Jerald Larcher; Mahmood Mahmoodi; Farideh Zeini; Hossein Moallaei; Seyyed Mehdi Zargariyan
Volume 15, Issue 3 , September and October 2008, , Pages 169-175
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Background and Purpose: Keratinolytic fungi (KF) are among the fungi existing in the soil whose enzymatic activity causes the decomposition of keratinized material in the soil; they are also considered as one of the pathogenic factors. The present study was conducted to determine the enzymatic activity ...
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Background and Purpose: Keratinolytic fungi (KF) are among the fungi existing in the soil whose enzymatic activity causes the decomposition of keratinized material in the soil; they are also considered as one of the pathogenic factors. The present study was conducted to determine the enzymatic activity of the KF and to evaluate the effect of climatic conditions on their activity. Methods and Materials: This deh1ive cross-sectional study was conducted on 90 isolates of KF randomly selected from different regions in Iran and other countries in 2004. The samples were cultured in Modified Czaspex-dextrose liquid medium (MCDLM). Their enzymatic activity was measured using Azocazein the general subtilisin of serin proteinase and chromogenic substrates including N-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-ρNA N-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Leu-ρNA and N-Bz- Phe-Val-Arg- ρNA. The obtained data were summarized using two-dimensional tables and were analyzed using non-repeating one-way ANOVA and Tukey test in SPSS. Results: The results indicated that Myriodontium keratinophilum (94.6 u/ml) and Microsporum coockei (81.66 u/ml) had the highest Azocaseinolytic activity and hydrolysed N-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-ρNA N-Bz- Phe-Val-Arg- ρNA and N-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Leu-ρNA respectively. Statistically significant differences were onserved to exist between methods of determining enzymatic activity (P
M MAHMOUDI; H ZERAATI; A AKABERI; F MAJLESI
Volume 15, Issue 1 , March and April 2008, , Pages 40-45
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Epidemiologists have always been sought to discover factors influencing populations so that they can control population growth. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of socioeconomic and demographic factors with fertility.
Methods and Materials: This deh1ive ...
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Background and Purpose: Epidemiologists have always been sought to discover factors influencing populations so that they can control population growth. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of socioeconomic and demographic factors with fertility.
Methods and Materials: This deh1ive analytical study was conducted in two stages in 2003 on 1300 families in the Northwestern province of Azarbaijan-Gharbi in Iran. The study data were collected through questionnaires and interview. The relationship between woman's age marital age marital duration sexual preference number of wanted children stillbirth child death education and employment couples age difference and fertility was determined using Pearson's correlation coefficient stepwise multiple linear regression and ANCOVA in SPSS.
Results: Mean age of the participants was 32.61±7.97 and mean live birth was 2.39±1.82. In the regression model child death number of wanted children sexual preference marital duration with positive coefficients and couples education with negative coefficients emerged. Fertility in marriages under 15 years (4.20±2.43) was significantly higher than other marital age groups. Fertility was higher in illiterate or low-education women. Mean wanted child in women of younger than 20 years old and women of 40-49 years of age were 2.9±0.56 and 3.37±0.84 respectively.
Conclusion: As the results suggest child death sexual preference desire to bear more infants and marriage before the age of 15 are associated with higher fertility rates. Illiterate or Low-education women are more fertile than other educational groups. Mean wanted children in women of under 20 years of age is higher than the current fertility rate (2.39).
M MAHMOUDI; F ZEYNI; H MOALAEI; J HASHEMI; M PIT
Volume 13, Issue 2 , July and August 2006, , Pages 64-73
Abstract
Background and purpose: Keratinophilic fungi are ecologically, medically and industrially important and farming soil is suitable for their growth due to their keratin and fertilizers. Therefore, this study was intended to determine the different types of keratinophilic fungi in dry-farming soil samples.
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Background and purpose: Keratinophilic fungi are ecologically, medically and industrially important and farming soil is suitable for their growth due to their keratin and fertilizers. Therefore, this study was intended to determine the different types of keratinophilic fungi in dry-farming soil samples.
Methods and Materials: Using stratified sampling, this descriptive comparative study included 100 soil samples from dry-farming areas in South and Razavi Khorasan Provinces in Iran. Samples were cultured through Van beuseghemi method and various fungi within the cultures were identified and counted. Relevant data were analyzed using two-scale and multi-scale tables as well as statistical tests.
Results: 289 colonies were isolated which included 20 species in 16 genuses. Fusarium SP With 53 colonies (18.33%), Annixopsis stercoraria with 47 colonies (16.26%) and Aspergillus SP varieties with 44 colonies (15.22%) were found to be the most common species. Also, McNemar's test revealed A. stercoraria, F. oxyspayum and penicillium SP to be dominant in the area (P