Shortly after the discovery of X-rays by the German physicist Wilhelm C. Roentgen in November 1895, the first X-ray apparatus was installed in 1898 in Beirut at the Prussian Hospital affiliated since 1887 with the Medical School of the Syrian Protestant College founded in 1867 (later American University of Beirut in 1920). The first chest radiographs were produced after a long exposure time in ...

BACKGROUND Trauma occurs in 7% of pregnancies and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the mother and fetus. OBJECTIVES The present study was conducted in Kashan in 2009-2010 to evaluate the causes of trauma in pregnancy. PATIENTS AND METHODS This descriptive study analyzed data from 32 pregnant women with trauma who were referred to the maternity hospital from 2009 to 2010. Data ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of nasal polyp in the population has been estimated to be 0.5-4%. It is noticed that nasal polyp could have a negative impact on the patient's quality of life and indubitably exert a substantial cost on the society. It is observed that, in some cases, complete cure may not be achieved and relapse can occur. In Iranian traditional medicine (ITM), nasal polyp is called "...

Nevertheless, Khani et al.4 found no significant difference in the SPOP mutation frequency between Caucasian and African American PCa patients. Both reports underline the general importance of SPOP mutation in PCa. In addition, Buckles et al.3 also found a decreased SPOP expression on mRNA level in mutated tumors. Unfortunately, SPOP expression analysis on protein level was not done on the tumo...

Grape is important crop with high nutritional value, however there is a great need for improving the quality of the crop. Cultures were maintained in vitro on MS medium supplemented with 2.5 mg/L BAP+ TDZ 3.0 mg/ L. The effect of different doses of gamma irradiation as well as chemical mutagenesis by Sodium azide was studied. It was noted that doses up to 5 Gy helped to increase plant height fr...