background: we aimed to develop and validate the persian version of short form mcgill pain questionnaire-2 (sf-mpq-2) in patients with knee osteoarthritis. methods: translation and back translation was performed using beaton’s guideline. after a consensus has achieved on the persian version of sf-mpq-2, it was administered to 30 patients with knee osteoarthritis in a pilot study. then, we enrol...

in this paper, we are examining the relationship between stock trading costs and commitment components and find both abnormal and normal commitments associated with these costs are associated. moreover, stock trading costs have a greater influence by both abnormal and normal negative commitments more than positive commitments. further analysis has shown that in general, investors are unable to ...

objectives: to evaluate the short-term outcome of open appendectomy, the rate of negative appendectomy as well as pathology reports after surgery in patients with suspected acute appendicitis. methods: this was a retrospective cross-sectional study being performed in nemazee hospital affiliated with shiraz university of medical science during a 2-year period between 2008 and 2010. the medical r...

introduction hypothyroidism is the most common endocrine disorder in children and presented with various sign and symptoms; its diagnosis needs a high index of suspicion. case presentation we report 3 cases with unusual presentations of hypothyroidism and with delay in diagnosis that referred to pediatric endocrine outpatient clinic in mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran with ...

in this study, combined effect of two essential oils, thymol and carvacrol, with different concentrations in two methods on gladiolous grandiflorous l. was investigated based on a completely randomized design with 3 replicates and four flower in each replicate. sansusi variety applied that was red. in short term method, different concentrations of thymol and carvacrolin including 25+25, 50+50 a...

we aimed to evaluate the potential of growing rats as a model of osteoporosis induced by short term hypercholesterolemia. twelve growing female sprague-dawley rats were randomly allocated into two groups. control rats received standard diet while rats in group 2 were fed with diet contained 20% sunflower oil, 2% cholesterol and 0.5% cholic acid for 2 weeks and then a diet contained 10% sunflowe...

objective: diabetes mellitus has shown a tremendous health and social burden worldwide. better glycemic control in patients with diabetes can be achieved by improving their knowledge which consequently will prevent developing microvascular and neurological complications. some studies demonstrate effectiveness of short message service (sms) for patient education. regarding exponential growth in ...

abstract background: conflict is the lack of agreement and disagreement between the two men, and behavioral maladjustment or objectives that are in opposition to the other. destructive conflicts are incidents imposed on one or more than one member of the family or the whole family and affect on them. the purpose of this research is to study the effect of solution - focused short-term approach o...

as a committed writer, najib al-kayl?ni was of the belief that works of art and literature should be used as a means to promote the islamic culture; thus, he regarded writing narratives, in a realistic style, as the need of the arab world and particularly the egyptian society. features which distinguish his works from those written by other writers are the religious hue and spirit of his storie...