalization period. administration of opioids via injection is usually preferred to relive pain in these patients. however, the side effects of this approach prompted us to s...