background & aim : primary dysmenorrhea (pd) is the most common genital disease among adults which can disrupt daily activities and reduce quality of life. acupressure was recommended for relief of pd and the aim of this study was to compare the maximum pain intensity (mpi) and duration of pd after acupressure on third liver (liv3) and placebo points. methods & materials : students who were suf...

injecting local anesthetic at the seeking current would be appealing.it would save time and avoid potentially dangerous manipulations of the needle. this study aimed to test the hypotheses that in vertical infraclavicular block, injecting local anesthetic at a seeking current of 0.8 ma would produce the same quality of block as injecting at ≤0.5ma. a total of sixty asa i -iii adult patients sch...

background: toxocara is a common nematode of cats in different parts of iran. despite the close association of cats with human, no attempt has been done so far for molecular identification of this nematode in the country. therefore, current study was performed on identification of some isolates of toxocara from stray cats in shiraz, fars province, southern iran, based on morphological and molec...

introduction: during the last 3 decades, human is exposed to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (elf-emf) emitted by power lines and electronic devices. it is now well accepted that elf-emf are able to produce a variety of biological effects, although the molecular mechanism is unclear and controversial. investigation of different intensities effects of 50 hz elf-emf on cell morphol...

introduction: although many researches showed that there are several psychiatric comorbidities in people suffering from migraine headache, few studies investigated the relationship between deep psychopathological structures and headache variables. the purpose of the present study was to elucidate the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and three dimensions of headache impact, pain in...

there is a general consensus that climate change has impact on the intensity and frequency of rainfall events. however, very little research is available about the changes in short term rainfall extremes. the focus of this paper has been on the change in annual and monthly rainfall extremes in ontario. the results indicate a greater variability (increase and decrease) among stations for shorter...

patients and methods twenty-two young men (age = 23.34 ± 2.56 years, weight = 72.47 ± 12.01 kg, and height = 174.10 ± 5.75 cm) were recruited and randomly assigned into control (n = 10) and hiit (n = 12) groups. echocardiography was used to evaluate left ventricular mass (lvm), end-systolic volume (esv), end-diastolic volume (edv), interventricular septal wall thickness (ivswt), stroke volume, ...

knowledge of behavior climatic indexes can be help to planning future programs bahabad study area in the eastern part of the province of yazd with a hot and dry climate, high potential evapotranspiration and low rainfall has a high potential for desertification. the aim of this research is evaluation of classification intensity by imdpa model with emphasis to climate criteria. the indices inclu...