Introduction. The present study aimed to assess the metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal women in Gorgan, Iran. Materials and Methods. The study was conducted on hundred postmenopausal women who were referred to the health centers in Gorgan. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed using Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) guidelines. Results. The mean body mass index, waist circumference, hip, circ...

Objective: One of the most important goals of marriage is the will to attain marital satisfaction. Marital ‎satisfaction is of prime importance and has the highest effect on the stability and failure of the ‎marriage. This study aimed to investigate marital satisfaction in the women who referred to ‎Gorgan Health centers.‎ Method: This was a descriptive-analytical study conducted in Gorgan. Two...

AIMS People with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk for developing diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. The present study aimed to assess the metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes and compare them with two used methods of diagnostic criteria in Gorgan. METHODS The study group included 293 type 2 diabetic patients whom referred to the Department of Diabetes Center in Golestan Un...

OBJECTIVE To see the association of age at menarche with adult height in girls living in Gorgan--North of Iran. METHODS This study included 100 female university students (aged 18-21 years) born between 1985-1988 and 200 intermediate school students (aged 12-15 years) born between 1992-1994. Age at menarche and its association with height were studied. Data was analyzed by SPSS v11.5 software...

We summarized the results of the Road Network Analysis (RNA), when the shortest path to reduce travel time in the Gorgan city public road network, in Iran, was evaluated. The main objective was to determine whether by using a GIS-based new route approach it is possible to determine the shortest path from logging site to destination (mills). The results showed that by using the concept of travel...

Abstract. We have developped a new method for the scheduling of astronomical automatic telescopes, in the framework of the autonomous TAROT instrument. The MAJORDOME software can handle a variety of observations, constrained, periodic, etc., and produces a timeline for the night, which may be modified at any time to take into account the specific conditions of the night. The MAJORDOME can also ...

Morphological differences between the adults of overwintering and non-overwintering generations of the sawfly Pristiphora leucopus (Nematinae) are described and illustrated, as well as characters that distinguish P. leucopus from the closely similar P. armata. In the basal hymenopteran lineages (‘Symphyta’), seasonal polyphenism is so far only definitely recorded in the Sterictiphorinae (Argida...

Ayça Dilruba Aslanger1, Aynur Akbulut2, Gül Tokgöz3, Sakine Türkmen4, Kanay Yararbaş5 1 Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Medical Genetics Department, Kocaeli, Turkey 2 Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Kocaeli, Turkey 3 Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Department of Hematology, Kocaeli, Turkey 4 Hemoglobinopathy Screening Cen...