BACKGROUND Widespread prevalence of extended-spectrum βeta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-producing E. coli) limits the infection therapeutic options and is a growing global health problem. In this study our aim was to investigate the antimicrobial resistance profile of the E. coli in hospitalized and out-patients in Cyprus. RESULTS During the period 2010-2014, 389 strains of E. c...

INTRODUCTION Considering that empowering expectant mothers is an important issue to maintain a healthy pregnancy, this study was conducted to evaluate the predictors of empowerment among Iranian pregnant women. METHODS This cross sectional study was conducted in Golestan, North of Iran in 2015. A total number of 161 pregnant women were selected through random cluster sampling from urban healt...

We consider the non-hermitian 2D Dirac Hamiltonian with (A): real random mass, imaginary scalar potential and imaginary gauge field potentials, and (B): arbitrary complex random potentials of all three kinds. In both cases this Hamiltonian gives rise to a delocalization transition at zero energy with particle-hole symmetry in every realization of disorder. Case (A) is in addition time-reversal ...

Introduction Βeta thalassemia is a severe haematological disorder, caused by a genetic mutation. Nowadays, medical treatment and prenatal diagnosis allow to prevent the spread of the disease, but in the past it was largely distributed, mostly in people coming from the Mediterranean region. This fact led to the traditional conviction of the Mediterranean origin of β-thalassemia, the reason why i...

Background: Alzheimer Disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder with a progressive impairment of cognitive function. The pineal gland hormone melatonin (MEL) has been known as protection agent against AD. However, the effect in various doses inconsistent. Objectives: In this study, we aimed to investigate two MEL on learning and memory amyloid-βeta (Aβ)-induced AD rats. Material...