In Iran, the number of published articles has increased significantly in the basic and applied sciences including medicine and its subspecialties during the recent years. The present study reviewed Iranian science production in medicine, focusing on Iranian medical journals and assessing the current status of Iranian medical journals in several information databases. The study revealed that onl...

asthma is a disorder of increasing severity and prevalence. recent knowledge about the pathogenesis of asthma emphasizes its inflammatory nature. cpg oligonucleotides are a class of compounds containing motifs based on the cytosine-guanine dinucleotides (cpg-odns). these motifs are suppressed in mammalian dna. they induce inflammation in mammals characterized by the induction of t helper type 1...

Large protein-sized synthetic supramolecular architecture is rare and certainly has not yet achieved the structural and functional complexity of biomolecules. As multiple, identical copies of a few building blocks are repetitively used, a highly symmetrical architecture results with limitations in function. In marked contrast, functional structures in nature are often assembled with high geomet...

The present study aimed at Investigating the knowledge and attitude of Nursing Students towards Iranian Traditional Medicine in universities of Tehran in 2012-2013. 300 students of nursing studying at different universities in Tehran participated in this descriptive, cross-sectional study. The data was collected through a standard questionnaire with an acceptable validity and reliability. The q...

according to the forms of sassanian medallions designed on the textures sassanid, it’s very impressive in the distinctive features, the variety of design and style of drawing. sassanid era peak of excellence in the art of silk fabrics and textiles, especially the development of their industry. but it should also be stated, that one of the important reasons for the existence of exquisite designs...

The present paper deals with the mosaic pavements that embellished public buildings, semi-public and private houses between 80s of 4th c. first two decades 5th in most important cities late antique province Thrace - Philippopolis Augusta Traiana are unearthed so far. This was a period great significance for development both which though developed different way until time, were now united use fu...

The Nucleic Acid Database (NDB) (http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu) is a web portal providing access to information about 3D nucleic acid structures and their complexes. In addition to primary data, the NDB contains derived geometric data, classifications of structures and motifs, standards for describing nucleic acid features, as well as tools and software for the analysis of nucleic acids. A varie...

The Mouse Brain Web, a federated database, provides for the construction of anatomically correct models of mouse brain networks. Each web page in this database provides the position, orientation, morphology, and putative synapses for each biologically observed neuron. The Mouse Brain Web has been designed to support (1) mapping of the spatial distribution and morphology of neurons by type; (2) ...

china is one of the oldest and most important countries in the world that has had an important role in the process of pottery production. especially chinese potters have had an inimitable skill in production of porcelain wares. although impress of chinese pottery on iran returns to the early periods after islam but during timurid and safavid periods this impress is more greater especially in ma...