the comparison of total and ionised serum calcium level in preeclamptic pregnant women and the women with normal pregnancy   z. salari md1*, n. eftekhari md2     1- assistan professor, dept of gynecology, university of medical sciences, kerman, iran 2- associated professor, dept of gynecology, university of medical sciences, kerman, iran     background: preeclampsia remains one of the important...

background: previous studies have shown that preeclampsia is associated with elevated maternal serum homocysteine levels, but few studies have evaluated homocysteine levels in amniotic fluid in these patients. the purpose of this study was to compare amniotic fluid homocysteine levels in preeclamptic women, with those of normal pregnant women. methods: a cross sectional study was done on 46 pre...

This study focused on the factor structure of the victimization form of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2). A sample of 1,266 women participated in the study, including a subgroup of battered women. Results of confirmatory factor analysis supported a model that integrates the five original scales with the severity of violence (minor, severe). In addition, the distinction between minor a...

Institutional analysis that aims to contribute to the reduction of rural poverty needs to focus first of all on the ways in which institutions influence poverty and the livelihoods of the poor. Therefore the starting point has to be poor people themselves. This means understanding their diversity and the different characteristics of people who are affected by poverty and experience it in differ...

Offers a look on how Australian humor describes the status of women in several literary works. Women writers' treatment of their marginalization in society; Creation of a world where gender power relations are reversed; Description of male myths of nationhood; Satirical presentation of gender bias..

background and objective: hyperemesis gravidarum (hg) is defined as vomiting sufficiently severe to produce weight loss, dehydration, electrolyte abnormalities. interleukin-6 (il-6), a pro-inflammatory and trophoblast-derived cytokine has ability to induce trophoblasts to secrete human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg). the purpose of our study was to assay the level of il-6 and β-hcg in serum of pr...

Background: IL-6 is a proinflammatory and immunoregulatory cytokine to be very high in endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease, which are known risk factors for ectopic pregnancy(EP). The effects of IL-6 on target cells occur via the formation of a high-affinity complex with IL-6Ra that expressed in the cilia of the epithelial cells. In the present study,we compared expression of IL-6Ra i...

background: q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by coxiella burnetii . there is no information about this disease in pregnant women in iran. the aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of c. burnetii infection among pregnant women in southwestern (ahvaz) and northern (parsabad) iran and further to comparison its prevalence in normal and abnormal pregnancies. methods: a total of...