introduction: deep periodontal pockets pose a great challenge for nonsurgical periodontal treatment. scaling and root planing (srp) alone may not suffice in cases where surgical therapy cannot be undertaken. various recent studies have suggested the use of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (apdt) for the management of periodontal infections. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of...

background: intensity of depressive symptoms could be exacerbated due to the paucity of appropriate treatments. we assessed the effectiveness of bibliotherapy and text messaging, which aimed at amelioration of patient’s behavior and consciousness, which could lead to suicide prevention. methods: this was a randomized clinical trial implemented in rural health centers of isfahan district (iran)....

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional regulation training group therapy, based on dialectical behavioral therapy (dbt) and cognitive therapy, on improving emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills and relapse prevention in addicts.in a quasiexperimental study, 39 patients with the diagnosis of opioid dependence based on dsm-iv criteria were randoml...

background :dysfunction in the kinetic chain caused by poor scapula stabilization can contribute to shoulder injuries and shoulder impingement syndrome (sis). the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two treatment approaches scapular stabilization based exercise therapy and physical therapy in patients with sis.   methods : the study is a randomized clinical trial in which ...

Blockchain has gained a lot of attention in non-financial applications like the Internet Things (IoT). It is characterized by security, decentralization, anonymity, and auditability. Today's technology makes extensive use internet things to gather data from sensors carry out specific tasks processing it according requirements. To produce secure impermeable records transactions, collected can be...

The conventional architecture of vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) with a centralized approach has difficulty overcoming the increasing complexity intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications as well challenges in providing large amounts data storage, trust management, and information security. Therefore, edge computing (VECNets) have emerged to provide massive storage resources powerf...

objective: this research investigates and compares the effects of short-term cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (mbct) over psychological problems of the patients with binge eating disorder (bed). methods: among patients of sina hospital and other weight loss centers of tehran, 44 people were selected and allocated randomly in cbt (14), mbct (14) and cont...

The Blockchain (BCT) is the first decentralized ledger to include a trust mechanism in its design. It establishes trustworthy framework for distributed commands by using data redundancy at several nodes. Conspicuously, current study presents BCT-based lightweight IoT information exchange security architecture exchange. proposed technique uses dual chain methodology, namely transaction and BCT w...

introduction: supplying the requirements and consequently the customer’s satisfaction has been one of the fundamental issues since the last decade. in active organizations in the section of health and treatment, individual’s satisfaction will be considered as their feelings toward realizing their expectations. therefore, the aim of study was to investigate the client needs in the speech therapy...