background and objective: febrile seizure is the most common convulsive disorder in children and different studies reported controversial results about the association between this disorder and iron deficiency, in some studies, iron level in children with febrile seizures is higher than control and in some reports is less than the control group. so, we systematically reviewed all the studies in...

background hepatitis e virus (hev) is one of common causes of viral hepatitis worldwide with higher prevalence in tropical and subtropical regions. although epidemics of hev have been reported from iran, there are variable reports of this infection out of epidemics from different parts of iran. this study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of hev in iran. methods in this systematic review an...

aim : in this study, we aimed to estimate one- to five-year survival rates in iranian patients with gastric cancer (gc). in addition, we preformed subgroup analyses and meta-regression to explore possible sources of heterogeneity between studies.   background : according to literatures, there has been increasing attention to the long-term survival rate in patients with gc in iran. however, resu...

to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on controlled treatment trials of meta-cognitive therapy (mct) for anxiety disorders, studies were included if they employed controlled methodology and treated people above 18 years with anxiety disorders. case studies (with less than 4 cases) and single case designed studies were excluded. a comprehensive literature search identified 15 trials f...

Background: This comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to assess the associated factors of maintenance in patients with methadone therapy in the world.Methods: A systematic literature review was performed from several scientific databases; these include PubMed, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, and MEDLINE. We searched the following keywords: “Methadone”, “Maintenance”, “Re...

The purpose of this article is to review the literature on the topic of deterministic vehicle routing problem (VRP) and to give a review on the exact and approximate solution techniques. More specifically the approximate (meta-heuristic) solution techniques are classified into: tabu search, simulated annealing, genetic algorithm, evolutionary algorithm, hybrid algorithm, and Ant Colony Opti...

background and purpose: consideringbackground and purpose: considering the importance and necessity of competency-based education at a global level and with respect to globalization and the requirement of minimum competencies in medical fields, medical education communities and organizations worldwide have tried to determine the competencies, present frameworks and education models to respond t...