the human dignity of patients with cardiovascular disease (cvd) is an important issue, because of patients’ dependence upon caregivers, and because it impacts all aspects of their quality of life (qol). therefore, understanding and improving the status of dignity among these patients is of great importance. this study aimed to determine the status of dignity in patients with cvd admitted to car...

background: human hair can be used as an inexpensive and accessible adsorbent to remove a variety of pollutants from air. although several studies have been done on removal of formaldehyde from wastewater by human hair, to date no study has investigated using hair to remove formaldehyde from air. therefore, the aim of this study was to remove formaldehyde from synthetic contaminated air by a re...

despite diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic advances, growing incidence of cancer and high rate of mortality among patients affected by specific cancer types indicate current clinical measures are not ideally useful in eradicating cancer. chemoresistance and subsequent disease relapse are believed to be mainly driven by the cell-molecular heterogeneity of human tumors that necessitates perso...

background: ethical standards of nursing profession emphasize that taking care of patients, showing respectful behavior, and preserving patients’ human dignity are important nursing priorities. furthermore, since time immemorial, humanistic thinkers have always paid close attention to the issues of humanity and human dignity. despite the emphasis of nursing texts on the importance of preserving...

current mainstay of treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected patients is highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) but little is known about the long-term clinical outcome for hiv-infected patients who have received haart. determining factors associated with longterm survival in the course of treatment may allow modification to be made for patients who are at a greater risk ...

objective(s):human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) remains a major morbidity and mortality cause in immuno suppressed patients. therefore, significant effort has been made towards the development of a vaccine. in this study, the expression of the pp65 and gb fusion peptides and fc domain of mouse igg2a as a novel delivery system for selective uptake of antigens by antigen-presenting cells (apcs) in pich...

tissue nutrient supply may be synchronized with endogenous physiological rhythms to optimize animal and human health. glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity have endogenous rhythms that are not essentially dependent on food type and eating. human glucose tolerance declines as day comes into night. based on such evolutionary findings, large evening meals must be avoided to reduce risks of vis...

background: forensic odontology plays important role in identification of human remains in mass disasters such as air crash, tsunami, and accidents. palatal rugae act as an ideal requisite for human identification as they are present in all victims and are resistant to changes such as aging and trauma. the study aimed to analyze differences in shape and number of palatal rugae in population fro...

background: fascioliasis caused by fasciola hepatica and f. gigantica is a foodborne and waterborne zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution. the illness occurs in regions with intensive sheep or cattle production. in some parts of iran the incidence of human infection has increased over the past decades. since chaharmahal and bakhtiyari province has been known as a main pole of tradition...

background: parvovirus b19 (b19) is the only member of the family parvoviridae associated with human infection. al­though there are some studies to estimate the immunity to parvovirus in various populations but there is no seroepidemiologi­cal sur­vey from iran until now thus the age-specific immunity to human parvovirus infection was esti­mated. methods:  a subset sample of 1500 study subjects...