OBJECTIVES High consumption of bakery products such as cream-filled pastries may cause serious health risks and food poisoning to humans. Therefore, investigation of the microbial and chemical qualities of bakery products containing cream is necessary. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the chemical qualities and microbial contaminations of cream-filled pastries collected from ...

Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, P.O Box 801379 Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Venda for Science and Technology. PMB X5050 Thohoyandou 0950, Limpopo Province, South Africa. REGER, UMR-5097 CNRS, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux 2, Rue ...

Background & Aim: Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province contains several major floristic plant associations of central Zagros Mountains. Kallar species were used for medicines nutrias in this area. However, these valuable species have been threatened and even become at risk of extinction due to habitat fragmentation and disturbance. Therefore, the first step in protecting theses species is identify...

background: previous studies have revealed significant differences between populations for genotypic frequencies of glutathione s-transferase t1 ( gstt1 ) and m1 ( gstm1 ) polymorphisms. in order to find the frequency of the null genotypes of gstm1 and gstt1 in iranian populations, the present study was carried out. methods: the total study subjects consisted of 1340 unrelated healthy muslims/i...

background and aims: finding prevalence of chicken anemia virus (cav) infection in native chickens is necessary to avoid transmission of infection to commercial flocks. in this paper we attempt to describe molecular detection of chicken anemia virus in native larry-breed chickens in chaharmahal-va-bakhtiyari province in iran for the first time. materials and methods: blood samples were collecte...

INTRODUCTION In China, the severity of medical disputes has greatly increased during the past two decades, which has caused various adverse outcomes for health professionals. Previous research on violence in healthcare settings has primarily examined the occurrence of patient-initiated violence and its effects on physicians, but few studies have focused on the impact of the extent of physicians...

This study has two main components with a common theme of paediatric ophthalmology in Asia. The first component aimed to assess the prevalence of refractive error in 12-14 year old children in urban Phnom Penh and rural Kandal Provinces of Cambodia. The prevalence of refractive error in Cambodia has not been previously studied and is important for the planning and implementation of refraction s...

The Philippine fisheries sector has been affected by the impacts of climate change. Vulnerability to change pertains a natural system's ability cope with negative change, variability, and extremes. Assessment (VA) provides framework for evaluation over broad range systems. Tools such as Fisheries Tool (Fish Vool) have developed do VA. "giant squid" diamondback (Thysanoteuthis rhombus) fishery i...

background & aim: chaharmahal va bakhtiari province contains several major floristic plant associations of central zagros mountains. kallar species were used for medicines nutrias in this area. however, these valuable species have been threatened and even become at risk of extinction due to habitat fragmentation and disturbance. therefore, the first step in protecting theses species is iden...