BACKGROUND Evidence shows an influence relationship between described symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) and emotional state. OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between anxiety and depression with GERD in patients referred to the endoscopy unit of Bouali-Sina Hospital in Qazvin. METHODS This case-control study was conducted in the endoscopy unit of Bouali-Sina Hospital...

Background. Psoriasis is a common, genetically determined inflammatory and proliferative disease of the skin. Psychological stress can exacerbate the disease. This study sought to investigate the depression and anxiety disorders among patients with psoriasis and control group. Method. In this hospital-based case-control study, One hundred patients with psoriasis (case) referred to the dermatolo...

We describe a set of modular extensions to our Auto/Graph veriication toolset for networks of communicating processes. These software additions operate from a common le exchange format for automata and networks, called fc2. Tool functionalities comprise graphical depiction of objects, global model construction from hierarchical descriptions, varr ious types of model reductions and of veriicatio...

The rapid development of online social networks (e.g., Twitter and Facebook) has promoted research related to social networks in which link prediction is a key problem. Although numerous attempts have been made for link prediction based on network structure, node attribute and so on, few of the current studies have considered the impact of information diffusion on link creation and prediction. ...

SINA is an object-oriented language for distributed and concurrent programming. The primary focus of this paper is on the object-oriented concurrent programming mechanisms of SINA and their implementation. This paper presents the SINA constructs for concurrent programming and inter-object communication, some illustrative examples and a message-based implementation model for SINA that we have us...

DCC (deleted in colorectal cancer) is postulated to function as transmembrane receptor for the axon and cell guidance factor netrin-1. We report here that the DCC cytoplasmic domain binds to proteins encoded by mammalian homologs of the Drosophila seven in absentia (sina) gene, as well as Drosophila Sina. Sina has a critical role in R7 photoreceptor development and shows upward of 85% amino aci...

BACKGROUND Pneumococcal vaccine provides protection against invasive pneumococcal disease in population at risk. This study was conducted to compare the antibody response to 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in patients with thalassemia major. METHODS A randomized cross-over clinical trial was performed on 50 asplenic patients with thal...

BACKGROUND The German cockroach is an important household insect pest mechanically involved in transmission of a variety of diseases to humans. Different classes of insecticides have extensively been used for its control leading to insecticide resistance development. Hence, for an optimal control of this pest, the status and underlying mechanisms of insecticide resistance should be studied in t...