Synthesis and characterizing of MgO, 58S bioactive glass and N carboxymethyl chitosan and coating composites of them on SS316L.

One of the most effective ways to solve the problems caused by the presence of steel implants in the body is to apply a coating to them. This study aims to develop and optimize composite coatings of magnesium oxide (MgO), 58S bioactive glass (BG), and N-carboxymethyl chitosan (N-CMC) on stainless steel (SS316L) substrates using the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) method. The synthesized materials were characterized using FTIR, XRD, and SEM to confirm their structure and morphology prior to coating.

Synthesis methods of Mg-based scaffolds and their applications in tissue engineering: A review.

Repair and regeneration of damaged tissues due to disease and accidents have become a severe challenge to tissue engineers and researchers. In recent years, biocompatible metal materials such as stainless steels, cobalt alloys, titanium alloys, tantalum alloys, nitinol, and Mg alloys have been studied for tissue engineering applications; as suitable candidates in orthopedic and dentistry implants. These materials and their alloys are used for load-bearing and physiological roles in biological applications.

Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Screening in Bariatric Surgery Candidates: Correlating the Findings with GERD symptoms.

Introduction: The role of routine preoperative esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in bariatric surgery candidates is controversial. This study compares preoperative EGD outcomes with patient-reported gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms to determine if a case-based EGD is appropriate.

Patients And Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted from April 2022 through September 2023 in Mashhad, Iran.

Thermodynamic geometry of a system with unified quantum statistics.

We investigate the thermodynamic characteristics of unified quantum statistics, a framework exhibiting a crossover between Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics by varying a generalization parameter δ. An intrinsic statistical interaction becomes attractive for δ≤0.5, maintaining positive thermodynamic curvature across the entire physical range.

Is there a difference between the effects of phytoestrogens and non-phytoestrogens medicinal plants on sexual health? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The quality of life of a person and her sexual partner is impacted by sexual function. Sexual function disorders have a significant prevalence in society. There are different treatments for sexual disorders, including herbal therapies.

Evaluation of dietary food intakes and anthropometric measures in middle-aged men with aggressive symptoms.

Background: Aggression is one of the most prevalent behavioral disorders in men.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the possible association between dietary intake of food groups and aggression in middle-aged married men.

Methods: This case-control study included 336 participants (168 men with aggressive behaviors and 168 healthy controls) aged 35-55 years.

How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect the referral patterns for SPECT myocardial perfusion? A single center experience.

Objectives: We evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of referrals for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI) as well as changes in the clinical and imaging characteristics.

Methods: We respectively reviewed 1042 SPECT-MPI cases performed in a 4-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic (PAN; n=423) and compared their findings with those acquired in the same months before the pandemic (PRE; n=619).

Results: The number of stress SPECT-MPI studies performed during the PAN period significantly dropped compared to the number of studies carried out in the PRE period (p = 0.

Exploring the influence of scheduled meetings on physiological indicators of hospitalized patients satisfaction facing acute myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit.

Background: Satisfaction of patients is among the top priorities of health-care providers. Meeting with families is essential for patients who are admitted to various wards, although it has been restricted for many reasons such as its impact on physiologic indicators. This present research study aimed to exploring the influence of scheduled meetings on physiological indicators of hospitalized patients satisfaction facing acute myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit.

Merkel cell carcinoma on the right calf in association with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A case report.

This study showed a rare case of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) with atypical manifestations accompanied by chronic lymphocytic leukemia of B-cell type that underwent chemotherapy and had poor prognosis. The findings suggest that the physicians should consider MCC when performing diagnosis and assess all possible associated risk factors like neoplasms to achieve good prognosis.

Superstatistical two-temperature Ising model.

The previous approach of the nonequilibrium Ising model was based on the local temperature in which each site or part of the system has its own specific temperature. We introduce an approach of the two-temperature Ising model as a prototype of the superstatistic critical phenomena. The model is described by two temperatures (T_{1},T_{2}) in a zero magnetic field.

The Effects of Ripe Pistachio Hulls Hydroalcoholic Extract and Aerobic Training on Learning and Memory in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Male Rats.

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus has harmful effects on body functions, such as learning and memory. According to the role of exercise and medicinal plants on body health, the purpose of this study was to survey the effect of combined aerobic training and the use of Ripe Pistachio Hulls (RPH) hydro-alcoholic extract on learning and memory in streptozotocin-induced diabetic male rats.

Methods: In this experimental study, 42 male Wistar rats weighing 250-280 g were used in 6 groups with an equal number of 7 rats in each one.

Modified Drude model for small gold nanoparticles surface plasmon resonance based on the role of classical confinement.

In this paper, we study the effect of restoration force caused by the limited size of a small metallic nanoparticle (MNP) on its linear response to the electric field of incident light. In a semi-classical phenomenological Drude-like model for small MNP, we consider restoration force caused by the displacement of conduction electrons with respect to the ionic positive background taking into account a free coefficient as a function of diameter of nanoparticle (NP) in the force term obtained by the idealistic Thomson model in order to adjust the classical approach. All important mechanisms of the energy dissipation such as electron-electron, electron-phonon and electron-NP surface scatterings and radiation are included in the model.

δO and δH characteristics of moisture sources and their role in surface water recharge in the north-east of Iran.

The north-east of Iran is a semi-arid region and faces a water shortage crisis. Therefore, monitoring water resources using accurate methods such as stable isotopes technique is vitally important. In this study, precipitation events were sampled in 10 stations in the Mashhad basin and the Bojnourd region in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2015, additional surface and groundwater.

Non-Ablative Fractional 1,540-nm Er:Glass Laser in the Treatment of Atrophic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Scars.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of nonablative fractional 1,540 nm laser to treat the atrophic scars caused by the cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL).

Methods: This clinical trial with a pre- and a posttreatment measurement was conducted on patients with atrophic CL scars. The lesions were treated with nonablative fractional 1,540 nm laser.

Experimental Study on Plasmodium berghei, Anopheles Stephensi, and BALB/c Mouse System: Implications for Malaria Transmission Blocking Assays.

Background: is a rodent malaria parasite and has been very valuable means in the progress of our understanding of the essential molecular and cellular biology of the malaria parasites. Availability of hosts such as mice and vectors such as has made this parasite a suitable system to study the parasite-host and vector-parasite relationships.

Methods: This study was performed at Medical Entomology and Parasitology laboratories of the School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2016.

Self-avoiding walk on a square lattice with correlated vacancies.

The self-avoiding walk on the square site-diluted correlated percolation lattice is considered. The Ising model is employed to realize the spatial correlations of the metric space. As a well-accepted result, the (generalized) Flory's mean-field relation is tested to measure the effect of correlation.

Dynamics of Transgenic Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein Defensin (GFP-D) in Under Laboratory Condition.

Background: bacterium is a known symbiont of the most gut microflora and nominated as a good candidate for paratransgenic control of malaria. However, the population dynamics of this bacterium within and its introduction methods to the mosquitoes have not yet been explored.

Methods: subsp.

Mapping of the Bak, Tang, and Wiesenfeld sandpile model on a two-dimensional Ising-correlated percolation lattice to the two-dimensional self-avoiding random walk.

The self-organized criticality on the random fractal networks has many motivations, like the movement pattern of fluid in the porous media. In addition to the randomness, introducing correlation between the neighboring portions of the porous media has some nontrivial effects. In this paper, we consider the Ising-like interactions between the active sites as the simplest method to bring correlations in the porous media, and we investigate the statistics of the BTW model in it.

Prevalence of Leishmania species in rodents: A systematic review and meta-analysis in Iran.

Leishmaniasis are diverse group of diseases caused by numerous species of genus Leishmania. Herein we have contrived a systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of Leishmania species in rodents of Iran. For this purpose, following the general methodology recommended for systematic reviews and meta-analysis, six English databases (PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Ovid, Web of Science and Google Scholar) and four Persian databases (Magiran, SID, Iran Doc and Iran Medex) were explored during January 1995 till June 2015.

Perturbative thermodynamic geometry of nonextensive ideal classical, Bose, and Fermi gases.

We investigate perturbative thermodynamic geometry of nonextensive ideal classical, Bose, and Fermi gases. We show that the intrinsic statistical interaction of nonextensive Bose (Fermi) gas is attractive (repulsive) similar to the extensive case but the value of thermodynamic curvature is changed by a nonextensive parameter. In contrary to the extensive ideal classical gas, the nonextensive one may be divided to two different regimes.

Effect of a Trampoline Exercise on the Anthropometric Measures and Motor Performance of Adolescent Students.

Background: Physical exercises can influence some anthropometric and fitness components differently. The aim of present study was to evaluate how a relatively long-term training program in 11-14-year-old male Iranian students affects their anthropometric and motor performance measures.

Methods: Measurements were conducted on the anthropometric and fitness components of participants (n = 28) prior to and following the program.

A novel adjuvant, the mixture of alum and naltrexone, augments vaccine-induced immunity against Plasmodium berghei.

We previously showed that the mixture of naltrexone (NLT), a general opioid antagonist, and alum, acts as an effective adjuvant in enhancing vaccine-induced T helper 1 (TH1) humoral immune responses against Toxoplasma gondii. Here, we tested the efficacy of the mixture of NLT and alum in the induction of immunity in response to blood stages of Plasmodium berghei (BSPb) as a model vaccine. BALB/c mice were divided into five vaccination groups.

Identification of Echinococcus granulosus Strains in Isolated Hydatid Cyst Specimens from Animals by PCR-RFLP Method in West Azerbaijan - Iran.

Background: The aim of this study was DNA extraction from protoscolecses of Echinococcus granulosus and identification of these strains in West-Azerbaijan Province, north western Iran.

Methods: Thirty one livestock isolates from sheep and cattle were collected from abattoirs of the province. To investigate the genetic variation of the isolates, after DNA extraction by Glass beads-phenol chloroform method; PCR-RLFP analysis of rDNA-ITS1 was performed using three different restriction enzymes of Taq 1, Rsa 1 and Alu 1.