Journal of Inflammatory Diseases
Year:2018 | Volume:22 | Issue:1 (96) |Papers Count:11

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most prevalent endocrinological gynecologic disorders of reproductive aged women. Its complications contains various clinical symptoms including irregular menstruation, hirsutism, increasing risk of endometrial hyperplasia, diabetes II, neoplasia, and infertility.Objective: This study aimed to compare the effect of two drugs metformin and calcium-D in regulating menstrual abnormalities.Methods: This randomized single blind clinical trial was done in Kosar hospital in 2013. In this study, 60 reproductive aged women 20-40 ages with PCOS were selected according to Rotterdam criteria and randomly divided into two groups of 30 subjects. The first group was given daily a calcium-D tablet (1000 mg calcium, vitamin D 400 IU) and second group were given metformin tablet 500 mg 3 times per day for 6 months. At the end of study, ovarian sonography, change of mean interval menstrual cycles and level of blood testosterone were recorded. All data were analyzed with T-test and repeated Measures.Findings: Mean menstrual cycle in the first and end of the study in the Ca-D and metformin groups were respectively 56.45±33.35 and 53.71±33.12 days that were not statistically significant. After treatment, the ovarian volume was decreased to 51% and 49% in the Ca-D and metformin groups respectively in sonography that there was no significant between them.Conclusion: The findings demonstrated that administration of these two drugs were similar function in regulate the menstrual cycle and reduce the volume of the ovaries in women with PCOS.

Background: Unhealthy lifestyle ends to some important health problems in adolescence, and also causes chronic non-communicable disease, hence increasing mortality and morbidity in adults.Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the components of lifestyle in adolescence.Methods: In this cross sectional study, 346 male and 197 female of adolescents aged 9 to 16 years were selected randomly from the 5th district of Tehran city in 2011. Data were gathered from the lifestyle questionnaires which were designed and consistent with the findings of studies.Questionnaire has the dimensions of nutrition and energy drink consumption, exercise and sleep patterns. The data were analyzed by the chi-square and t-test.Findings: 142 (72%) of girls and 260 (77%) of boys consumed daily dairy. Daily and weekly fast food intakes in girls were 8 (4.1%) and 52 (26.4%), while in the boys were 36 (10.4%) and 110 (31.8%) respectively. Totally, more than 149 (75%) of girls and 295 (86%) of boys consumed soda.17 (8.6%) of girls and 59 (17.1%) of teenage boys consumed energetic drink at least once a week. Adolescent girls and boys had a physical activity on average 3.2 and 4.2 days respectively in gymnasium in a week.Conclusion: According to the results, correction of nutritional behaviors is a mandatory task. In addition due to the trends of adolescence toward doing exercise in public places, the policy for the equipping of public place and gyms should be reconsidered in our society.

Background: Egg shell washing is one of the simplest and least costly methods used today by many people to clean egg shells.Objective: The effect of egg shell washing on its physicochemical quality was investigated.Methods: A total of 45 egg samples were collected for physicochemical properties (including white pH, yolk index, weight loss percentage, and albumina height) during storage in the refrigerator (days 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20) before and after wash. The eggs were divided into control group, including unclean eggs, and the groups of washed eggs with cold water or washed eggs with a drop of liquid dishwashing. Each test was performed in three replications. The mean of them was analyzed by one-way ANOVA. Duncan's multi-domain test method was used as a post hoc comparisons at the probability level of P<0.05.Findings: In control group eggs and treatment groups, pH increased and egg weight, albumina height and yolk index decreased. Among the treatments examined for weight change, the difference between the two methods of washing with cold water and washing with scotch was a significant statistical difference (P<0.05). Albumin height, yolk and Haugh Unit indices had a decrease in all treatments during storage, but no significant difference was observed.Conclusion: In all the examined eggs, all physicochemical factors were changed. However, no significant physicochemical changes were observed in the physicochemical properties of the no washed eggs as compared to the rinsed eggs.

Background: Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene granules heat up from169 to 320C in the production of household appliance, which results in the decomposition of white smoke in the work place.Objective: Staff respiratory exposure with ABS granules vapors and dust examined.Methods: This analytical case-control study was performed on 78 persons of appliance manufacturing company in Qazvin, in 2016. Particles measurement 0.3 and 2.5 microns by Micro Dust Pro devices and Dust Counter and spirometry test were performed by Minispir. FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC parameters before and after invention platform on 8 meters height and respiratory signs staff complaints were considered by COPD assessment test.Findings: Forty-eight persons that exposed with vapor and dust ABS plastic material mostly had a lot of complaints to the frequent respiratory symptoms of cough and sputum occasionally.Spirometry indices coldwall staffs on the second floor including FEV1, FVC and the ratio FEV1/FVC were significantly decreased respectively (6.52%, 5.66%, 3.56 lit) during 2 years (P<0.05) and for coldwall staffs on the first floor, FEV1 and FVC significantly decreased respectively (9.26% and 5.6%) (P<0.05). But the ratio FEV1/FVC was not significant decreased.The three above mentioned indices for injection plastic staffs had significantly reduced (P<0.05), and increased for administrative staffs. Concentration of inhaled particles was 0.23±0.067 on the floor and particle at platform 0.62±0.24 mg/m3.Conclusion: It must be avoided to create a platform on the top of the hot source, such as plastic injection process.

Background: Machines, especially pressing machines, have a huge contribution to the incidence of occupational accidents and their costs.Objective: The purpose of this descriptive-analytical study was to evaluate the risk of pressing operations. For this purpose, two traditional and new methods of risk assessment were used.Methods: This study was carried out in a press workshop of one of the automobile production factories in 2017. Risk assessment was performed in two ways: Failure modes (FM) and effects analyzes (EA) and functional resonance analysis method (FRAM) based on extended resilience engineering. After identifying the six aspects of the operation of pressing, their variability and exacerbation were determined.Findings: From 72 potential breakdowns, twenty mode in one of the risk factors of the risk priority number (severity, probability and detection rates) were equal or greater than five, and other failure modes identified were normal and not require new corrective actions. Fifteen functions were also identified for press operations, which seven operations including planning, mapping, raw material supply, forklift lifting, stamping, census, and delivery of preformed parts were resonating.Conclusion: Considering the focus of the method of FMand EA on technical issues and the visibility of this method, as well as the overall and organizational view, the FRAM, the simultaneous use of these two methods, significantly contributes to improving the safety of the system makes.

Background: User satisfaction from a device is an especially term in the design world that covers broad concept of the design content.Objective: The aim of the present study was to design satisfaction questionnaire and survey of satisfaction of student's from the laptop desks.Methods: This analytical - descriptive study has conducted for survey student's satisfaction from the laptop desks in the male dormitories of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2017. Fifty students (17 boys and 33 girls) were recruited by simple stratified random sampling. Based on scientific literature and point of view faculty member and student, 43 items of questionnaire were drafted and reliability and validity were evaluated and only 23 question confirmed.Data analyzed using Pearson correlation and Cronbach's alpha. The percentage of students' satisfaction was determined using cut-off point of questionnaire in receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.Findings: The results of Cronbach's alpha and correlation of questionnaire obtained 0.95 and 0.83 respectively. According to the ROC curve, cut-point of satisfaction questionnaire of the students from laptop desks obtained 64.5. Then, the percent of student satisfaction (boys and girls) from desk 1 and 2 were 47.1%, 66.7% and 11.8%, 42.4% respectively.Conclusion: One-third of students from desks were dissatisfied. So, the use of opinion ergonomics specialists and particularly users when designing is necessary for increase user's satisfaction from design of laptop desks.

Background: Interest and motivation toward field of study is necessary for success in that field and educational environment is an effective factor on this interest.Objective: The aim of present study was to assess Qazvin Dental School students’ interest in their field of study and its relationships with the educational environment.Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive trial study, 96 students with the entering years of 2010-2013 were selected by the census sampling method in the Qazvin Dental School and assessed by questionnaire that validity and reliability confirmed in previous studies. Demographic data, interests toward field of study and factor of education environments were determined and reported by frequency and percent indices. Scores of 0-4 were assigned to answers of the participants. The effects of the parameters on the interest and education environments scores were analyzed by the regression analysis.Findings: Among students, 56.4% were interested in their field of study. Also, 56.4% believed that most of the member of staff used new methods in their educational program.86.1% of students considered their participationon the educational decision-makings regarding their own status less.The parameters of gender (P<0.023) and native or non-native of the students (P<0.012) had significant effects on the students’ attitudes towards educations environment.Conclusion: Totally Qazvin Dental Students were interested in their field of study and educational environment of the school had its own advantages in different areas. However, in some areas some revisions must be done.

Today, medicinal herbs have been widely used due to antimicrobial, antioxidant properties and less harmful than of chemical compounds. Since ancient times, the medical system in different countries such as Africa, China, India and the Middle East countries, frankincense has been used as antiinflammatory, anti-arthritic, analgesic and anti-proliferation in the treatment of related diseases, chronic diseases of the bowel, asthma, brain edema and other diseases. Several clinical studies that have shown their biological activity the mechanism of action of this plant, have confirmed their anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activities. Boswellic acids, are the main active component of frankincense and responsible for its therapeutic effects. This review was studied the therapeutic effects of frankincense using the keywords frankincense, boswellic acid, anti-inflammation, intestinal diseases, cancer, diabetes, asthma, brain tumor, fertility and memory. Frankincense with anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritis, anti-proliferative, antimicrobial and analgesic effects at the least side effects and recommended dose could reduce the symptoms of many diseases in traditional and modern medicine.

Dwarfism occurs when a medical condition causes short stature due to slow growth. Achondroplasia is the commonest form of dwarfism. Some pregnancy problems like significant increase in cesarean section rate, respiratory distress towards the end of pregnancy, preterm labor and delivery and abortion are more prevalent in these patients. Management of pregnancy and delivery are challengeable for obstetricians and anesthesiologist and there are controversies. This case report discusses a 30-year-old achondroplastic primigravida Baluch woman at 37 weeks gestation. She weighed 44 kg and her height was 110 cm. The patient had an emergency cesarean section under general anesthesia.

Background: AIDS is as a global fatal disease and the only way to combat the disease is education and knowledge about the methods of transmission and prevent of the disease.Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of people admitted to the Qazvin faculty of Dentistry toward AIDS.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 2013-2014 using a standard questionnaire between 270 people admitted to the Qazvin faculty of Dentistry.Findings: According to data analysis, 150 subjects (55.6%) had a poor knowledge about the disease and with increasing the age, knowledge was lower. The attitude of 153 subjects (56.7%) was moderate. All the participants were married and had 20 years old at least.Conclusion: This study indicated that the knowledge and attitude of people admitted to the Qazvin faculty of Dentistry was inappropriate and there was a necessity to promote absolute knowledge and good attitude about AIDS.