introduction: ninety four females who attended at the ultrasound department of royal hospital for women underwent a transabdominal ultrasound to detect polycystic ovaries (pco). material and methods: thirty-seven individuals had scan normal ovaries and 38 had scan evidence of polycystic ovary (pco). all the subjects were sent a bulimia investigation test (edinburgh) (bite) questionnaire for abn...

background: use of bed-net continues to offer potential strategy for malaria prevention in endemic areas. local communi­ties are indispensable during design and implementation stages. methods: a cross-sectional study of 192 randomly selected inhabitants was carried out in malarious zone, siahoo dire­strict, hormozgan province, southern iran. in addition, we monitored human landing periodicity o...

background: besides of transmitting several diseases to animals, and tick paralysis, ornithodoros lahorensis induce skin lesions. this experiment was done to determine histopathological features of adult o. lahorensis bite on rat. methods: in this investigation adult male rats were infested with o. lahorensis ticks. animals were divided into two groups and euthanized two days and two weeks afte...

background: green pit viper bite is an important cause of morbidity in bangladesh. the objective of this study was to investigate the characteristics and clinical presentations of green pit viper bite in bangladesh. methods: this prospective observational study was done in the department of medicine in chittagong medical college hospital, bangladesh. a total of 40 patients with history of green...

Analysis of bite marks plays an important role in personal identification in forensic casework. Bite marks can be recorded in violent crimes such as sexual offences, homicides, child abuse cases, and during sports events. The arrangement, size and alignment of human teeth are individualistic to each person. Teeth, acting as tools leave recognizable marks depending on tooth arrangement, malocclu...

PURPOSE Panoramic radiographs taken using conventional chin-support devices have often presented problems with positioning accuracy and reproducibility. The aim of this report was to propose a new bite block for panoramic radiographs of anterior edentulous patients that better addresses these two issues. MATERIALS AND METHODS A new panoramic radiography bite block similar to the bite block fo...

Maximum bite force affects craniofacial morphology and an organism's ability to break down foods with different material properties. Humans are generally believed to produce low bite forces and spend less time chewing compared with other apes because advances in mechanical and thermal food processing techniques alter food material properties in such a way as to reduce overall masticatory effort...

Background: The incidence of animal bite is increasing in Iran and there is lack of knowledge about animal bite in children. Hence, the aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of animal bite in children and also evaluate delayed time of post exposure prophylaxis(PEP) in children. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 172 children cases of animal bites ...