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Dariush D. Farhud, MD, Ph.D., MG.
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Vol 24 No 1-2 (1995)
Articles
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The formation of renal and urinary calculi is not due to a single cause but occurs as a multifactor entity, by which some of them still are unknown. Three theories of Stones formation including nucleation, stone matrix and inhibition of crystallization do not accuse water hardness as a main cause of the formation of urinary calculi 120 patients suffering from renal and urinary calculi and the same number of control persons were studied in the city of Uromieh. The analysis of uroliths and water samples fulfilled the laboratory Standard methods Chi-square test was done on the results obtained The results of water analyses showed that the total hardness of Calcium and Magnesium were 300, 69, 32 mg/I as CaCo3 , TDS , 410 mg/I, electrical conductivity 600 us/cm and water classified as very hard. The abundance of uroliths were, oxalate, cystjne, uric acid infectious respectively, There was no statistical significant association between water hardness and urinary calculi of patients under study with respect to age and sex. The abundance blood groups in patients were A , 0 , AB and B respectively and the occurrence of 3 renal calculi mentioned above were more in men than Women The formation of renal stones were most occurred in summer season. The most abundant was calcium oxalate, the incidence was between the ages 30 to 50 years old and calcium stones were 2.7 times more in men than woman.
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Vinca major, minor and rosea are three species of vinca genus and Apocynaceae family. The present work is to investigate antimicrobial effects of these plants against Candida albicans, Pseudomonas aeroginosa and Staphylococus aureus. Alkaloids from leaf extracts had a better effect on pseudomonas aeroginosa than alkoloids from stem and root. Alkaloids from stem extracts were more effective than alkaloids from other parts on Staphylococus aureus. Root alkaloids were more effective on C. albicans. The antimicrobial effect of vinca minor was the most.
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In a descriptive analytical study in six villages in Meshkin shahr area, the important endemic focus of Kala-Azar in northwest Iran, a KAP study was carried out on various aspects of Kala-Azar in a total of 245 young mothers selected randomly and interviewed The results of the present investigation showed that 93.5% of the mothers were illiterate and only 2.4% of them had acceptable knowledge about the methods of prevention and control of Kala-Azar. Regarding environment health activities for prevention of the disease, 85% of the mothers knew nothing or had no acceptable method of practice, but despite the lack of the knowledge, their attitude toward taking suspected cases of the diseased children to health units was at an acceptable level.
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Fifty-three pregnant and 58 non-pregnant women, attending one of the hospitals in Kerman city, were selected according to set criteria and included in the study. The mean age was 24 years and the mean panty two. Nutritional status was assessed on the basis of blood and serum biochemical parameters. Results obtained showed that 4%, 3%. 17%, 12% and 13.3% of the women have low level of Hb, Hct MCV MCHC and MCH, respectively. Also, the percentages of women suffering from a deficiency of folic acid, vitamin B12 and iron were 16.9%, 7% and 8.7% respectively. In 18.7% of the subjects the transferrin saturation percentage was lower, and in 46.6% of them TIBC was higher, than normal.
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Chemical methods ( actinometry ) depend on the measurement of the extent to which a chemical reaction occurs under the influence of UV light. Two chemical actinometers have been used in this research. In one method, the mixtures of potassium peroxidisuiphate butanol solutions were irradiated for various time intervals, and pH-changes were determined. A linear relationship was observed between these changes and UV-dose applied. In another method, the acidic solutions of ammonium molybdate and ethyl alcohol were irradiated and the intensity of blue color developed was determined by titration with potassium permanganate solutions. The volumes of titrant used were then plotted versus the UV-doses. This showed a linear relationship which could be used for dosimeiry. Both of these actometers proved to be reliable. The first is the method of choice with a view to have much accuracy and the second method is preferred because of its feasibility and having advantages of no need to any equipment and non-accessible raw materials.
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This semi-experimental study was conducted to investigate the impact of nutrition education on knowledge of mothers concerning breast-feeding in Giassi Charity Health Centre in the south of Tehran, Yaftabad. Breast-feeding and nutritional awareness of 104 randomly selected mothers was assessed before and after a one-month breast-feeding course (Three 90-minutes' sessions per week). The proportion of the mothers with high awareness before the course was 0.0% and increased to 83% after the course. In this study the effect of such independent variables as mothers’ age and age at the first pregnancy, their education, number of children and physiological status, as well as family income on their nutritional awareness was determined. Statistical analysis (of both total score and individual question score changes) showed the nutrition education course to have had a positive impact on mothers’ nutritional knowledge and awareness (P<0.001, confidence limits 99.9%).
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In order to determine the prevalence, incidence and odd ratio of HBV, 681 serum samples were collected from 54 laboratory personnel in Tehran in both private and governmental sectors. The samples were tested for HBsAg and Ab using ELISA technique. The results showed that the prevalence of HBsAg and Ab among clinical laboratory personnel was 2.3 and 20 percent respectively. The prevalence of HBsAg and Ab was two folds higher in the males than in female. With increasing duration of employment and age, the prevalence of these markers was increased (p<0.50). In comparison of age, as opposed to duration of work, it was observed that the age has a greater effect on the prevalence of HBV markers. The prevalence of HBsAg and Ab was not influenced significantly by the level of education. It was noted that the prevalence of these two HBV markers was higher in larger family groups. Comparing various staff holding different positions in the laboratories , regardless of the sex, the groups with the highest and the lowest prevalence were the wash room and secretarial groups respectively. Considering the hazard of HBV and other blood borne viruses, the importance of educating the laboratory staff about protective measures, in addition to vaccination, is clear.
