background: in some areas of ramsar, a city in northern iran, residents receive a much higher annual radiation exposure than is permitted for radiation workers. induction of adaptive response in residents of ramsar has been reported previously. in this study induction of such a response in short term exposure to high background levels of gamma radiation is investigated. materials and methods: f...

jabra ibrahim jabra, one of the most prolific arab authors, has enriched the arabic library and the mind of his audience by first functioning as a link in a rich chain of past cultural, artistic, and literary heritage; and second by reflecting the modern arab intellectual's classical mindset. he has a multifaceted career as a short story writer, novelist, critic, poet, playwright, and pain...

There is significant regional variation in the etiologic agents responsible for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which influences the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of malignant transformation. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of allelic imbalance (AI) and CpG island methylation in HCCs from Australia and South Africa. Genomic DNA was extracted from malignant and...

fanconi- bickel syndrome (fbs) is a rare type of glycogen storage disease (gsd) characterized by hepatomegaly, proximal renal tubular acidosis (rta) and marked growth retardation. we report a case of fbs presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis and transient neonatal diabetes. a female infant, product of consanguineous marriage presented with diabetic ketoacidosis at age 33 days, and was treated a...

the effect of different levels of osmolality and ph of lactose extender on the viability of bactrian camelspermatozoa was investigated. semen was collected from 10 bactrian camel bulls using modified bovineartificial vagina. in experiment i, the extenders consisted of 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13% lactose with respectiveosmolalities of 290, 333, 350, 376 and 419 mosm/kg and the ph of 6.9. in experiment...

background: iran is a vast country with great variability in ethnicity and geographical regions as well as higher diversity in socioeconomic and demographic factors in different provinces. all these differences could influence the growth indicators of children and may result in a substantial inequality in the distribution of growth indexes across iranian provinces. this study aimed to determine...