in this study marine sponges of inter tidal zone from hengam island persian gulf were collected by wading at low tides in eskeleh station at  locations 55˚ 53ʹ 40ʺ e & 26˚ 40ʹ 53ʺ n.for identifying identification of sponge samples, acid digestion method as a method of early detection and microtome section to identify the skeletal structure were used.all the identified sponges were from class de...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate skeleto-dental abnormalities in 9-11-year-old school children, Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods: In population-based cross-sectional descriptive study, a random cluster sampling done among 19 districts. A total 1,429 socioeconomically ethnically diverse Iranian schoolchildren, aged 9-11 years were studied. brief questionnaire including background in...

AIM To evaluate trends in DNA typing success rates of different skeletal elements from mass graves originating from conflicts that occurred in the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo) during the 1990s, and to establish correlation between skeletal sample age and success of high throughput short tandem repeat (STR) typing in the large data set of the International Commission on ...

abstract purpose: skeletal staining is a way to study the effect of many chemical or herbal substances on development of bones and cartilages in order to record the level of probable deformity.this article aimed to present a modified protocol to make all skeletal studies on laboratory animals possible. materials and methods: the important notes about skeletal staining were fixing by ethanol and...

In this study marine sponges of inter tidal zone from Hengam Island Persian Gulf were collected by wading at low tides in Eskeleh station at  locations 55˚ 53ʹ 40ʺ E & 26˚ 40ʹ 53ʺ N.For identifying identification of sponge samples, acid digestion method as a method of early detection and microtome section to identify the skeletal structure were used.All the identified sponges were from class De...

The present study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) in an Iranian middle-aged sample. A sample of 55 volunteer Iranian persons took part in the study. Cronbach's alpha of the ASDA was found to be high (0.91) and Spearman-Brown and Guttman Split-Half coefficients were 0.86. The factor analysis of the ASDA items yielded five factors accountin...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are the most common condition affecting the tem-poromandibular joint and associated structures. The aim of this study was the epidemiologic evaluation of TMDs and re-lated factors in a group of Iranian adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive cross-sectional survey included a sample of800 high school students (400 girls and 400...

BACKGROUND Newspapers play an important role in improving public health literacy. This study analysis the content of pediatric information in widely circulated Iranian newspapers in 2014. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is an applied survey performed using content analysis method. The data gathering tool was a checklist designed by the researcher. The sample size was determined using nonprobabilit...