BACKGROUND Selection and acceptance of appropriate sexual behavior and sexual function are made difficult by low sexual self-efficacy in the postpartum period. The general purpose of this research is to define the effects of an 8-week pelvic floor muscle exercise program on sexual self-efficacy in primiparous women after childbirth. MATERIALS AND METHODS This clinical trial was performed on 7...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of ozone alone and with a re-mineralizing solution following application on initial pit and fissure caries lesions in permanent molars. METHODS Forty children (9-12 years) having non-cavitated fissure caries lesions on bilateral 40 first permanent mandibular molar teeth were participated in the study. Patients were randomly alloc...

Purpose: This study was done to examine the effects of auricular acupressure (AA) on blood pressure (BP) and stress responses in adults with prehypertension.Methods: single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled conducted from September 2019 February 2020. Participants were recruited through bulletin board notices D city. The experimental group (n=27) received 8 weeks AA intervention specific ac...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the rate of using standards of designing electronic courses in educational contents of state-virtual universities in iran. the method of the study was a descriptive-survey one. the statistical population was the educational content of electronic courses in state-virtual universities such as university of science and technology, and shiraz university. da...

The Pólya process is an urn scheme arising in the context of the contagion spreading. It exhibits unstable persistence effects. The Friedman urn process is dual to the Pólya one with antipersistent stabilizing effects. It appears in a safety campaign problem. A Pólya-Friedman urn process is investigated with a tuning persistence parameter extrapolating the latter two extreme processes. The stud...

OBJECTIVE To determine if after-school nutrition workshops conducted in public libraries were related to lasting changes in food choice. METHODS "Snack Smart" workshops, based on Social Cognitive Theory, were conducted in 8 branch libraries (49 ethnically diverse children, ages 9 to 14) to assess changes in consumption of targeted food items by pretest, posttest, and follow-up food frequency ...