driver drowsiness has been one of the main causes of on-road crashes which can lead to death, physical injuries and impose significant costs on the societies. the development of non-intrusive methods to be able to detect driver drowsiness in the early stages of drowsiness is great of importance. this is an educational review and its purpose is to provide recent achievements about non-intrusive ...

background and aims: rotaviruses are one of the main causative agents of acute viral gastroenteritis in both young human and animals. several methods have been used for diagnosis of rotavirus infection. most of these methods are not easily available in iran. methods: in our study attempt was made to develop a method which could replace the commercially imported kit. rota virus was purified and ...

leishmaniasis is a common parasitic disease in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. police personnel deployed in the suburbs and rural areas are the most often exposed to the potential risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis. furthermore, since the same police personnel are sent on duty to other places, their migrations can also play a considerable role in the transmission of this disease to th...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, jafari n, alai mr, jabbehdari s, ahmad abadi f, nejadbiglari h. homocystinuria: diagnosis and neuroimaging findings - of iranian pediatric patients. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):94-98. abstract objective homocystinuria is a neurometabolic diseases characterized by symptoms include neurodevelopmental delay, lens dislocation, long limbs and thrombo...

calcineurin (can) is a ca2+/calmodulin (ca2+/cam)-dependent serine/threonine protein phosphatase expressed in most mammalian tissues but found at higher concentration in brain. in the last decade there have been a steadily increasing number of studies identifying neuronal can as a primary suspect in neuronal vulnerability, synapse loss, dendritic atrophy, synaptic dysfunction and neuroinflammat...

background and aims: in spite of a long tradition of fruit-tree growing in all provinces of iran, information on pear (pyrus communis) tree viruses is scant. in order to identify of the nature of the virus like symptoms and decline in pear trees, we carried out a survey for the occurrence of four important viruses. materials and methods: leaf samples of pear showing virus like symptoms were col...

this research was performed in order to study and diagnose potato virus y,potyvirus (pvy), potato virus x,potexvirus (pvx), potato virus s,carlavirus (pvs), potato virus a,potyvirus(pva) and potato leafroll luteovirus (plrv) on tubers and leaves of different potato varieties, namely, solea, safran, floris, proventa, milva, universa, lady olympia, vangogh, and marabel grown in afyon region of tu...

comments on ''detection of galactomannan in the bronchoalveolar lavage of high-risk patients with invasive aspergillosis admitted at the intensive care unit'' by khodavaisy et al.  awt-sep    awt-sep    awt-sep    awt-sep    awt-sep    awt-sep  galactomannan in bronchoalveolar lavage for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis  we read with interest the prospective study by khod...

paper chromatography is an analytical technique for separating and identifying mixtures of materials. it is a useful technique since it is relatively quick, and requires small quantities of the material. by emergence of nanotechnology, paper chromatography has found many applications in biology and biotechnology. in this study, we employed gold and silver nanoparticles to detect protein bands a...