Publications by authors named "E Rafiee"

Background: Emerging evidence suggests that oral probiotics may enhance the immune response in respiratory diseases, offering potential benefits in managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Objectives: This trial aims to evaluate whether the addition of the oral probiotic Familact to standard therapies significantly enhances dyspnea management in COPD patients compared to standard treatment alone.

Methods: In this single-blind randomized clinical trial 60 COPD patients randomly allocated into the control and intervention groups (n = 30).

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Cardiovascular diseases are the primary and fundamental reasons of people death around the world. Precise, fast responding, compact and integrable biosensors are considered as the most important prevention or treatment devices. In this work, remarkable absorbers based on graphene-plasmonic-black phosphorous hybrid structures are proposed.

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In this paper, four individual structures based on graphene-plasmonic nano combinations are proposed for detection of corona viruses and especially COVID-19. The structures are arranged based on arrays in the shapes of half-sphere and one-dimensional photonic crystal formats. The half-sphere and plate shaped layers are made of , , and graphene.

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Background: Thyroid hormones are essential for the growth and maintenance of hair follicles. Numerous studies have evaluated the relationship between thyroid disorders and hair loss. However, no study has assessed the dermoscopic results in patients with hypothyroidism and hair loss.

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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of 1 per cent and 0.01 per cent peracetic acid as an antifungal agent in animal otomycosis.

Method: After creating a superficial scratch in the external auditory canal of guinea pigs, a suspension of , and candida were inoculated into the ears of the animals.

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