background : chronic constipation is a common problem worldwide that negatively impacts quality of life. because of the effects of psychological and cultural factors on the function of the bowel tract and the vast variety of ethnicities and diet among the iranian people, the present study describes the occurrence of constipation and its associated factors in kerman, the largest city in southeas...

introduction: there are limited reports about selenium status in major thalassemia patients. the aim of this study is evaluation of selenium status in patients with major thalassemia south east of iran with large sample size and wide range of age. this study compared selenium status with other sites of the world. methods: in this study 369 cases that had major thalassemia for more than 5 years ...

the populations of wild carp (cyprinus carpio carpio), as a commercially valuable species in the southeast iranian waters of the caspian sea, have been severely declined during last three decades, but there is no comprehensive research available on the biology of this species in this area. the age, growth and reproductive aspects of samples collected during 2009-2010 fishing season were measure...

shoulder dystocia GJ Hofmeyr, CA Cluver a Effective Care Research Unit, Eastern Cape Department of Health, Universities of Witwatersrand and Fort Hare, South Africa b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa Correspondence: CA Cluver, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital,...

this manuscript is the result of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology survey on the hezar mountain in se of iran. traditional botanical medicine is the primary mode of healthcare for most of the population of this region. the plants were collected in and around hezar mountain from 2008-2010. the authors have conducted an interview of total 75 informants; the traditional uses of 92 species belongin...

conclusions our study showed minority of cases had zinc deficiency, which is different from previous reported results, because the most subjects in this study had normal level of zinc. we recommend further studies on diet in our population. it seems the only reason for the obtained result in this part of iran with low socioeconomic status may be related to the diets containing high levels of zi...

the archaeological mound of sofalin south of the alborz mountains of northern iran (eastern rey plain) sheds considerablelight on at least four problems connected with the emergence of complex societies in this part of iran. the first, it helpsfill a chronological gap in an important archaeological sequence by revealing a previously unidentified late fourth andthird millennium b.c. sequence of ...

The aim of this paper is to investigate characteristics of meteorological and agricultural droughts and their trends in Iran, as well as several subregions with different climate conditions from 1980 to 2013. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardized Soil Moisture Index (SSI) are used as the primary indicators of meteorological and agricultural droughts, respectively. This stu...

Preemption in multi-mode Resource-constrained project scheduling problem Zahra Zare* Department of Industrial Engineering Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Postal Code: 71767-13763, Unit 3, No 142, 6 Alley, South Bahonar St., Shiraz, Iran Abdulreza Naddaf Department of Management Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Maysam Ashrafzadeh Department of Industrial Engineering Najaf...

We investigated the prevalence of trachoma in rural areas of eastern Iran. We collected swabs from 150 children in three areas. Results of PCR showed presence of chlamydia in four boys (5.97%) and nine girls (10.84%). We suggest that in assessing the elimination of trachoma, WHO must consider border areas between countries.