The Iranian plateau is an ideal area for investigating the relationship be? tween ecological and sociological factors because of its stark aridity, on the one hand, and its historical role as a meeting place of ethnic and cultural movements on the other. The part of the plateau which forms the southeast corner of Persia is particularly interesting from this point of view. Over an area of some 2...

An important variable in determining the vectorial capacity of malaria mosquito species is the degree of mosquito-human contact. This parameter can be affected by community sleeping behavior and the host-feeding habits of vectors. A cross-sectional study of 775 randomly selected inhabitants, including 385 Baluchi residents and 390 Afghani refugees, was conducted in a malarious area in Sabaz Dis...

Noting the polyethnicity of Pakistani state, author tried to trace «Kurdish in Pakistan». It was noted that representatives various peoples and nationalities live on territory Pakistan, who speak more than 60 languages. And one small communities among them are Iraqi Kurds, whose number, according some estimates, reaches 250 people. In 1659, Kurdish historian Akhund Mohmmad Saleh Zangana wrote b...

BACKGROUND: Influenza vaccine immunogenicity is suboptimal in immunocompromised patients. However, there are limited data on the interplay of Tand Bcell responses to vaccination with simultaneous immunosuppression. METHODS: We collected peripheral blood mononuclear cells from transplant recipients before and 1 month after seasonal influenza vaccination. Before and after vaccination, H1N1-specif...

Issues related to bilingualism and the effects which might have on language learners’ cognitive and meta-cognitive variables have attracted the attention of a couple of researchers in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA).Since a couple of decades ago, there has been a plethora of studies on cognitive and metacognitive differences between bilinguals and monolinguals. However, the impac...

objective: boerhaavia elegans l. (nyctaginaceae) is a medicinal plant used for the treatment of kidney disorders, urinary tract disorders and blood purification in baluch tribe. the aim of present study is to evaluate the antioxidant propertyof b. elegans species for the first time. materials and methods: different parts (leaf, stem and fruit) of the plant were extracted by using various solven...

Objective: Boerhaavia elegans L. (Nyctaginaceae) is a medicinal plant used for the treatment of kidney disorders, urinary tract disorders and blood purification in Baluch tribe. The aim of present study is to evaluate the antioxidant propertyof B. elegans species for the first time. Materials and Methods: Different parts (leaf, stem and fruit) of the plant were extracted by using various solven...

Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) may manifest with heterogeneous patterns according to ethnic origins. The objectives of this study were to describe the influence of various Iranian ethnic origins on clinical measures in patients with AS. Methods: 0ne hundred sixty-three AS patients diagnosed by modified New York 1984 criteria were enrolled consecutively in a cross-sectional study. The ...

background: ankylosing spondylitis (as) may manifest with heterogeneous patterns according to ethnic origins. the objectives of this study were to describe the influence of various iranian ethnic origins on clinical measures in patients with as. methods: 0ne hundred sixty-three as patients diagnosed by modified new york 1984 criteria were enrolled consecutively in a cross-sectional study. the p...