conclusions the results showed that in the domain of individual activities in both sexes, the rates of interest in daily activities, cultural-educational pursuits, and physical exercise were very similar. however, in some cases, there were differences between the two sexes in terms of their interest in specific activities. patients and methods in this descriptive–analytical study, 80 elderly pe...

Introduction: In order to make a dimensional proportion between human and equipment or environment, anthropometric data bank is essential. Anthropometry has an important role in industrial management and ergonomic design. This information is needed to be collected regularly in every society. The purpose of this study was to determine arm length to height ratio according to gender in adult...

introduction: non-alcoholic fatty liver is one of the most prevalent digestive diseases in the world and its prevalence is increasing rapidly. the objective of this study was to compare the treatment effect of pioglitazone and metformin on fatty liver. materials and methods: this double blinded clinical trial study was performed in 2012 among patients referring to gastrointestinal clinics in th...

PURPOSE With differences between the sexes in foot bone anatomy and ligamentous laxity, there is the possibility that the results of hallux valgus surgery may also differ between the sexes. We aimed to compare the results of hallux valgus surgery between the sexes. MATERIALS AND METHODS The authors retrospectively reviewed 60 males (66 feet) and 70 females (82 feet) who underwent distal or pr...

background: sheep are a form of investment and a quickly liquidatable resource, particularly in traditional and low income production systems. tropical and long warm-season regions always affect sheep production negatively. methods: in this experiment 15 female and 7 male sheep were chosen and their body temperature, heart rate, respiration rate measurements and blood sample for biochemical par...

a study was conducted to determine some biological characteristics of a mudskipper (boleophthalmus dussumieri) such as length, weight frequencies, condition factor and growth parameters of von bertallanfy in the provinces neighboring to the persian gulf, i.e. bushehr and hormozgan, from january 2007 to april 2008.the sampling were carried out using a hand net as well as bare hands. 333 specimen...