Article Type: Original Article Introduction: There is a direct relationship between the quality of root canal obturation and success of endodontic therapy. The aim of the present study was to assess the quality of canal obturation performed by undergraduate dental students at the Faculty of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Materials and Methods: Records of 200 e...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS In spite of their enormous importance, permanent first molars might be affected by caries in children in developing countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment needs of first permanent molars in a group of schoolchildren in Mashhad. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on 700, 7-9 year-old students in primary schoo...

Back ground: Urinary tract infection is one of the most common bacterial infections in pediatric group. Over the last decades the management of children with febrile urinary tract infection has become quite controversial. Although different guidelines had been designed to determine high risk cases, there is no global Consensus about imaging and follow up. In this chapter the author aim to discu...

Background Phlebotominae sand flies are the main vectors of leishmaniasis and some other diseases. Materials and Methods Using sticky traps, sand flies were collected fortnightly from outdoors and indoors areas of selected sites. Results A total of 2032 specimens (498 in the city and 1534 in the outskirts of Yazd) belonging to 11 species were collected. The activity of sand flies started in...

The cordon pricing scheme is an efficient measure to untie congestion and environmental problems in urban metropolitan areas. Since March of 2007, Mashhad has implemented a restricted Central Business District (CBD) Zone as a seasonal congestion management program. The primary goal of the Mashhad cordon scheme is to reduce traffic congestion throughout the CBD. This paper describes the main fea...

We contemplate the vitality productive scope and availability issue in remote sensor systems (WSNs). We attempt to find heterogeneous sensors and course information produced to a base station fewer than two clashing goals: minimization of system expense and expansion of system lifetime. We go for fulfilling availability and scope prerequisites and additionally sensor hub and join limit requirem...

the solar radiation received by earth surface is one of the most applicable parameter that is so important in hydrology, agriculture, meteorology and climatological modeling. because of very expensive instrument for measuring the radiation, researchers suggested many different experimental equations to estimate this parameter in different climate. seven models which are calibrated for semi-arid...