background: breast cancer is one of the most important diseases in females. malaysian women have not excluded. according to the malaysian oncology society [1], about 4% of women (who are 40 years old and above) have involved by breast cancer. masses and microcalcifications are two important signs for breast cancer diagnosis on mammography. according to our estimation, radiologists could diagnos...

background and objectives: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is a well-known pathogen with a worldwide distribution. given the increasing rate of mrsa infections, implementing of reliable, accurate and rapid testing for diagnosis of mrsa is necessary. the aim of this study was to compare four diagnostic methods for detection of mrsa isolates. materials and methods: from decembe...

introduction: helicobacter pylori, as an etiologic cause of peptic ulcers and gastric cancer, should be tested and treated. the true state of infection can only be detected by isolation of gastric biopsies through the invasive method of gastroscopy. however, there are several non-invasive methods for detection of infection, the most common of which is serology. methods: here we have evaluated t...

background: adiponectin is a protein produced exclusively by adipose tissue; the reduced level of which has been shown to be involved in a variety of obesity-related disorders, such as insulin resistance and diabetes, in different eth­nic groups. this cross-sectional study was conducted to determine adiponectin level and its association with insu­lin sensitivity in 20 adult overweight type-2 di...

conclusions serum ada activity with high specificity percentage may be a useful alternative test in restricted resource areas to rule out diagnosis of ptb. however, serum ada activity is not a useful tool for tb diagnosis. mean serum ada level in the ptb group was clearly higher than the mean serum ada in the other three groups. mean serum ada was 26 iu/l in ptb patients, 19.48 iu/l in patients...

conclusions: silver nanoparticles showed great antibacterial effectiveness on four important foodborne pathogens. therefore, ag nps could be a good alternative for cleaning and disinfection of equipment and surfaces in food-related environments. results: the mic values of ag nps against tested pathogens were in the range of 3.12-6.25 µg/ml. while listeria monocytogenes showed the mic value of 6...

conclusions females are more susceptible to uti than males and the most effective drug (sensitive against isolated e. coli) is amikacin. therefore, culture and antimicrobial drug sensitivity testing are essential procedures for proper management of uti in tribal population. patients and methods a total number of 4,416 urine samples of clinically suspected uti attending outpatient department and...

background: the objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging for shoulder joint pathologies and then compare the results with arthroscopy, the standard for joint diagnosis. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 80 patients with shoulder joint disorders, who underwent final arthroscopy, were studied. based on patients’ medical history and physical...

in this paper, we study the classical sensitivity analysis when the right - hand – side vector, and the coefficients of the objective function are allowed to vary.