abstract background: midwifery cares take place in diverse communities with different ethnics groups. therefore, midwifery cares could be planned wisely and principally based on women’s and their families’ changeable demands which focus on social and cultural issues. this qualitative study explored the midwives’ experiences of care in the community. materials and methods: this qualitative study...

background: the related literatures revealed that there is a lack of effective patient/family education in the health care centers. several studies indicate that patients, while getting discharged from hospitals, receive insufficient information about their illness and self‑care. aims: the purpose of the study was to explore the factors influencing patient education from the perspectives of nur...

introduction: motorcyclists play an important part in increasing the death toll form road accidents in study is designed to identify the risky behaviors experienced by the motorcyclists which is believed to help promote the safety of them and other members of the community. materials and methods: this was a qualitative study and we selected a sample of motorcyclists from different parts of tehr...

Background & Aims: Grip strength plays a fundamental role in many daily activities of upper extremities. Reduced grip strength is common in patients with some musculoskeletal disorders in upper extremities. Kinesio taping of the forearm area might help to facilitate muscle contraction through stimulating the skin mechanoreceptors and consequently increasing sensory feedbacks around the taped ar...

In this article the author presents, illustrates, tests and refines a framework developed by Galbraith, Stillman, Brown and Edwards for identifying student blockages whilst undertaking modelling tasks during transitions in the modelling process [1]. This study investigates engineering students’ modelling processes in one modelling activity. The data include information collected on individual s...

This study is a case study of a foreign language learner with severe learning problem. After selecting the subject, he was interviewed by the researcher for some sessions. The researcher discussed the items of some valid questionnaires about anxiety. Some parts of the so called interview were taped with the learner's collaboration and consciousness. Then the results were analyzed by classifying...

Two summers ago, at the Ann Arbor third meeting on Algebraic Combinatorics (June 1994), and also at the Taormina conference in honor of Adriano Garsia (Aug. 1994), George Andrews described, rather dramatically, some apparent shortcomings of the WZ method (see [PWZ] for a description of this method). At one moment, he displayed the printout of the computer-generated proof of a certain hypergeome...

AIM To evaluate the experience of nursing respite care in families caring for children with complex health needs. METHOD Seven mothers took part in semi-structured, in-depth interviews, which were taped, transcribed and coded. Results were categorised thematically. FINDINGS Families described a positive impact on all aspects of life, the high value of respite care and the preference for mor...

Because the therapeutic and toxic effects of oral therapy with bronchodilator drugs are poorly documented in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), we investigated the effects of administration of terbutaline (5 mg) and of a combination drug (Marax) containing ephedrine (25 mg), theophylline (130 mg), and hydroxyzine (10 mg) on pulmonary function, sevenhour taped electrocar...