kikuchi-fujimoto disease (kfd) is a benign, self-limiting disease characterized by histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis. though several viral agents or an autoimmune etiology has been proposed as causative, the exact cause remains unknown. it has a female predilection and most commonly seen among young asian people. patients usually present with a febrile illness and the presence of lymphadeno...

background: lactobacillus plantarum isolated from fermented olives has been extensively studied with the aim of its use in starter cultures for olive or other production fermentations, but little is known about its antimicrobial resistance and its probiotic effects. objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial activity using different strains of l. plantarum isolated fro...

political legitimacy is one of the basic and major concepts of political science especially      political thought. different views of the meaning and the concept of political legitimacy go back to the roots of political legitimacy. in this article by using a comparative style, the author will attempt to      compare the concept of political legitimacy in imam khomeini and jurgen habermas'...

perylene and penta-aromatic hydrocarbons were determined in sediments as part of a study that was dedicated to the aquatic ecosystem of oginigba creek (southern nigeria) in order to carry out a critical corroboration of occurrence and diagenetic evolution of perylene in the sediments of the creek. the results show that the annual mean levels of perylene ranged from 396.27– 507.19 mg/g dry wei...

introduction systemic lupus erythematous (sle) is among rheumatic diseases of unknown etiology. fever of unknown origin (fuo) has been rarely reported to be the presenting sign of sle. presence of four or more sle criteria is diagnostic for the disease. however, presentations may occur serially which make it much more difficult to diagnose an already questioned fuo. case presentation our case o...

man has always been curious about his natural environmental, and has always been trying to know it more. to do this, he has employed many different ways and has used different information. in the meantime, he has examined nature phenomena indirectly and using remote sensing. today, expert and groups of experts are using remote sensing documents and this has caused them to believe that remote se...

background: although infectious diseases are the most common sources for the fever of unknown origin (fuo), but the spectrum of infectious diseases is changing overtime. the purpose of the study was to define the clinical spectrum and changing the pattern of fuo.methods: this existing data based study was undertaken from 2007 to 2011. one hundred-six patients fulfilling the modified criteria fo...

present survey studies intensity of heavy metals pollution (ca, fe, ni, cd, pb, zn, as, hg) in the sediments of bamdezh wetland. the main objective of the study is to quantify heavy metal pollution intensity in the wetland. other objectives of the study are separation of natural and anthropogenic heavy metal pollution and identification of the origin of heavy metals. results of this study shows...

photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to formaldehyde was investigated on four semiconductor photocatalysts (fes, fes/fes2, nio and tio2). the reaction was carried out in continues flow of co2 gas bubbled into the reactor. semiconductor photocatalysts were characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopic (drs) methods. sulfide ion was used as hole scavenger. t...