Multiple Pseudotumors of the Liver Associated with Adenocarcinoma of the Colon: A Case Report

Hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) is a rare non-neoplastic process of unknown etiology, generally following a benign inflammatory condition. It is often mistaken as an either primary or metastatic malignancy in imaging studies. We report a 48 year-old female with numerous target lesions (2-4 cm) seen on high resolution ultrasound, spiral CT scan, and MRI in all liver lobes compatible with metastasis. Guided biopsies of the lesions were performed twice, but the pathologies showed no evidence of malignancy. Colonoscopy revealed adenocarcinoma of the colon. This case highlights liver pseudotumor in the differential diagnosis of hepatic tumoral lesions

Studying the effects of earthquakes near and far fault region on seismic behavior of dual frame equipped with viscous damper

The effects of strong earthquakes in the past years show that the acceleration of near fault earthquake, for having impact motion with long periods at the beginning of the record, “exerted” have significant differences with far-fault earthquakes. Adverse effects of such earthquakes increases by approaching the main time of period of structures to period of these earthquakes. Nowadays using energy dissipation systems, in order to reduce the vibrations of the structure has been very common. Such these energy dissipation systems can be noted viscose dampers that by having hysteresis loops of fat greatly increase energy loss in buildings. In this study, the number of dual-steel frames equipped with nonlinear viscous dampers and by applying records seismic near and far fault to the frames of 4, 6, 8 and 10 floors, behavior and response of these types of frames by nonlinear analysis and in Perform 3D software is evaluated

Investigating the Effect of Viscous Damper on Seismic Behavior of Steel Dual Frames with Divergent Bracing Affected by Near and Far Fields Earthquake to Fault

Current study is sought to study the effect of linear and nonlinear liquid viscous dampers on steel frames having dual systems of bending frame and divergent bracing. These frames were first designed according to regulations of Iran’s 2800 standard and tenth chapter of national regulations of construction (planning and performing steel construction) through equivalent static method then frames were modelled again in non-linear analysis software and time history non-linear analyses were done on them with installing viscous dampers on these frames using recorded near and far faults. In this study the effect of viscous dampers will be investigated on seismic behaviour of mentioned frames and results will be proposed in form of maximum graphs of relative displacements, stories lateral displacements, base shear maximum, waste energy graphs and dampers’ force-displacements. All non-linear analyses have been done in PERFORM-3D software

The effect of education on improvement of intake of fruits and vegetables aiming at preventing cardiovascular diseases

Background: Cardiovascular diseases refer to a group of diseases that affect the cardiovascular system; principally cardiac diseases, vascular diseases of the brain and kidney and peripheral arterial diseases which are caused by various factors. Considering the importance of nutrition education, especially the intake of fruits and vegetables, this study was performed to determine the effect of health education, Based on the Health Belief Model, on the improvement of intake of fruits and vegetables aiming at preventing cardiovascular diseases among high school girls in the city of Shahre- Kord, Iran. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental intervention study, in which 120 female students of high schools in Isfahan were selected through convenient sampling and were divided into two groups of experimental (60) and control (60). The instruments for data collection were the Health Belief Model and FFQ questionnaires. The HBM questionnaire was completed three times (before, immediately and two months after the intervention) and the FFQ questionnaire was completed two times (before and two months after the intervention) by the students. After the pre-test, six educational sessions were provided for the experimental group. Finally, data were collected and analyzed by SPSS 16 (ttest, paired t-test and repeated measure ANOVA). Results: There were no differences between the two groups in terms of demographic variables. Before the intervention, there were not any significant differences between the scores of different structures of this model between the two groups (p>0.05); however, after the intervention, significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups in the levels of knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived efficacy and performance (p<0.001). Conclusion: According to the results, the intervention had a positive impact on the improvement of intake of fruits and vegetables among the students

A Solanum lycopersicum × Solanum pimpinellifolium Linkage Map of Tomato Displaying Genomic Locations of R-Genes, RGAs, and Candidate Resistance/Defense-Response ESTs

We have identified an accession (LA2093) within the tomato wild species Solanum pimpinellifolium with many desirable characteristics, including biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and good fruit quality. To utilize the full genetic potential of LA2093 in tomato breeding, we have developed a linkage map based on an F2 population of a cross between LA2093 and a tomato breeding line, using 115 RFLP, 94 EST, and 41 RGA markers. The map spanned 1002.4 cM of the 12 tomato chromosomes with an average marker distance of 4.0 cM. The length of the map and linear order of the markers were in good agreement with the published maps of tomato. The ESTs were chosen based on their sequence similarities with known resistance or defense-response genes, signal-transduction factors, transcriptional regulators, and genes encoding pathogenesis-related proteins. Locations of several ESTs and RGAs coincided with locations of several known tomato resistance genes and quantitative resistance loci (QRLs), suggesting that candidate-gene approach may be effective in identifying and mapping new R genes. This map will be useful for marker-assisted exploitation of desirable traits in LA2093 and other S. pimpinellifolium accessions, and possibly for utilization of genetic variation within S. lycopersicum

Macro Modeling of Column Removal in RC Frames with Consideration of Importance Factor and Infill Walls

In this study, the effect of importance factor (IF) on RC frames with and without infill walls, in both with and without opening conditions, is evaluated against progressive collapse. For this purpose, RC building with the intermediate moment frame system for three levels of importance factor that these levels are intermediate, high, and very high IF is designed. OpenSees program is utilized for modeling RC frames. For this aim, the accuracy of modeling of column removal and infill walls are compared with experimental researches. In the present study, nonlinear dynamic analysis (NDA) and push-down analysis (PDA) were used for evaluating RC frames against progressive collapse in each column removal scenario. Analysis results showed that the effect of the importance factors in NDA and PDA are reduced to less than 24% and 13% when the infill walls are modeled in the frames. In the frame without infill walls, the influence of the importance factor is increased up to 36.1%. Also, in this study, it was found that the role of importance factors depends on the place of the removed column, which the effect of middle column removal is relatively twice than the corner column removal due to more redundancy. Other results about infill walls effects and opening in infill walls are presented in the paper. Finally, a proposed approach for column removal in NDA via OpenSees program is introduced, and its high accuracy is shown. This developed algorithm can remove any element of structure in different time intervals

An Ultra-High-Density, Transcript-Based, Genetic Map of Lettuce.

We have generated an ultra-high-density genetic map for lettuce, an economically important member of the Compositae, consisting of 12,842 unigenes (13,943 markers) mapped in 3696 genetic bins distributed over nine chromosomal linkage groups. Genomic DNA was hybridized to a custom Affymetrix oligonucleotide array containing 6.4 million features representing 35,628 unigenes of Lactuca spp. Segregation of single-position polymorphisms was analyzed using 213 F7:8 recombinant inbred lines that had been generated by crossing cultivated Lactuca sativa cv. Salinas and L. serriola acc. US96UC23, the wild progenitor species of L. sativa The high level of replication of each allele in the recombinant inbred lines was exploited to identify single-position polymorphisms that were assigned to parental haplotypes. Marker information has been made available using GBrowse to facilitate access to the map. This map has been anchored to the previously published integrated map of lettuce providing candidate genes for multiple phenotypes. The high density of markers achieved in this ultradense map allowed syntenic studies between lettuce and Vitis vinifera as well as other plant species

Distribution of Serogroup and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Shigella Species in Iran, 1984-2018: A systematic Review

Background: Shigellosis is recognized as a global concern by the WHO. Shigella genus includes 4 species of Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella flexneri, Shigella boydii and Shigella sonnei. Geographic distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Shigella species are different. Methods: We searched published studies in Science Direct, PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus, Google Scholar, and ISI Web of Science, Medlib, Magiran, Iranian Scientific Information Database (SID) and 'IranMedex between 1984 and 2018. Results: Many studies in Iran and elsewhere in the world emphasize the emergence of Shigella resistant species. Most of them have shown high resistance to TMP/STX, tetracycline, ampicillin and streptomycin , and some have resistance to antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, and tetracyclines have reported. Conclusions: The frequency of Shigella species is very different in different countries. The distribution and prevalence of Shigella species in different countries may depend on the level of economic development, age, and environmental factors