background rapid dose assessment using biological dosimetry methods is essential to increase the chance of survival of exposed individuals in radiation accidents. objectives we compared the expression levels of the fdxr and rad51 genes at 6 and 18 mv beam energies in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. the results of our study can be used to analyze radiation energy in biological dosimetry. con...

introduction: midazolam has turned into a common drug for pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia. however, there is not much data regarding its proper dose and potential side effects in the iranian children population. therefore, the present study was done to compare 2 doses of iv midazolam in this regard. methods:  the present clinical trial was performed to compare 0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg dose...

methanolic extract of whole plant of amaranthus viridis l (meav), was screened for antinociceptive activity using acetic acid induced writhing test, hot plate test and tail immersion test in mice. in a similar way a screening exercise was carried out to determine the antipyretic potential of the extract using yeast induced pyrexia method in rats. administration of the extracts was applied to bo...

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether Relationship Marketing (RM) creates competitive advantage and retains customers for businesses. In order to evaluate RM practices in Grameen Phone (GP), two hundred and sixty five respondents were surveyed. Findings show that GP has been applying RM successfully, consequently retaining customers and achieving competitive advantage. However, GP sh...

cement dust exposure is associated with increased respiratory impairment. as the major occupational hazard in the cement production industry is cement particles, our aim was to more thoroughly examine the acute effects of occupational exposure to cement dust on the respiratory system. a cross-shift study was conducted in a cement factory in iran. 100 high exposed workers from production and pac...

in this work quantitative structure activity relationship (qsar) methodology was applied for modeling and prediction of cellular response to polymers that have been designed for tissue engineering. after calculation and screening of molecular descriptors, linear and nonlinear models were developed by using multiple linear regressions (mlr) and artificial neural network (ann) methods. the root m...

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This study assessed the effect of prepregnancy level of alcohol use among mothers on relationship breakups with young children at 36 months after birth and the extent to which relationship satisfaction (RS) throughout the postpartum period could mediate any association between alcohol use and divorce. The data were part of the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, and analyses of the present...