Biotechnology and Health Sciences

Hamid Bahrami, Taghi Naserpour Farivar, Masoumeh Aslanimehr, Amir Peymani, Talat Dabaghi Ghaleh, Hassan Jahani Hashemi, Saman Saadat Background: Ureaplasma urealyticum that is the smallest free-living bacterium does not have bacterial cell wall. These organisms cause different infections in respiratory and urinary tract system in close contact with epithelial cells. The current study aimed to determine the prevalence […]

Karim Jabbari, Parvin Nassiri, Mohammad Reza Monazzam Esmaeelpour, Kamal Azam, Mohammad Faridan, Leila Heidari Background: Exposure to the excessive levels of occupational noise is one of the principal harmful agents affecting the workers’ health. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the occupational noise exposure and the hearing loss caused by working in small-scale service […]

Mohammad Reza Sarookhani, Hashem Haghdoost-Yazdi, Hossein Piri, Nafiseh Rastgoo, Parham Tadayon Background: The current study evaluated the effects of a combination of flunarizine (flu) a calcium channel blocker, glibenclamide (Glib), a KATP channels blocker and B vitamins (B com) on the behavioral symptoms of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced model of Parkinson disease to examine the synergistic antiparkinsonian effects […]

Salman Ghaseminejhad, Ghahraman Mahmoudi, Ghasem Abedi Background: Medical tourism, a multi-million-dollar industry, has had a significant effect in economic flourishing, creating jobs, and preventing the outflow of currency. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate teaching hospitals affiliated to Gilan and Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, according to joint commission international (JCI) standards. Methods: This was […]

Rohollah Kalhor, Fatemeh Darzi Ramandi, Sima Rafiei, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Mohammad Azmal, Leila Kalhor Background: Nowadays, productivity and efficiency are considered a culture and a perspective in both life and work environments. This is the starting point of human development. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the performance of hospitals affiliated to Mashhad […]

Maryam Khorasani, Asghar Mohammadpoorasl, Maryam Javadi Background: Several studies have shown that sleep disorders may lead to metabolic or endocrine changes including insulin resistance, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and stroke. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between sleep quality and metabolic factors and anthropometric measurements among personnel of a central petrochemical company […]

Samiie Pouragahi, Mohammad Hossein Sanati, Mehdi Sadeghi, Marjan Nassiri-Asl Background: Recent neuroinformatic studies, on the structure-function interaction of proteins, causative agents basis of human disease have implied that dysfunction or defect of different protein classes could be associated with several related diseases. Objectives: The aim of this study was the use of bioinformatics approaches for understanding the […]