best treatment option, although, there is no common consent on optimal therapy for advanced prostate cancer. case presentation: the present study reports a case of 75 year-old man who had a huge heterogeneous soft tissue mass lesion with non-homogeneous enhancement consisted low attenuated foci occupying pelvis cavity and lower abdomen with loss of mesenteric fat and invasion to posterior bladd...

background and objective: vitamin d (vit d) has an important role as immunoregulator. its deficiency is deemed as a risk factor for respiratory system infection. in this study the serum vit d levels of healthy and with pneumonia children were compared. methods: in this prospective case control study, 31 hospitalized children due to pneumonia and 40 healthy children both aged between 6 and 60 mo...

background and objective: vitamin d (vit.d) has an important role as immunoregulator. its deficiency is suggested as a risk factor for respiratory system infection. in this study the serum vit.d level in pneumonia and healthy children will be compared. methods: this study is a prospective case control study and contains 31 children between 6 and 60 months old hospitalized because of pneumonia a...

Background and Objective: Vitamin D (Vit.D) has an important role as immunoregulator. Its deficiency is suggested as a risk factor for respiratory system infection. In this study the serum Vit.D level in pneumonia and healthy children will be compared. Methods: This study is a prospective case control study and contains 31 children between 6 and 60 months old hospitalized because of pneumoni...

Background and Objective: Vitamin D (Vit D) has an important role as immunoregulator. Its deficiency is deemed as a risk factor for respiratory system infection. In this study the serum Vit D levels of healthy and with pneumonia children were compared. Methods: In this prospective case control study, 31 hospitalized children due to pneumonia and 40 healthy children both aged between 6 a...

background and objectives: the aim of our study was to characterize gizzard lactobacillus fermentum-group strains on the basis of their phenotypic profiles regarding characteristics of lactobacilli. in addition, their in vitro potential probiotic properties were evaluated. materials and methods: the lactic acid bacteria were isolated and identified from gizzard contents of algerian local poultr...

one of the important issues in hydraulic engineering is inspection of local scour depth around bridge pier. using piles is one of the ways for confronting local scour and erosion. in this study, the experiments were conducted in an 8m long, 0.5m deep and 0.25m wide flume. and the effectof using piles and number of them observed on the amount of scour in three different frude numbers. the shape ...

iran has a long history in the use of medicinal plants and traditional medicine. local people in the villages, especially the elderly, have useful information about health benefits and how to use these plants. therefore, it seems that collecting and recording this information leads to the revival of this traditional knowledge. the current research is an ethnobotanical study on the medicinal pla...

purpose : to evaluate efficacy, complications, and patient satisfaction using local anesthesia (la), in comparison to with general anesthesia (ga) in external dacryocystorhinostomy (dcr) methods : in this prospective study, 149 patients with complete nasolacrimal duct (nld) obstruction who were candidates for external dcr were randomized in 2 groups: ga 73 patients, and la 76 patients. intraope...

a nulliparous non-descript mare was presented with a complaint of dystocia. the mare was recumbent and physical examination revealed that the animal was in shock. there was no straining and foetal forelimbs were visible outside the vulva. the foetus was dead as there was no pedal reflex. vaginal examination revealed anterior presentation with dorso-sacral position and rigid lateral head deviati...