Background & Objectives: Convulsion is the most common pediatric neurological problem that requires special attention in this group. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of ...seizures and to evaluate its risk factors in children in Bandar Abbas, IranMethods: A retrospective study was conducted on 222 children with seizures admitted to children hospital during 2008. Results: Of total children hospitalized due to seizure, 64.5% were male with age range 1-2 years. Fever was the most cause of seizure. In 58.8% of cases, the child's age at the time of first convulsion was 1-3 years. The seizure attack occurred in wake up in 63.8% of cases, and 65.8% of the samples had normal consciousness at the time of admission. The mean duration of seizure in 64.1% of cases was less than 5 minutes and type of seizure in 80.1% has been reported as generalized tonic colonic. A history of convulsion in other family members was reported in 28.9% and in 19.36%, there was close family relationship between parents. There was no significant relationship between type of delivery, gestational age and birth weight with type and duration of seizure (P>0.05).Conclusion: Particular attention should be paid to children with seizure during history-taking and be more vigilant to high-risk patients and those who might need prophylactic anticonvulsants.
The current research aimed to investigate the link between the quality of working life and the systematic commitment of nurses in the teaching hospitals in Tabriz. The methodology used was functional ...regarding the purpose and the proportional allocation as far as the stratified sampling method was concerned. The study population consisted of all the nurses in Tabriz. The instrument used in this study was a standard questionnaire, whose reliability was approved in national and international studies. Also data were collected and inserted into SPSS 20 software and a statistical analysis was performed. The results showed that the individuals' quality of working life had a direct effect on their action in the organization.
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Background and Objective: The acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a malignant disease with an accumulation of the abnormal and undifferentiated blastic myeloid cell in the bone marrow, leading to ...abnormal hematopoiesis. This study was done to determine the NPM1 and FLT3-(ITD) mutations and laboratory findings in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was carried out on 40 (24 males, 16 females) patients with newly acute myeloid leukemia in Northwest of Iran. The mutation of NPM1 and FLT3-ITD were evaluated using PCR method in 25 patients. In all patients, the flowcytometry findings in the bone marrow, leucocytosis and the LDH levels were evaluated prior to the chemotherapy. Results: The mutation of FLT3-ITD and NPM1 genes was detected in 15 (60%) and 9 (36%) of patients, respectively. FLT3-NPM1+ mutation was seen in 4 (16%) patients. Leukocytosis, LDH level and AML in different classes did no show any significant difference between FLT3-NPM1+ and other gene mutations. Conclusion: The mutation of FLT3-ITD gene was nearly twice than NPM1 in acute myeloid leukemia.
The efficiency of cross-breeding programs mainly depends on the choice of the progenitors and the knowledge on the transmission of traits that breeder wants to improve. In the present study ...heritability rate of 65 traits related to different parts of vegetative, reproductive, nut and kernel in 12 populations (320 progenies) derived from controlled crosses of 13 local and foreign almond genotypes and cultivars were assessed. Results obtained from parents evaluation showed that ‘Shahrood-12’ was the latest blooming while ‘15/5’ and ‘A’genotypes were the earliest blooming than the other parents. Among the 12 studied populations, in total 46 superior progenies were chosen in terms of heritability of evaluated traits with emphasis on flowering time. Heritability of some important traits such as flowering time, leafing date and bearing habit were obtained as 0.70, 0.80 and 0.75 respectively. Also fitted regression line of these traits was significant at 1% probability level. Close relationship between flowering time and leafing date were obtained in evaluated progenies. Heritability of some nut traits such as weight, length, width, softness and hardness and shell thickness were obtained to be 0.77, 0.60, 0.69, 0.73 and 0.60 respectively and the fitted regression lines to these traits were significant at the 1% probability level. Heritability of traits related to almond kernel such as length, width, weight, shape, double kernel percentage and shriveling were estimated 0.75, 0.79, 0.76, 0.96, 0.55 and 0.54, respectively.
In this study, genetic diversity of 41 Iranian cultivars and new releases have been studied together with 12 reference almond cultivars from different countries using morphological and molecular ...characterization. To study morphological diversity, thirty-three quantitative and qualitative characteristics of nuts and kernels and almond trees were evaluated. Cluster analysis showed that nut length, nut shape, nut weight, shell thickness and hardness, kernel length, kernel shape, kernel weight, kernel percentage, flowering time, and maturity time were the main characteristics that separated the cultivars. Regarding the molecular characterization of the almond germplasm studied, fifteen peach simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers have been used in the molecular characterization. DNA fingerprints have been developed establishing the genetic relatedness among cultivars and new releases. Amplification of SSR loci was obtained for all 15 primer pairs producing polymorphic amplification. The number of presumed alleles revealed by the SSR analysis ranged from 4 to 13 with size ranking between 75 to 205 bp. The mean number of alleles per locus was 8.2. There were high variability and different similarity from low (0.042) to high (0.96) among the almond cultivars assayed. Results establish the value of SSR markers for distinguishing different genetic linkages and characterize an extensive and largely underexploited Iranian germplasm available to almond breeding programs.
Almond is an economically important fruit tree species in which the commercial part is the seed, making fertilization essential for production. Due to its general self-incompatibility (a genetic ...barrier that avoids self-fertilization), two or more cross-compatible cultivars must be grown in the same orchard. Thus, determination of the self-incompatibility genotype is a very useful tool for orchard design and for parental choice in breeding programs. The S-RNase alleles of 62 almond cultivars grown in Iran were identified by PCR, using combinations of the consensus primers PaConsI-F, EM-PC1consRD, EM-PC2consFD, EM-PC3consRD, and EM-PC5consRD. Sixteen cultivars of European, American, and Asian origin were also included in the analysis as references for the 30 S-RNase alleles already characterized in almond. Initially, PCR products obtained with the primer set EM-PC2consFD + EM-PC3consRD were run on agarose gels alongside the reference cultivars. When inconsistencies such as amplification of only one band or unclear band size correspondence were found, PCR using the primer sets PaConsI-F + EM-PC1consRD or PaConsI-F + EM-PC5consRD was performed. In most cases, the results showed two bands that matched the size of known S-RNase alleles. However, in 13 cultivars eight bands differing in size from those of the reference cultivars were identified. These bands were considered to correspond to new S-RNases. The S genotype of most cultivars differed from those of the established cross-incompatibility groups and, although the vast majority could be classified in the universal group O, some showed an identical genotype, so that nine new groups could be proposed.
"n Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; ...mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Background: The ability of a specific test to predict a difficult intubation is decreased by the variability of definitions of difficult intubation/laryngoscopy. The Mallampati classification system is a widely utilized approach for evaluating patients in the preoperative setting. Zero class of Mallampati is a new class of airway view that to add to the four modified Mallampati classes. This study estimates the incidence of class zero airway and determines the ability of Mallampati score, age and sex on the prediction of the larangoscopy grade."n"n Methods: This is a cross sectional study in which 376 patients aged 7-18 years and A.S.A physical status I or II were enrolled. They were scheduled for surgery under general anesthesia All the airway assessments were done in the sitting position, with the patient's head in neutral position, mouth fully open, tongue fully extended and without phonation. After induction of general anesthesia, laryngoscopy grade was assessed in sniffing position using the Cormak & Lehame grading scale. "n"n Results: Class zero airways occurred in 0.3% of patients, and the patients with class zero airway had a grade I laryngoscopy. 49.5% of patient had class I, 37.2% class II, 13% of patient had class III and there found no patient with class IV airway. Grade II and III laryngoscopy were more frequent in females than in males but this correlation was not statistically significant. "n"n Conclusions: Assessment of airway by Mallampati scoring system and attention to the age can be an important factor in the prediction of high laryngoscopy grade.
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