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Volume 15, Issue 6
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Serum level of ionized calcium in patients with migraine during a migraine attack and times without migraine
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Mojtaba Kazemi, Sajad Emami, Aida Bahman, Mahshid Zareian, Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi, Somayehsadat Talebnia Jahromi, Hassan Zabetian, Ali Golestan, Abdolhossein Madani

Comparative study of vocational rehabilitation among governmental and private sectors on employment of disabled persons
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Mansour Nazari Chafjiri

A Survey of Interurban Taxi Drivers'driving Behaviors across Kermanshah, Iran, in 2015

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Reza Pourmirza Kalhori, Azadeh Foroughinia, Arash Ziapour

Comparison of Standard Triple Therapy Regimen with Sequential Therapy Regimen Containing Levofloxacin Used for The Eradication of Helicobacter Pylori in Patients with Gastrointestinal Infection Caused by Helicobacter Pylori
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Masoud Hafizi, Mohammad Hadi Shafigh Ardestani, Mohammad Reza Tamadon,
Kian Kavehzadeh, Masoud Amiri

Risk Factors of Resistance to Intravenous Immunoglobulin in patients with Kawasaki: A Cross-Sectional Study over a 10 Year Period (2006-2016)
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Fariba Tarhani, Azadeh Jafrasteh, Mahshid Garmsiri, Shabnam Dalvand

Evaluation of hematological indices of workers exposed to benzene

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Behnaz Salehiforouz, Akbar Vahdati, Ali Akbar Malekirad, Mohammad Amin Edalatmanesh

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The Effect of Internet Usage on Relations between Members of the Iranian Family in Tehran City
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Lida Norouzi, Anahita Arbabi, Maryam Jamali

Investigate the Relationship between Information Technology and Employees' Productivity with Mediating Role of Knowledge Management (Case study: Imam Reza Hospital of Sirjan)
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Hamid Shahdadi, Abbas Yazdanpenah, Abbas Ghavam

Pre-competition anxiety score among Elite Boy Swimmers in Iran

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Asghar Nikseresht, Amir-Abbas Yabande, Karamatollah Rahmanian, Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi

Assessment of the Presence or Absence of Palmaris Longus and the Fifth Superficial Flexor Tendon in the Iranian Population: Are these tendons evolutionary?
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Afshin Ahmadzadeh Heshmati, Ali Karbalaeikhani, Alireza Saied, Mohsen Rouhani,
Mahsa Aboei, Farzad Abroud, Elahe Havoshk

Moral challenges in the provision of care for Infant and Family: a qualitative study
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Marzieh Zahabi, Narges Sadeghi

A Study of the Effects of Factors Related to Food Consumption in Health Workers of Najaf Abad-based Healthcare Centers, Isfahan, Iran
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Fereshteh Sarmadi

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Restoration of Let-7: a possible approach for increased sensitivity to paclitaxel in ovarian cancer
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Mohammad-Reza Mahmoudian-Sani, Ameneh Mehri-Ghahfarrokhi, Ali Shojaeian,
Majid Asadi-Samani

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The First Electronic Immunization Registry System in Iran, Iranian Immunization Registry (IIR)
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Halime Raeisi Sarbizhan, Nahid Hatam, Mehrdad Askarian

Comparison of Dyspepsia Symptoms from the Viewpoints of Persian Traditional and Modern Medicine: A Qualitative Study using Content Analysis approach
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Ali Taghipour, Hamidreza Hosainzadeh, Mahdi Yousefi, Mosarreza Hosaini

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Comparison of the effect of Salvizan Gel with Teriadent in patients with minor aphthous ulcers
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Fatemeh Babadi , Reza Mirzaee Poodeh

Radiological and clinical evaluation of maxillofacial cysts and tumors in patients referred to Hospitals in Kermanshah during 2008-2012
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Nafiseh Nikkerdar, Bahram Azizi , Amin Golshah, Maryam Asadi

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The effects of Matricaria Chamomilla extract during neonatal period of rats on pituitary-gonadal hormone axis and changes in testicular tissue of male progenies
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Safieh Golkhani, Akbar Vahdati , Mehrdad Modaresi, Mohammad Amin Edalatmanesh

In Vitro Effects of Ascorbic Acid on Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking in Keratoconus
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Nasrin Aghaei , Shahrokh Ramin, Abbas Aghaei , Sayed Mehdi Tabatabaei, Mohammd Aghazadeh Amiri

Investigating the prenatal exposure of hydro-alcoholic extract of ginger on the function of Pituitary - Gonad axis in male mature offspring rats
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Nasim Zamani, Ebrahim Hosseini, Mehrdad Modaresi, Abdallah Ghasemi Pirbalouti



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August 2017 - Volume 15, Issue 6

From the Editor
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This is the first issue of a special series of the journal where we have focus on researchers and writers from Iran. In addition there are a number of papers from medical students. Iran is a country situated in southwest Asia in the part of the globe generally known as the Middle East. It has functioned for at least 5000 years as a civilization and as fecund ground for the emergence of the world's first state in the modern sense of the word. This issue reveals the wealth of research and academic activities in Iran.

The topics varies from basic research to clinical trials, to community studies to review. Chafjiri., M, investigated the effect of vocational rehabilitation of the governmental sector in the year 2000 relative to that of the private sector in 2014 for employment of persons with disabilities. The authors concluded that based on those results, it is concluded that the performance and efficiency of the private sector was lower than that of the governmental sector in 2000. Hence, it is necessary to evaluate, grade and improve the performance of the private sector.

Halime Raeisi Sarbizhan, Nahid Hatam and Mehrdad Askarian developed a national immunization electronic registry system to improve Immunization levels. This system of immunization coverage facilitates shared experiences, information and specialized consultation. The aim of the study is to establish an immunization registry system in the Health- Therapeutic center in Shiraz city and for the country as a whole.


Sarmadi, F investigated the effects of factors related to food consumption in health workers of Najaf Abad-based healthcare centers, in 2012. The results of the present study revealed that the bread and celery group had the highest mean of consumption in employees (4.4±9.1). The author concluded that the underlying factors be recognized before education in advance to improve nutrition and prevent diseases caused by malnutrition.

Norouzi L et al looked at the Effect of Internet Usage on Relations between Members of the Iranian Family in Tehran City. The authors stressed that Iran has a society which is highly driven by religious cultural values. The findings suggested that the Internet use has affected familial relationship including wife-husband and siblings. The authors concluded that the internet use had also effects on Iranian families` traditional culture and beliefs.

Taghipour, A et al carried a qualitative study comparing Dyspepsia Symptoms from the Viewpoints of Traditional vs Modern Medicine. The symptoms of dyspepsia were collected from literatures of modern and Persian traditional medicine. The authors concluded that diseases causing dyspepsia are very similar from the viewpoint of Persian traditional and modern medicines.

Kalhori R.P et al did a survey on Inter urban Taxi Drivers' driving Behaviors across Kermanshah, Iran, in 2015. Data were collected from the cluster random sampling was employed, and the final volume of sample population 226 subjects were selected. The findings of this study showed psychometric properties of dangerous driving behavior in deliberate volition and slaps in Kermanshah taxi drivers. The authors suggest starting teaching driving workshop and safety driving education for taxi drivers.
Kazemi. M et al looked at Serum level of ionized calcium in patients with migraine during a migraine attack and times without migraine. The study was performed on 50 patients that
were referred to the Jahrom, Honari Clinic. The authors concluded that , serum levels of Ca2+ during migraine attacks decreased significantly compared with normal mode, which seems Ca2+ have an impact on these attacks. However, more research in this area appears to be needed.

Babadi1, F et al did a clinical trial on 30 patients referred to the Department of Oral Disease of Faculty of Dentistry with the diagnosis of minor oral aphthous. The participants were divided randomly into two groups of 15 persons. Each group was given one of the two drugs: salvizan gel or teriadent ointment. The results indicate the both medicines, have a significant effect on reducing the pain and the oral aphthous ulcer size; so, salvizan gel and teriadent ointment are markedly effective respectively in the control of pain and in reducing the ulcer size.

Mehri-Ghahfarrokhi. A et al reviewed the possible use of Restoration of Let-7: as a possible approach for increased sensitivity to paclitaxel in ovarian cancer. Paclitaxel is the first-line treatment of ovarian cancer and the second-line treatment of advanced ovarian cancer. Although let-7 is a potential therapeutic target for therapy resistant ovarian cancer, further studies should be conducted to investigate clinical use of let-7 to treat or suppress ovarian cancer.

Hafizi. M et al compared standard triple therapy regimen with sequential therapy regimen containing levofloxacin used for the eradication of H. pylori in patients with gastrointestinal infection caused by H. pylori using single blind design. Given the low rates of H. pylori eradication in both sequential and triple therapy regimens observed in the present study, it seems that it is necessary to conduct further researches on the bacterial resistance to the prescribed antibiotics.

Shahdadi. H et al examined the relationship between information technology and employees productivity with mediating role of knowledge management . A descriptive, quantitative, co relational design was used. The statistic population of research consist all employees of Imam Reza Hospital in Sirjan. According to the results, there is a significant relationship between knowledge management and productivity.

Tarhani, F et al investigated the clinical and laboratory predictive resistance factors for intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with Kawasaki. Patients were divided into two groups: a) responders to IVIG treatment, consisting of 47 patients (90/4 %); and b) resistant to treatment, consisting of 5 patients (9.6%). The authors found that high ESR and CRP and lower serum sodium levels can be considered as predictors of resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in patients with Kawasaki.

Saied, A et al led a population study that examined for the presence of the Palmaris longus tendon and for variations of the fifth superficial flexor. By the end of the study, 1180 individuals were enrolled and their data were recorded. Of the total 2360 hands studied, 1688 had a Palmaris longus tendon (71.4%) and 1284 had a functional fifth superficial flexor (54.4%). It seems that Palmaris longus and the fifth superficial flexor function are not evolutionarily determined, at least in the studied population.

Nikseresht . A et al carried a descriptive study to measure the precompetitive anxiety and two its subcomponents (somatic and cognitive) and its relationship with age, weight, height and body mass index. The mean score of precompetitive, somatic and cognitive anxiety was 17.93±3.25, 14.71±2.95, 3.21±0.97, respectively. The authors concluded that the swimming competition equally effect on somatic and cognitive components of anxiety.

Golkhani, S et al looked at the effects of Matricaria Chamomilla extract during neonatal period of rats on pituitary-gonadal hormone axis and changes in testicular tissue of male progenies. Results showed that the extract increased FSH not significantly whereas increased LH, testosterone and also male sexual cells including spermatogonia, spermatocytes, spermatids, sertoli cells, and leydig cells significantly (P<0.05).

Zahabi1. M & Sadeghi N looked at the Moral challenges in the provision of care for Infant and Family: a qualitative study. The first mentioned challenge connected with issues such as nursing workforce shortage or lack of facilities and equipment as a factor in defects of neonatal care that implicitly affect nurses' performance and were beyond the control of nurse. The second mentioned challenge was due to the lack of attention to family-centered care.

Nikkerdar, N. et al studied Radiological and clinical evaluation of maxillofacial cysts and tumors in patients referred to Hospitals in Kermanshah during 2008-2012. Overall occurrence of maxillofacial lesions was 24.5% (85/347) including 41 cysts, 14 benign tumors, 10 malignant tumors, and 20 bone diseases in jaws. The most common cyst, benign tumor, malignant tumor, and jawbone disease was radicular cyst (41.5%), ameloblastoma (57.1%), squamous cell carcinoma (75%), and central giant cell granuloma (65%), respectively. The authors concluded that their findings are generally consistent with those reported in the literature. However, there area few dissimilarities that may be due to racial and/or environmental differences.

Nasrin, A et al assessed the efficacy and safety of ascorbic acid in the treatment of keratoconus by increasing the number of "anchors" that bond collagen fibers together in human in vitro cornea using electron microscopy. In this semi experimental study keratoconus cornea is divided into six equal parts after keratoplasty. Results showed that ascorbic acid strengthen the cornea and decrease the distance between collagen fibrils (consequently increase cross-linking). Therefore, the efficacy of ascorbic acid is observed by more recovery through increasing its doses and passing time.

Zamani, N et al, investigated the prenatal exposure of hydro-alcoholic extract of ginger on the function of Pituitary - Gonad axis in male mature offspring rats. In this experimental study, 40 Pregnant female rats were divided into four groups. The authors concluded that consumption of HEG in perinatal period results in increase in function of Pituitary - Gonad axis in born male adult rats.

Salehiforouz, B et al attempted to answer the questions about whether exposure to benzene is associated with changes in the level of human blood parameters under normal conditions.
The results of blood tests showed that the mean concentration of red blood cells (MCHC) in the control group was higher and Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in exposed benzene workers was higher than control group. The authors concluded that the average exposure of workers at different workshops with benzene vapors is not great, than the exposure limit values of these compounds. In the results of this study, other factors such as alcohol consumption, smoking, non-vegetarian diet and exposure to benzene are effective.

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