background: among the non-communicable diseases, diabetes mellitus has an important ranking and with annually increasing rate where it is expected the number of people suffering from the disease will reach to 300 million up to 2025 in all of world. the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in iran is 4-4.5% and in population aged above 30 years is greater than 14%. the present study is attempting to fi...

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background: long term exposure to hazards at the work place is injurious to health and usually leads to diseased conditions. the objective of this study was to determine the occupational health problems associated with driving among the professional drivers in sagamu, ogun state, nigeria. methods: this study is a cross‑sectional study. total sample of all the consenting professional drivers in ...

background: in view of the importance of teachers and faculties in changing the perspective of population on this issue, and also the increasing rate of prostate cancer screening, the present study was carried out to evaluate the knowledge base, attitude and performance of teachers and faculty members in relation to prostate cancer screening test. objective: in this study,we evaluated the teach...

cellobiose dehydrogenase (cdh ec.1.1.5.1) is an extracellular enzyme that mainly produced by wood-degrading fungi. it oxidizes cellobiose to cellobionolactone using a wide spectrum of electron acceptors. the key roles of cdh in growth, metabolism, and some other important cellular processes such as cellulose degradation in fungi have been noted. since the demands for finding new sources of cdh ...

in this study, urease production was investigated among thirteen strains of aspergillus niger seven strains isolated from soils of semnan province in iran and six strains obtained from persian type culture collection (ptcc). the enzyme production was screened in two submerged media quantitatively. the registered ptcc 5011 and the native s31 strains showed more urease production than the other e...

background: the major aneuploidies that are diagnosed prenatally involve the autosomal chromosomes 13, 18, and 21, as well as sex chromosomes, x and y. because multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (mlpa) is rapid and non-invasive, it has replaced traditional culture methods for the screening and diagnosis of common aneuploidies in some countries. objective:  to evaluate the sensitiv...

introduction: decayed teeth are one of the diseases of civilization. intraoral factors which interact with the others such as heredity, cultural and social factors are involved in the initiation of the disease. among social factors, health care is particularly important. the aim of the present study was to evaluate dmft, dmft and gingivitis in the first-year students of elementary, guidance and...

background: anemia is the most common blood disorder observed in vulnerable groups and affects their efficiency in their everyday activities. possible complications of the disease may be reduced or prevented by screening of patients. screening programs impose certain costs upon the health system, which may offset their positive effects. whether the positive impacts of screening outweigh its cos...

there is strong and consistent evidence that eating disorders are prevalent in sport and especially in weight sensitive sports such as endurance, weight category and aesthetic sports as well as jumping events. these illnesses are not only common but lead to significant physical and psychological morbidity and impaired performances. sports organizations, and by extension the professionals whose ...