Abstract The measurement of trace elements in nails and hairs has advantages relative to other body tissues they have been increasingly used forensic clinical toxicology as a complementary test. Complementary hair nail analysis can indicate the amount for long periods time. In this study, samples were collected from city Hamedan quantitative elemental concentration was measured by PIXE techniqu...

The main purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the presence of Neospora caninum infection in beef cattle from Hamedan province, Western Iran. Blood samples were collected from 514 industrial beef cattle and tested using ELISA. IgG antibodies against N. caninum were found in 102 (19.8%) sera. Significant differences were observed between seropositive cattle and age group (p=0.022). No si...

Information on the occurrence, diversity and economic losses due to Eimeria infection on cattle farms is lacking in Western Iran. The principal aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and diversity of Eimeria species in cattle in Hamedan province, Western Iran. In a cross-sectional study performed from June 2010 to April 2013, 400 faecal samples were collected randomly from animals wi...

*Correspondence: [email protected] Department of Mathematics, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Hamedan, Iran Abstract In this paper, an effective numerical method to solve the Cauchy type singular Fredholm integral equations (CSFIEs) of the first kind is proposed. The collocation technique based on Bernstein polynomials is used for approximation the solution of various cases of CSFIE...

The aim of the current investigation was to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in ewes and that role in abortion from Hamedan province, western Iran. 360 blood samples from ewes with recent abortion history and 148 samples from sheep with no abortion history (total=508) from different rural regions of Hamedan province were evaluated for the presence of IgG-antibodies ag...

Bovine neosporosis caused by the apicomplexan protozoan parasite N. caninum, was initially recognized in 1989 and is now reported as a leading infectious cause of reproductive failure in dairy cattle in world wide. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of N. caninum infection in industrial dairy cattle of Hamedan province (west of Iran) by ELISA method. Blood samples were co...

OBJECTIVE To study on the frequency of hepatitis B and C infections in chronic psychiatric patients in Day Night Patient Care Centres in Hamedan in 2006-2007. METHODS This is a cross sectional study done on 170 patients with chronic mental disorders admitted in patient care institutions of Hamedan in 2006-2007. Positive tests for HCV-Ab were confirmed by RIBBA test. RESULTS Of 170 patients,...