Background: Free-living amoebae, which are called as amphizoic amoebae, could live in various environmental sources such as water, soil, dust and also human and animal tissues. According to possible contamination of hot springs to free living amoebae and developing related disease such as keratitis and encephalitis in people at risk and the lack of knowledge regarding their distribution in hot ...

Background & Objective: The fair distribution of medical specialists among the population of a country is one of the requirements for the public health. We aimed to investigating the distribution of medical specialists using Gini coefficient in all governmental hospitals in two medical universities of Golestan (15 hospitals) and Mazandaran (23 hospitals) provinces. Methods: The present practic...

TThe purpose of this research is to identify the entrepreneurial opportunities for the rural tourism industry in Mazandaran province in order to answer the question of what the appropriate fields of investment and rural tourism potentials in Mazandaran province are. The methodology used in this research is of a descriptive nature and is based on developmental purposes. Accordingly, a combined a...

Background and purpose: CYP1B1 is involved in the metabolism of exogenous and endogenous substrates and plays a key role in hormone and xenobiotic induced carcinogenesis. Polymorphisms in CYP1B1 could result in modifications in its enzyme activity and are known to be associated with cancer susceptibility related to environmental toxins and hormone exposure. Moreover, the association of CYP1B1 p...