Asthma can profoundly affect the quality of life of individuals with the disease. There are limited data on the quality of life of people with asthma in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate quality of life in adults with asthma in Semnan using the 36-item short form health survey (SF-36). The effect of sociodemographic characteristics on quality of life sco...

INTRODUCTION There are controversies over the long-term persistence of post vaccination immunity to hepatitis B and the need for booster doses of the vaccine. The aim of this study was to verify antibody levels of antibody against hepatitis B virus surface antigen (anti-HBs) in children aged 1 to 15 years who received vaccination against hepatitis B in the central province of Iran, Semnan. MA...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, patient safety issue is among one of the main concerns of the hospital policy worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the patient safety status in hospitals affiliated to Semnan city, using the WHO model for Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiatives (PSFHI) in summer 2014. METHODS That was a cross sectional descriptive study that addressed patient safety , which explai...

In this paper, delay constrained performance of a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system in a dense environment with co-channel interference is investigated. We apply orthogonal space-time block coding (OSTBC) at the transmitter, and for alleviating the high complexity and cost of the MIMO system, receive antenna selection (RAS) scheme is employed in the downlink. Here, for ...

*Correspondence: [email protected] 1Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, 35195-363, Iran 3Young Researchers and Elite Club, Malayer Branch, Azad University, Malayer, Iran Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract In this paper, we introduce the concept of normed Lie superalgebr...

Background Physicians need to apply new technologies in ambulatory care. At present, with regard to the extended use of information technology in other departments in Iran it has yet to be considerably developed by physicians and clinical technicians in the health department. Objective To determine the rate of use of health information technology in the clinics of specialist- and subspecialis...

ackground: Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite, member of the phylum Apicomplexa. Felids are definitive hosts, and all warm-blooded animals humans intermediate hosts. The clinical symptoms toxoplasmosis among chickens mostly subclinical, but infection eggs important as source protein for human consumption. Objectives: This study aimed to detect T. in chicken meat egg by molecular examinat...