Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

Perspective-taking in ICU nurses: a qualitative descriptive study

Abstract Background Perspective-taking is the cognitive and emotional process of understanding patients’ experiences from their viewpoint and is central to empathic, patient-centered care in intensive care units (ICUs). However, the ways ICU nurses draw on personal and profession...

High-performance brain tumor classification via transfer learning with fully fine-tuned and modified CNN architectures

Accurate and timely brain tumor diagnosis remains challenging due to the limitations of manual MRI interpretation. This study introduces a transfer learning framework using six fully fine–tuned and modified CNN architectures DenseNet169, InceptionV3, Xception, ResNet50, Inception...

Bony labyrinth taxonomic identification and long-term evolution of livestock in the Southwest and Central Asia

Abstract Southwest and Central Asia were pivotal regions for the domestication and dispersal of domestic herbivores. Here we investigate long-term variation in bony labyrinth morphology of domestic bovids (sheep, goats and cattle) across the last 10 000 years. We focused on the o...

Automated lung tumor segmentation using enhanced U-Net architectures: a multi-backbone comparative study for clinical applications

Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, and manual delineation of tumors on computed tomography (CT) is time-consuming and prone to inter-observer variability. This study systematically evaluates nine deep learning configurations for automated l...

The 2026 Strait of Hormuz Shipping Disruption: Empirical Assessment of Maritime Transit Collapse, Food Price Dynamics, and Multimodal Logistics Resilience

Maritime shipping carries over 80% of global merchandise trade, making strategic chokepoints critical for food-importing regions. The 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis triggered an acute shipping disruption threatening Persian Gulf food import corridors. Combining daily AIS data acros...

The effect of intravenous remdesivir on endometrial receptivity in female mice

Objective: Pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are more likely than nonpregnant women to require admission to an intensive care unit, and many may require antiviral therapy. Remdesivir, an antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19, may exert toxic effects on speci...