A new species of the Holarctic omaliine genus Acrolocha Thomson, 1858 from Gilan province, Northwest Iran, is described, illustrated, and distinguished other West Palaearctic congeners. The now includes a total 16 species, seven which are distributed in region.

BACKGROUND Eosinophilia occurs in a wide variety of situations such as parasitic infections, allergic disorders, and malignancies. Most cases of eosinophilia of parasitic origin, especially those with a tissue migration life cycles consists of human infections by helminth parasites. The aim of present study was to determine the parasitic causes of eosinophilia in patients in a major endemic are...

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a cytosolic enzyme which its main function is to produce NADPH in the red blood cells by controlling the step from Glucose-6-Phosphate to 6-Phospho gluconate in the pentose phosphate pathway. G6PD deficiency is the most common X-chromosome linked hereditary enzymopathy in the world, that result in reduced enzyme activity and more than 125 different mu...

INTRODUCTION Hanging is one of the most commonly used way to commit suicide in many countries. This method used in suicide is considered a problem in Iran too, but no clear data exists regarding hanging in different regions or the country as a whole. Because of the epidemiologic differences in non-judicial hanging in different regions, this study aimed to assess it in Gilan province, Iran betwe...

in order to study genetic variation and relationship between traits, 615 accessions of local bread wheat from wheat collection of national plant gene bank of iran were evaluated. seeds of the accessions were planted in 2.5 meter long rows in an observatory design and 17 agro-morphological traits were measured. grain yield of 5 spikes, number of tillers and number of seeds per spike were of high...

With the technical assistance of Vicki Keefer E RYTHROPOIETIC porphyria is a rare inborn error of porphyrin metabolism; forty-two well documented cases have been described to date. Among the features common to this disorder is a hemolytic component of varying degree and severity. The precise nature of the hemolytic defect and its relationship to changes in other organs such as the liver and the...

1 School of Electrical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, 52 Naesudong-ro, Heungduk-gu, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea. 2 Department of Electrical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 214-1 Dae-dong, Kyongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea. 3 School of Electronics Engineering, Daegu University, Gyungsan 712-714, Republic of Korea. 4 Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine...