background: to report a case of orbital dirofilariasis from a patient in abadan city southwest iran. case report: a 54- year- old woman referred to abadan oil company hospital, southwest iran with the symptoms of tearing, irritation, swelling, and itching of the right eye. in ophthalmoscopy, a live worm was observed in sub- conjunctival space. the worm was removed and sent to the laboratory. th...

Manuscript received: August 2001 Editor: John Roddick INTRODUCTION Computer viruses have become a fact of life. Once a rarity, the increasing use of networks and network applications, such as email, has resulted in their rapid dispersion after creation. Their increasing prevalence is providing data that can be analysed to obtain information and devise models on rates of infection, spatial dispe...

This article presents a new definition of t-entropy that makes it more explicit and simplifies the process of its calculation.

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to compare the biomechanical behavior of the spanning reconstruction plate compared to standard plating techniques for mandibular symphyseal fractures. Materials and Methods. Twenty-five human mandible replicas were used. Five unaltered synthetic mandibles were used as controls. Four experimental groups of different reconstruction techniques with five in ea...

The size of the Convoluta roscoffensis population on a beach in Herm, Channel Islands is subject to wide seasonal variation, being very low in early summer and high in autumn and winter. Of the ecological factors measured, only light -expressed a s photosynthetically active radiation showed a correlation with population size. Low worm numbers, and also low numbers of algae and chlorophyll a con...

Correspondence: Hesamedin Banihashemi, MD. Faculty of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. Bandar Abbas, Iran Tel:+98 76 33333687 Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Introduction: Dirofilaria...

Efforts have been made in this study to stabilize the sewage sludge mixed with sugarcane trash in four different proportions: 20% (T(1)); 40% (T(2)); 60% (T(3)) and 80% (T(4)), under laboratory conditions using epigeic earthworm (Oligochaeta) Eisenia fetida. The composting potential of worm was also evaluated in 100% sewage sludge treatment (T(5)). The changes in chemical properties of substrat...