we read with great interest the article published by hosseini et al. 1 in october issue of middle east journal of digestive diseases. briefly, in this article, authors concluded that furazolidone based therapeutic regimens (in moderate and even high-dose) were not preferable for first-line treatment against h. pylori infection among the northern population in iran. 1 altogether, some points we ...

For more than half a century isotopes have been employed as a powerful tool in studying various aspects of water resources in a largenumber of countries. However, in developing countries like Iran the application of such techniques is in its infancy. The first research inIran was carried out in 1975 to identify the source of saline groundwaters in south Iran, and the first national conference o...

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive disorder, which is characterized by severe mental retardation, microcephaly and seizures. The symptoms of this disease can be prevented if detected soon after birth. Therefore, blood Phenylalanine (Phe) measurement is essential for the early diagnosis, treatment and dietary monitoring of PKU patients. The goal of this research was to introduce a r...

To validate the iCOR atmospheric correction algorithm applied to Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Color Instrument (OLCI), Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) observations over land, globally retrieved Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT), Top-of-Canopy (TOC) reflectance, Vegetation Indices (VIs) were intercompared with (i) AERONET AOT AERONET-based TOC reflectance simulations, (ii) RadCalNet surface observations, (ii...