Six species of terrestrial isopods from the province of Qazvin, central Iran, are recorded. Three species, Hemilepistusklugii (Brandt, 1833), Protracheoniscusehsani Kashani, 2014 and Mongoloniscuspersicus Kashani, 2014, were previously reported from the province. Hemilepistuselongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 and Protracheoniscusmajor (Dollfus, 1903) are recorded for the first time, and one species, Pr...

Autoclaving is one of the methods which sterilizes medical solidwaste. This study was carried out to evaluate efficiency autoclaves in two Shahrekord hospitals(Kashani and Hajar) Iran by biological chemical indicators. In this study, performance autoclave studied based on through setting 96 tests. Variables were loading type four groups (light, medium, semi- heavy, heavy), location, hospital , ...

The article is devoted to the work of Mahmud Kashani (d. 735/1334-35), who was a sheikh Suhravardiya Sufi order and author several significant works. object analysis one parts his most famous — prose treatise “The lamp that indicates true path, key sufficient amount [of mystical knowledge]”. deals with religious views scientific heritage Kashani. A commented translation part first section “On L...

BACKGROUND Choosing an appropriate accounting system for hospital has always been a challenge for hospital managers. Traditional cost system (TCS) causes cost distortions in hospital. Activity-based costing (ABC) method is a new and more effective cost system. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to compare ABC with TCS method in calculating the unit cost of medical services and to assess its applicabi...

We thank all the patients who took part in the study, colleagues within the Sarah Cannon Research Institute UK site who cared for these patients, and Bartley O’Connor of Sqeeler Limited for the IT platform used during this pilot study. We also thank David Peters of Sequoia Medical Communications Ltd, who provided medical writing assistance funded by AstraZeneca, and colleagues within the AstraZ...

With great interest we read the article of Kashani and colleagues “Intra-articular lidocaine versus intravenous sedative and analgesic for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation”.1 This article that has been recently published in your journal describes the interesting results of a randomized controlled trial that compared intraarticular lidocaine with intravenous sedation for the treatment ...

Riegle (D-Mich.); Jack M. Clough, Jr., AAAS/Biophysical Society/ American Society of Photobiology, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, House of Representatives Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee; Daniel Craig, Duke Round Table on Science and Public Affairs (Duke), office of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii); Stanislaus J. Dundon, American Philosophical Association (APA), office of Repres...

BACKGROUND Urinary Tract Infections (UTI), and their complications, cause serious health problems, which affect millions of people every year. Infections of the urinary tract are the second most common type of infection in the body and approximately 20% of women are especially prone to UTIs for reasons not yet well understood. Urinary Tract Infections in men are not as common as in women yet ca...