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 Vitiligo as an acquired disorder is caused by the gradual loss of functional melanocytes. Aiming to assess whether vitiligo is associated with hearing loss.

 A population based case-control study (case, n= 50; control, n=51). The case group included all vitiligo patients referred to public and private clinics in Semnan in March 2021 to October 2021. Then, for each case, one control was selected from the people who did not have any skin disease and had only visited the same center for cosmetic procedures. Audiometric tests including pure tone audiometry (PTA), speech discrimination score (SDS), speech reception threshold (SRT), acoustic reflex (AR) and tympanometry were performed for both case and control groups.

 The mean of age (±SD) was 31.3 (8.5) and 33.5 (7.9) in two groups. The numbers (%) of women were 32 (64%) and 27 (52.9%); respectively. The result of AR test was normal in 80% of the patients and 92% of the control group; respectively. PTA test result was abnormal in 18 and 2% of cases and controls, respectively. SDS, SRT and Tympanometry Tests were normal in all people of the two groups under investigation. However, the odds of having an abnormal PTA test in vitiligo patients was 10.97 times that of healthy people (OR=10.97; 95% CI: 1.39 – 15.38) (P=0.007).

 A relationship was observed between vitiligo and hearing loss, so regular hearing checks are recommended in these patients.

In this paper, the paper entitled “Simulation and Comparison of Potential Evapotranspiration by Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) and Decision Making Tree M5 (Case Study: Synoptic Station of Shiraz)” by Elaheh Zoratipur, Lamia Neisi, Azam Bazaz and Amin Zoratipur; Iran-Water Resources Research (Spring 2019, Vol. 15, No. 1, Pages 365 to 371), is discussed. After a brief introduction about the importance of the topic, the advantages and disadvantages of the issue are discussed.

In order to examine the germination response of basil medicinal plant’s seeds (Ocimum basilicum L.) to temperature and determination of cardinal temperatures for germination percentage and rate, a compound decomposition experiment was performed through a fully random design with four reptile and six thermal levels (8, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 degree centigrade) in seed technology laboratory of Abou-Reyhan campus in Univerity of Tehran. In this study, 22 Basil masses were evaluated including “Tehran”, Green Shahr-e-Rey”, “Green Birjand”, “Purple Birjand”, “Green Shiraz”, “Green Zabol”, “Zahedan”, “Green Zahedan”, “Kermanshah”, “Green Pishva”, “Purple Pishva”, “Green Malayer”, “Khash”, “Local green Tonekabon”, “Green Isfahan II”, “Purple Isfahan II”, “Green Isfahan III”, “Green Isfahan IV”, “Green Mash’had”, “American green Napolta”, “Italian Genovese”, and “Switzerland” . Based on the results of variance analysis, temperature impact, genotype, and their interaction on germination percent and germination rate was significant at the 5% level. Optimal range of temperature for germination percent and germination rate was obtained as 19.10-27.78 and 20.32-29.89 degrees centigrade, respectively. In most masses, the highest germination rate was observed at 25 degrees centigrade. Among all evaluated masses in current research, Isfahan III was appropriated the highest germination rate in all temperatures. The results of experiment showed that the response of germination percentage and germination rate to temperature was well described through Beta function and segmented function, respectively, and cardinal temperatures can be determined for Basil using these two models.