NATIONAL CONGRESS ON ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION | Year:2017 | دوره:1 |Papers Count:60

BACKGROUND: EXPOSURE TO RADIATION DURING RADIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION IS OF HEALTH CONCERN, WHICH RELEGATING RADIOLOGY PROFESSIONAL SHOULD INTELLECTUALIZE. THIS STUDY AIMED TO EVALUATE THE RADIATION PROTECTION KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND ATTITUDE (KAP) AMONGST HOSPITALS RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT STAFF IN 10 PROVINCES OF IRAN. THIS DESCRIPTIVE, CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY WAS ADMINISTERED TO STAFF. ...

BACKGROUND: PERIODONTAL DISEASE IS A COMMON AND ALSO COMPLEX INFLAMMATORY CONDITION THAT AFFECTS THE SOFT AND HARD SUPPORTING TISSUES SURROUNDING TEETH. PERIODONTAL DISEASE IS A MULTIFACTORIAL DISEASE WITH SOME ATTRIBUTABLE RISK FACTORS SUCH AS DENTAL PLAQUE, SMOKING AND BACKGROUND SYSTEMIC DISEASE LIKE DIABETES. ...

INTRODUCTION: CULTURING CARDIOMYOCYTES IN A COLLAGEN MATRIX CREATES A COHERENTLY CONTRACTILE 3D TISSUE NAMED AS ENGINEERED HEART TISSUE (EHT) WHICH SERVES AS A MODEL OF NORMAL OR DISEASED HEART. THIS COULD PROVIDE A RELIABLE IN VITRO MODEL FOR DRUG TESTING AND AS A NOVEL TREATMENT FOR SALVAGED MYOCARDIUM AFTER INFARCTION. ...

PURPOSE: ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII IS THE MOST PREVALENT NOSOCOMIAL PATHOGEN WHICH HAVE BEEN EMERGED IN THE PAST THREE DECADES WORLDWIDE. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADEABC EFFLUX PUMP GENES, ASSOCIATED WITH TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE INACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII ISOLATES COLLECTED FROM BURN INFECTION AND VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP). ...

BACKGROUND& AIM: ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, WHICH CAN FURTHER DEVELOP INTO PROSTATE CANCER IN CASE OF BEING UNTREATED OR MISTREATED. ONE REASON FOR THIS IS THE INCREASE OF DRUG RESISTANCE IN BACTERIAL COLONIES. ...

INTRODUCTION: PERIODONTITIS IS A CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF THE TEETH WHICH WAS FINALLY LEAD TO TOOTH MOBILITY AND TOOTH LOSS. BACTERIAL PLAQUE ON TEETH SURFACES IS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR OF THIS DISEASE. ...

BACKGROUND: MICROALGAE'S HAVE BEEN SHOWN WHICH HAVE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES BUT ANY STUDY HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE COMBINED EFFECTS OF MICROALGAE' S. THE PRESENT STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE SINGLY AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF CHLORELLA AND SPIRULINA MICROALGAE'S ON THE SERUMCONCENTRATION OF LIPIDS IN DIABETIC RATS. ...

THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THINKING STYLES, CRITICAL THINKING, AND CREATIVITY AMONG STUDENTS IN SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2014-2015.FOR THIS PURPOSE, 214 SAMPLES (92MALES AND 122 FEMALES) WERE SELECTED AMONG STUDENTSBY USING RANDOM SAMPLING. ...

INTRODUCTION: POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME (PCOS) IS THE MOST COMMON ENDOCRINE DISORDER AFFECTING WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE. ALTHOUGH PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN PCOS PATIENTS ARE HIGH, ANXIETY APPEARS TO BE THE MOST COMMON PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS AMONG PATIENTS WITH PCOS. ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: INDIVIDUALS WITH LEFT HEMISPHERE DAMAGE ARE IMPAIRED IN LANGUAGE SKILLS; REPEATING OTHERS’ SPEECH IS ONE OF THEM. REGARDINGTHE IMPORTANCE OF REPETITION IN LANGUAGE STUDIES AND LACK OF RESEARCH IN LEFT HEMISPHERE STROKE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER WAS TO SURVEY WORD REPETITION SKILL IN ONE PERSON WITH LEFT HEMISPHERE DAMAGE FROM STROKE. ...

BACKGROUND: MICROALGAE'S HAVE BEEN SHOWN HAVE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES BUT ANY STUDY HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE ITS EFFECTS ON LEARNING AND MEMORY IN FEMALE PUPS RAT. WE HYPOTHESIZED THAT SPIRULINA PLATENSIS MICROALGAE (SPM), BECAUSE OF ITS COMPONENTS, CAN ENHANCE MEMORY CONSOLIDATION IN RATS. THEREFORE THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OFSPM ON MEMORY CONSOLIDATION IN FEMALE RAT PUPS. ...

BACKGROUND: SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS (SSI) ARE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE PATIENTS. THE BEEHIVE PRODUCTS CAN IMPROVE WOUND HEALING, BUT WHETHER IT CAN IMPROVE HEALING SURGICAL WOUNDS, HAS NOT BEEN WELL INVESTIGATED. THIS EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPARE IRANIAN BEEHIVE PRODUCTS WITH COLD CREAM FOR HEALING OF INCISIONAL CUTANEOUS WOUND IN RATS AS A MODEL FOR SURGERY WOUNDS. ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: THE STUDENTS' ACADEMIC FAILUREHAS BEEN INTRODUCED AS ONE OF THE MAIN CHALLENGES IN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS. HIS STUDY AIMED TO DETERMINE SURVEY THE FREQUENCY AND RISK FACTORS IN THE ACADEMIC FAILURE OF STUDENTS FACULTY OF HEALTH DAMGHAN. ...

IN VIEW OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SUCCESS OF ESBL PRODUCING LINEAGES OF E.COLI AND PARTICULARLY OF ST131, IT IS OF SIGNIFICANT INTEREST TO EXPLORE ITS PREVALENCE IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS IRAN AND TO DETERMINE CLONAL SUBGROUP O16-ST131 AND THE H30 AND H30-RX SUBCLONES, ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, VIRULENCE AND GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF THIS HIGH RISK CLONE. ...

CKGROUND: EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION ARE WELL KNOWN AND MANY LAWS HAS BEEN SET TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY IRRADIATION OF STAFF AND PATIENTS. SO KNOWING THE PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS LEGISLATION CAN REDUCE UNNECESSARY EXPOSURE OF STAFF AND PATIENTS. ...

BACKGROUND: THE THIRD MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH AND THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DISABILITY AMONG MIDDLE-AGED INDIVIDUALS IS STROKE.MANY STROKE PATIENTS HAVE A RANGE OF SENSORY AND MOTOR IMPAIRMENT, WHICH CAUSE POSTURAL CONTROL PROBLEMS. ...

BACKGROUND: CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO STRESS, WHETHER IT OCCURS DURING THE PRE-PUBERTAL PERIOD (JUVENILE) HAS AN IMPACT ON BRAIN STRUCTURES INVOLVED IN COGNITION AND MENTAL HEALTH. THE PRESENT STUDY WASAIMED TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF SPIRULINA MICROALGAE (SPM) ON LEARNING AND MEMORY IMPAIRMENT INDUCED BY JUVENILE STRESS IN ADULT FEMALE RATS. ...

OBJECTIVES: THIS STUDY AIMS TO COMPARE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF BACHELOR NURSING STUDENTS (BS) AND MASTER CRITICAL CARE NURSING STUDENTS (MSC) IN THE ACADEMIC YEARS OF 2014–2015. ...

ANXIETY, AMONG OTHER AFFECTIVE VARIABLES, HAS STIMULATED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE FIELD OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LEARNING IN THE LAST DECADES. ACCORDING TO RASHTCHI (2002), ANXIETY OR STRESS CAN BE A FACILITATIVE FACTOR IN LANGUAGE LEARNING IF IT EXISTS IN AN OPTIMUM LEVEL. THUS ANXIETY CAN HAVE A DEBILITATIVE ROLE IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING IF IT IS FELT TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE BY LEARNERS. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: AMONG DIFFERENT PROTEINS OF BLOOD, ALBUMIN IS CONSIDERED A UNIQUE PROTEIN DUE TO HAVING SPECIAL PROPERTIES. IT IS SYNTHESIZED IN THE LIVER HEPATOCYTES AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 80% OF PLASMA COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURE. ...

BACKGROUND: IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT DIABETES CAN INFLUENCE HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME MICROALGAE' S, I.E. SPIRULINA PLATENSIS, COULD BE IMPROVED HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN NONDIABETIC RATS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF SPIRULINA PLATENSIS MICROALGAE (SPM) ON HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS INSTREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETIC RATS. ...

BACKGROUND: MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR DERIVATES HAVE BEEN INTERESTED MORE ATTENTIONS, BECAUSE OF THEIR ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES. THE PRESENT STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE SINGLY AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF CINNAMON AND PEPPERMINT ESSENTIAL OILS ON THE SERUM CONCENTRATION OF LIPIDS IN DIABETIC RATS. ...

BACKGROUND: MICROALGAE'S HAVE BEEN SHOWN WHICH HAVE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES BUT ANY STUDY HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE COMBINED EFFECTS OF MICROALGAE' S. THE PRESENT STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE SINGLY AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF CHLORELLA AND SPIRULINA MICROALGAE'S ON THE SERUM CONCENTRATION OF GLUCOSE AND INSULIN IN DIABETIC RATS. ...

BACKGROUND: ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING (AUB) IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN WOMEN OF ALL AGES THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS COMPLICATIONS AND SHOULD BE CAREFULLY EVALUATED. MEANWHILE, EVALUATION OF FOCAL INTRAUTERINE LESIONS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR DECISION-MAKING AND MANAGEMENT OF TREATMENT. ...

BACK GROUND: SINCE THE BEST METHOD OF CERVICAL SMEAR IS A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT, THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO COMPARE TWO METHODS OF CERVICAL SAMPLING, CONSISTING OF CONVENTIONAL VERSUS LIQUID BASE. ...

INTRODUCTION: OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO REPLACE PAPER CHARTS, INTERACT WITH OTHER CLINICAL WARDS OF HOSPITAL, AND TO BETTER CARE FOR PATIENTS. THIS QUALITATIVE STUDY WAS PERFORMED TO OBTAIN THE PERCEPTION OF MIDWIVES ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS. ...

INTRODUCTION: MOST OVARIAN DERMOID CYSTS OCCUR DURING THE REPRODUCTIVE AGEANDTHEREFORE COULD OCCUR DURING PREGNANCY. THEY ARE PRESENT IN 0.03% OF PREGNANCIES AND THE RISK OF TORSIONDURING PREGNANCY IS APPROXIMATELY 8%. ...

INTRODUCTION: PHENYLKETONURIA IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON METABOLIC DISEASE THAT CAN LEAD TO MENTAL RETARDATION. IN THE FIRST DAYS OF LIFE DETECTION CAN HELP PREVENT COMPLICATIONS OF THE DISEASE. THIS STUDY AIMED TO DETERMINE THE INCIDENCE OF PHENYLKETONURIA IN THE PROVINCE WAS CONDUCTED DURING 94-1385. ...

INTRODUCTION: RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN FIELDS OF MEDICAL OCCASIONED IN AN EXPANSION OF IMAGING INVESTIGATIONS WITH A USE OF RADIATION. IONIZING RADIATION IN MEDICAL IMAGING IS ONE OF THE DOMINANT DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS, AND CORRECT KNOWLEDGE OF RADIATION PROTECTION WILL AFFECT STAFF SAFETY BEHAVIORS DURING EXAMINATIONS. ...

AIM: PERIODONTAL DISEASES ARE AMONG THE RISK FACTORS OF CARDIAC DISEASES AND CARDIAC FAILURE IS THE MOST PREVALENT CAUSE OF DEATH IN BOTH DEVELOPING AND UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES. THERE ARE SOME EVIDENCES SHOWING THE DIFFERENT PREVALENCE OF CARDIAC DISEASES AMONG PERSONS WITH DIFFERENT BLOOD GROUPS. ...

INTRODUCTION: EVALUATION OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE LEVEL OF RADIATION HAZARDS AND PROTECTION AMONGST PERSONNEL IN OPERATING ROOM IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: THE FREQUENCY OF CTX-M EXTENDED-SPECTRUM-Β-LACTAMASE (ESBL) -PRODUCINGKLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE ISOLATES IS INCREASING WORLDWIDE. HOWEVER, ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERN AND PHYLOGENETIC DATA PROVIDED IN SEMNAN SO FAR HAVE BEEN LIMITED AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH REMAINS TO BE ELUCIDATED. ...

BACKGROUND: “GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE” IS A TONGUE DISORDERS WHICH CAUSE DYSFUNCTION. THE EXTENDED LESION REDUCES THE BEAUTY. HORMONES (ESPECIALLY FEMALE SEX HORMONES) ARE ASSOCIATED WITH GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE DEVELOPMENT. ...

INTRODUCTION: INFERTILITY IS CONSIDERED AS A MAJOR HEALTH CARE PROBLEM IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. THE HIGH PREVALENCE OF THIS ISSUE DOUBLED ITS IMPORTANCE. RECENTLY, USING ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY (ART) HAS EMERGED MORE FAVORABLE STATUS. ...

BACKGROUND: PREHOSPITAL CARE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF EMERGENCY PATIENTS. REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THE DISEASE, MORE ACCURATELY AND FASTER RATES OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WILL BE LESS.

INTRODUCTION: NAUSEA AND VOMITING AFTER SURGERY IS ANESTHESIA COMPLICATIONS, WHICH CAN BE AN UNPLEASANT FEELING OF PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SURGERY, AND IT IS MORE UNCOMFORTABLE. THEREFORE, THIS STUDY AIMED TO COMPARE THE EFFECT OF DEXAMETHASONE; ONDANSETRON AND COMBINATION OF BOTH IN THE PREVENTION OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN PATIENTS WERE ADMITTED TO KOWSAR HOSPITAL IN SEMNAN. ...

BACKGROUND: ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE COMMON AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND ACCESS TO ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF THESE PROBLEMS IN CHILDHOOD CAN REDUCE THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS IN THE NEXT YEARS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DETERMINE THE MOTHER’S VIEWPOINT ABOUT EFFECTIVE FACTORS IN IMPROVING ACCESS AND BARRIERS OF ACCESS TO ORAL HEALTH SERVICES OF CHILDREN WHO REFERRED TO QOM HEALTH CENTERS.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: THIS STUDY DESCRIBES EMERGENCE OF ST131 ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI) CLONE IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTION (RUTI) IN SEMNAN CITY, IRAN FOR THE FIRST TIME. BACTERIAL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WHICH MAY DRIVE RECURRENCES IN PATIENTS LIKE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS AND VIRULENCE FACTORS OF ISOLATES WERE ALSO INVESTIGATED AND COMPARED BETWEEN THE TWO REINFECTION AND PERSISTENCE GROUPS OF RUTI ISOLATES. ...

INTRODUCTION: PRESENTATION OF A CONDITIONED STIMULUS IN THE ABSENCE OF UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS DURING THE EXTINCTION OF FEAR MEMORIES CAUSE TO DECREASING FEAR RESPONSE. PREVIOUS STUDY INDICATED THAT MANY REGIONS OF BRAIN ESPECIALLY INFRALIMBIC OF PREFRONTAL CORTEX (ILPFC) PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE EXTINCTION OF FEAR-BASED MEMORY. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING (AUB) IS A DISORDER THAT ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE PERSONAL LIFE OF WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE. AUB HAS DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS. IMPROVING THE HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQL) IS THE PRIMARY GOAL IN THE TREATMENT OF AUB AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IS CONSIDERED A TREATMENT OUTCOME IN THESE PATIENTS. ...

INTRODUCTION: DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY IS ONE OF THE MEDICAL IMAGING MODALITIES. RADIATION PROTECTION KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND ATTITUDE IN STAFF PLAY A PRINCIPLE ROLE IN RADIATION PROTECTION. THIS STUDY AIMED TO ASSESS RADIATION PROTECTION KAP BETWEEN STAFF IN DENTAL RADIOLOGY. ...

OBJECTIVES: THE INCREASE IN CARBAPENEM RESISTANT GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLI (GNB) IS OF GLOBAL CONCERN. HENCE, IT IS IMPORTANT THESE ORGANISMS BE ACCURATELY IDENTIFIED FOR INFECTION PREVENTION CONTROL PURPOSES. ...

PRENATAL STRESS IN RATS RESULTS IN STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS OF BRAIN THAT PERSIST IN ADULTHOOD. MOST STUDIES HAVE FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC REGIONS OF BRAIN THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE AFFECTED BY PS BOTH MACROSCOPICALLY AND MICROSCOPICALLY. PROPOLIS EXTRACT HAS WIDELY PROTECTIVE EFFECTS AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS AND NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS THAT IT’S BECAUSE OF ANTIOXIDANT EFFECTS DUE TO PRESENCE OF FLAVENOIDS. ...

BACKGROUND: INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PRODUCE A VARIETY OF COMPOUNDS AND CHEMICALS THAT HUMANS USE THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE WELFARE GAINS THE UNWANTED MATERIALS SUCH AS HEAVY METALS AND TOXIC NATURE THAT HAS ARRIVED BECAUSE OF DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT MEASUREMENT, MONITORING AND CONTROL OF WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT INDUSTRY IS ESSENTIAL. ...

BACKGROUND: MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR DERIVATES HAVE BEEN INTERESTED MORE ATTENTIONS, BECAUSE OF THEIR MEDICINAL PROPERTIES. THE PRESENT STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE SINGLY AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF CINNAMON AND PEPPERMINT ESSENTIAL OILS ON THE SERUM CONCENTRATION OF INSULIN AND GLUCOSE IN DIABETIC RATS. ...

OBJECTIVE: ORAL HEALTH OF PREGNANT WOMEN IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PREGNANCY ON THE ORAL HARD AND SOFT TISSUES AND VICE VERSA. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF EDUCATION ON ORAL HEALTH BEHAVIORS OF PREGNANT WOMEN BASED ON THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR IN BIRJAND. ...

INTRODUCTION: QUALITY OF LIFE IS DEPENDENT ON THE PERSON’S SATISFACTION WITH THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE. ORAL CAVITY IS NOT CONSIDERED AS AN INDEPENDENT ANATOMIC LANDMARK ANYMORE, ITS CONDITION HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE CLOSELY TIED WITH OVERALL HEALTH AS WELL AS QUALITY OF LIFE. ...

INTRODUCTION: THE PRESENT STUDY WAS CONDUCTED AS A PILOT TO COMPARE THE THERAPEUTICEFFECTS AND THE POTENTIAL SIDE-EFFECTS OF ORAL MEGESTROL ACETATE ANDLETROZOLE IN THE TREATMENT OF SIMPLE HYPERPLASIA IN PERIMENOPAUSALWOMEN. ...

BACKGROUND: TRACE MINERALS (TMS) ARE NECESSARY FOR SOME ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS IN BODY AND THEY AFFECT THE PATHOGENESIS OF DIABETES MAINLY BY THEIR ROLE IN PEROXIDATION AND INFLAMMATION. ON THE OTHER HAND, SPIRULINA PLATENSIS MICROALGAE (SPM) IS KNOWN AS A STRONG ANTIOXIDANT AND IT ALSO CONTAINS SOME TMS. ...

INTRODUCTION: POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) IS ANXIETY DISORDER THAT CAN DEVELOP AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL HAS EXPERIENCED A MAJOR TRAUMA. THE PTSD SYMPTOMS ARE TRAUMATIC EVENT RE-EXPERIENCED AND AROUSAL, AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR AND NUMBING, AND DYSFUNCTION IN HPA, HIPPOCAMPAL APOPTOSIS AND DECREASE IN HIPPOCAMPAL BDNF, THEREFORE HIPPOCAMPAL RELATED TASKS IMPAIRED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SPATIAL MEMORY. ...

BACKGROUND: TODAYS, INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT) IS A USEFUL TOOL FOR TREATING VARIOUS CANCERS. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A FIELD OF VARIABLE INTENSITY AND THE BETTER DEFINITION OF THE TARGET VOLUME IN IMRT, MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS (MLC) AND COMPENSATORS ARE EMPLOYED WITH A MEDICAL LINEAR ACCELERATOR PRODUCING BREMSSTRAHLUNG PHOTON FIELDS WITH ENERGY GREATER THAN 10 MEV. ...

INTRODUCTION: SLEEP DISTURBANCES HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY WAS TO DETERMINE THE PREVALENCE AND IDENTIFY THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE SLEEP QUALITY IN DORMITORY STUDENTS. ...

BACKGROUND: TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT AND MUSCLE DISORDERS, COMMONLY CALLED "TMJ, " IS A COMMON DISORDER THAT CAUSE PAIN AND DYSFUNCTION IN THE JAW JOINT AND THE MUSCLES THAT CONTROL JAW MOVEMENT. ...

INTRODUCTION: THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINT OF MOTHERS AFTER EPISIOTOMY IS PAIN. THROUGH REDUCING INFLAMMATION AND PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF INFECTION, ALPHA OINTMENT APPLIES ITS REGENERATIVE EFFECTS AND ALLEVIATES PAIN. ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVESTHE OBJECTIVES OF OUR STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION OF PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS AMONGK. PNEUMONIA ISOLATES RECOVERED FROM HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS IN KOSAR HOSPITAL IN SEMNAN CITY AND TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERNS AND PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS. ...

INTRODUCTION: HEAT STRESS (HS) IS INVOLVED IN THE POULTRY PRODUCTION INDUSTRY, PARTICULARLY IN WARMTH REGIONS OF THE WORLD SINCE OF THE RESULTING WEAK GROWTH PERFORMANCE, IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND HIGH MORTALITY RATE. CHLORELLA IS UNICELLULAR GREEN ALGAE THAT CONTAIN ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS, PROTEIN, MINERALS, VITAMINS, DIETARY FIBER, AND A GREAT RANGE OF ANTIOXIDANTS, BIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND CHLOROPHYLLS. ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: MANY HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS SUFFER FROM POOR QUALITY SLEEP. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THERAPEUTIC' HEMODIALYSIS SHIFTS WITH SLEEP QUALITY IN PATIENTS' UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS. ...

INTRODUCTION: SINCE SYNTHETIC ANTIBIOTICS CAN CAUSE THE RESISTANCE MICROORGANISMS AND HAVE A HIGH COST AND EXHIBIT SIDE EFFECTS TO HUMAN HEALTH, SCIENTIFIC ARE INVESTIGATING AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR TREATMENT. DURING THE LAST DECADES, NATURAL PRODUCTS INCLUDING MEDICAL PLANTS ARE GAINING ATTRACTIVENESS AS AN ALTERNATIVE THERAPY IN TREATMENT OF VARIOUS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. ...

BACKGROUND: POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME (PCOS) IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ENDOCRINE DISORDER THAT AFFECT 5-10% OF REPRODUCTIVE AGED WOMEN. WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH PCOS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS COMPARED TO THE GENERAL POPULATION. DUE TO NEGATIVE EFFECT OF THESE SYMPTOMS ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN PCOS PATIENTS, CONSIDERING THERAPEUTIC ACTIONS FOR THESE PATIENTS IS IMPORTANT. ...

OBJECTIVE: TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF RECOMBINANT FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE (GONAL-F) WHEN USED ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (HCG) ON ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS (ET) DURING IMPLANTATION IN OVARECTOMISED RATS. ...