Most DNA sequencing technologies are based on the shotgun paradigm: many short reads obtained from random unknown locations in sequence. A fundamental question, Motahari et al. , (2013), is what read length and coverage depth (i.e., total number of reads) needed to guarantee reliable sequence r...

shahid motahari educational festival has annually been held to improve medical education quality in iran. the present study aims to determine the product of holding six courses of the festival from the viewpoints of medical sciences university faculty’s members. this cross-sectional study was conducted among 473 academic members of medical universities in iran. participants filled out a self-ad...

BACKGROUND Management of firework-related injuries is costly for the patient, society, and government. OBJECTIVES Evaluating effective factors yielding to such injuries may lead to better management of patients and decreased costs and morbidities. PATIENTS AND MATERIALS This retrospective cross-sectional study was performed on burn patients referred to Shahid Motahari Burns Hospital on Char...

BACKGROUND Premature myocardial infarction with life-threatening complications may become epidemic in some Asian and African countries and especially Iran. Fibrinogen is considered as one of the probable risk factors of myocardial infarction. The aim of our study was to assess fibrinogen levels as an etiology of premature myocardial infarction in young Iranian men. FINDINGS A case-control stu...

change and order have been the central subjects of masters of social thought and historical sociology in the modern age. moreover, explanation of these phenomena has evolved from a naturalistic perspective and negation of agency to an approach emphasizing agency and structure and their mutual interaction. based on a theoretical framework, this article aims to compare shahid motahari’s thought r...

Introduction: Shivering is a protective reaction. It increases the production of body temperature by muscular contraction. Post-surgery shivering is one of the prevalent side effects of anesthesia. This is usually accompanied with other problems such as oxygen consumption increase, intracranialpressureincrease, and other complications. Hence, this study compared the effect of various doses of k...

BACKGROUND/AIM Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the cause of 10% of hospital-acquired infections. The organisms are often multidrug- resistant, mediated mostly by antibiotic-resistant integrons. The aim of this research was to study integron carriage and its association with multidrug resistance in burn and nonburn clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 112 P. aeruginos...

Background: Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disease. Measuring quality of life in these patients could be a useful tool for evaluation and prioritization of care services. The 39-item Parkinson’s Disease questionnaire (PDQ-39) is an acceptable measure to assess quality of life in these patients. Objectives: This study aims to assess the validity and reliability of the Persian ...