BACKGROUND Obesity is highly prevalent in asthmatic children and associated with worse clinical outcomes. Energy restriction to induce weight loss in asthmatic children has not been investigated in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). OBJECTIVE To assess if (1) weight loss can be achieved in obese asthmatic children using a dietary intervention; and (2) changes in asthma outcomes occur follow...

OBJECTIVE This randomised controlled trial (RCT) aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a self-guided internet-based stress management intervention (iSMI) for employees compared to a 6-month wait-list control group (WLC) with full access for both groups to treatment as usual. METHOD A sample of 264 employees with elevated symptoms of perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-10 ≥22) was random...

We explored whether transdiagnostic internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for mixed anxiety and depression effectively reduces repetitive negative thinking (RNT), and whether reductions in RNT and positive metacognitive beliefs mediate symptom improvement during iCBT. Participants with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), major depressive disorder (MDD), or mixed GAD/MDD diagno...

Landfill siting was determined within Mafraq City, Jordan, through the integration of geographic information system (GIS), weighted linear combination (WLC) analysis, and remote sensing techniques. Several parameters were collected from various sources in vector and raster GIS formats, and then, used within the GIS-based WLC analysis to select optimum solid waste disposal sites. Namely, urban a...

در این تحقیق، خواص مکانیکی، شامل استحکام کششی، مدول الاستیک، ازدیاد طول و استحکام ضربه ای نانوکامپوزیت های بر پایه آلیاژ پلی پروپیلن و پلی اتیلن خطی چگالی پایین، تقویت شده با نانوذرات اکسید تیتانیوم بررسی شده است. برای طراحی آزمایش جهت تهیه ترکیبات از طرح box-behnken روش رویه پاسخ (rsm) استفاده شده است. بر اساس این طرح ازمایش 15 نمونه شامل 0، 2 و 4 درصد وزنی نانو ذرات اکسید تیتانیوم 0، 3 و 6 در...