the objective of the present study was to evaluate the genetic structure and diversity of 16 generations of native fowls of west azerbaijan province, iran using the pedigree data collected between 1994 and 2012. inbreeding coefficient (f), pedigree completeness index (pci), parameters of the probability of gene origin and other parameters related to the genetic structure were estimated using th...

Visceral leishmaniasis is the second most common cause of fever of unknown origin in our study. This disease is not common in adults, although it's endemic among the pediatric age group. The majority of the affected individuals were young. High grade spiking fever, chills and splenomegaly were unique findings. Other common findings were neutropenia, anemia, abnormal liver function tests, st...

Background: The quality of marital relationship is affected by several factors. This study aimed to examine the role of personality factors in the relationship between family-of-origin health status and marital adjustment.  Methods: This study is of descriptive method and the design is correlational based on path analysis. The study population consisted of all married men and women in Qazvin w...

Background: The radial artery is an essential artery supplying the structures in the forearm. Variations in the radial artery concerning its origin, course, branching pattern, and mode of termination have been commonly reported. The high origin of the radial artery from either brachial or axillary artery was detected in numerous studies. Clinically-radial artery is used in cardiac catheterizati...

Measurements of Pb, Cu, Zn, As, Ni, Hg, and Fe heavy metals and major elements and components such as Ca, HCO3, SO4, Na, K, Mg and Cl in soluble rain fractions were performed on rainwater collected at Arak plain during the rainy seasons of 2012. Concentrations of the heavy metals in the soluble fractions decreased for Fe, Pb, Zn, Ni, Cu, As and Hg, respectively and the major elements and compon...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is preferred over conventional methods, such as pleural biopsy, in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pleural effusion. Considering that Imam Khomeini Hospital is facing a large volume of patients with pleural effusion of unknown origin referred from other centers, the present study was conducted to investigate the role of...

it has previously been demonstrated that circulating levels of leptin show ethnic differences when controlled for the confounding influence of adiposity. this study examined leptin levels in non-obese and obese subjects with type 2 diabetes of african versus caucasian origin. materials and methods non-obese and obese subjects with type 2 diabetes of either african origin living in dar es salaam...

Darwin, after his return to England from his fateful voyage on the Beagle, took lodgings on March 7, 1837, near his brother Erasmus’s house on Great Marlborough Street in London.1 He remained there for nearly two years until he was married. In his Autobiography he calls the period from the time of his return to his marriage “the most active ones which I ever spent.‘? During his residence at 36 ...