background: previous studies have revealed significant differences between populations for genotypic frequencies of glutathione s-transferase t1 ( gstt1 ) and m1 ( gstm1 ) polymorphisms. in order to find the frequency of the null genotypes of gstm1 and gstt1 in iranian populations, the present study was carried out. methods: the total study subjects consisted of 1340 unrelated healthy muslims/i...

  Background :Soft tissue profile can be widely different in various populations. Furthermore, this profile can be also continues to change throughout life. However, there are few studies that quantitatively evaluate the soft tissue profile in Iranian population. In order to determine normal reference values of facial parts in our populations, we aimed to measure standards for facial soft tissu...

a total of 1695 blood samples collected from ten ethnically distinct populations of iran (turks and kurds of rezaieh, lurs, aabolis, baluchis, turks and kurds of shrvan, zoroastrians, tehranis, and kermanis) were examined for six polymorphic red cell enzyme systems, namely red cell acid phosphatase (ap), adenylate kinase (ak), phosphoglucomutase (pgm1), esteraxe d (esd), adenosine deaminase (ad...

BACKGROUND Cultural values are invisible and relatively constant in societies. The purpose of the present study is to find diversities in cultural values of Iranian and Malaysian nursing students. MATERIALS AND METHODS Convenience sampling method was used for this comparative-descriptive study to gather the data from full-time undergraduate degree nursing students in Iran and Malaysia. The da...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate gender differences in depression scores of Iranian and German medical students. METHODS Two hundred Iranian medical students (100 men and 100 women) and 200 German medical students (100 men and 100 women) were selected randomly and completed the English form of the self-rating Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). RESULTS Analysis gave a mean rating of 10.7 ± 6....

Genetic diversity of sea turtles (hawksbill turtle) was studied using sequencing of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA, D-loop region). Thirty dead embryos were collected from the Kish and Qeshm Islands in the Persian Gulf. Analysis of sequence variation over 890 bp of the mtDNA control region revealed five haplotypes among 30 individuals. This is the first time that Iranian haplotypes have been recorded...

Genetic diversity was assayed at 11 microsatellite loci of silver pomfret captured at 5 sites in 2010 to detect population genetic structure of Pampus argenteus, a commercial important species in Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. Results showed 131 alleles over all loci examined. Mean observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.405 to 0.880 respectively. Pairwise F (0.040) and R (0.129) value...

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...

Abstract Background The assessment of sex addiction among different populations requires a valid and reliable tool. Since the Bergen–Yale Sex Addiction Scale (BYSAS) was not available in Iran, this study aimed to evaluate validity reliability Persian version BYSAS. Methods After translation/back-translation procedure, total 756 Iranian men women completed structural tool evaluated by explorator...