Corresponding Author: B. Daneshfard Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Tel: +98 713 2345145, Fax: +98 713 2345145, E-mail address: [email protected] Parameters Contributing to Aging: Avicenna's Viewpoints Majid Nimrouzi, Mohammad Reza Sanaye, and Babak Daneshfard 1 Research Center for Traditional Medicine and...

abstract drought is one the most complicated and unknown natural disasters and rainfed agriculture is often the first sector to be affected by drought. in this research, we consider the drought monitoring from both meteorological and agricultural points of view. we have selected standardized precipitation index (spi) among the meteorological indices, with a one month time scale for the synoptic...

Primary hydatid disease of the spleen is rarely reported. We describe the first report of primary hydatid disease of the spleen which was diagnosed by ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA). A 25-year-old female from Fars province, Iran, presented with left flank pain one week prior to admission. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a large cystic lesion, 8 cm in diameter at the spleni...

Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontic, School of Dentistry, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Mazandaran, Iran Assistant Professor, Department of Mycology & Parasitology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Shiraz, Iran Associate Professor, Biomaterial Research Center, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Shiraz, Iran Associate P...

S. M. J. Mortazavi 1, Ghazal Mortazavi 2 and Maryam Paknahad 3,* 1 Diagnostic Imaging Center, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; [email protected] 2 Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7134845794, Iran; [email protected] 3 Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department, School of...

1- Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Faculty Medicine, Shiraz University Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2- Biochemistry, Kerman Kerman, 3- 4- , [email protected]

12.1.1 Definitions The following definitions from WMO (1992; 2003a) are relevant to upper air measurements using a radiosonde: Radiosonde: Instrument intended to be carried by a balloon through the atmosphere, equipped with devices to measure one or several meteorological variables (pressure, temperature, humidity, etc.), and provided with a radio transmitter for sending this information to the...

abstract spi is based on fitting a gamma distribution to precipitation amounts in selected periods. based on current research, the gamma distribution may not be fitted to annual precipitation of some regions. in order to evaluate this subject, annual precipitation have been used during 1958- 2007 at 11 synoptic stations in iran. in first step, values of spi and frequency of different classes of...

Received 18/8/2010 Accepted 8/12/2011 (004998) 1 Department of Nutrition, School of Health and Nutrition, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2 Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, e-mail: [email protected] 3 Endocrinologist, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran *Correspond...