BACKGROUND Many nurses have reported experiencing high levels of occupational stress in their work environment. Stress, as an outcome of stressful workplaces and tasks, affects nursing behavior in hospital wards. The objectives of this research were to determine the prevalence of occupational stress and mental health problems in nurses in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Shahid Mohammadi Hospit...

OBJECTIVES Marine organisms are a rich source of bioactive molecules with potential applications in medicine, biotechnology and industry; however, few bioactive compounds have been isolated from organisms inhabiting the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. This study aimed to isolate and screen the anti-cancer activity of compounds and extracts from 40 natural products of marine organisms collect...

OBJECTIVES Rapid urbanisation has often meant that public infrastructure has not kept pace with growth leading to urban slums with poor access to water and sanitation and high rates of diarrhoea with greater household costs due to illness. This study sought to determine the monetary cost of diarrhoea to urban slum households in Kaula Bandar slum in Mumbai, India. The study also tested the hypot...

BACKGROUND Iranian women, many of whom live in small cities, have limited access to mammography and clinical breast examinations. Thus, breast self examination (BSE) becomes an important and necessary approach to detecting this disease in its early stages in order to limit its resultant morbidity and mortality. This study examined constructs arising from the Health Belief Model as predictors of...

BACKGROUND A diet rich in fruits and vegetables is of a great importance, especially to adolescents due to their need for nutrients and their rapid growth. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between decisional balance and self-efficacy with stages of change for fruit and vegetable consumption in high school students in Bandar Abbas, Iran. METHODS In this descriptive-ana...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to collect informative data on the parasitic infection of wild rodents, emphasizing on finding parasites, which have medical importance to human. METHODS During 2012-2014, a total number of 91 wild rodents were captured from rural areas of Turkmen Sahra, Golestan Province, using handmade traps. Animals were anesthetized, surveyed for any ectoparasite and th...

in the residential area of the north coast of the persian gulf, consumption of fish is a possible source of exposure to heavy metals and other pollutants, all of which may act as potential risk factors for serious syndromes and fatal diseases. health risks associated with pb, cd, and hg were assessed based on the target hazard quotients (thq), which can be derived from concentrations of heavy m...


 Kantor Otoritas Bandar Udara mempunyai tugas melaksanakan pengawasan dan pemantauan. Salah satu tugasnya adalah mengidentifikasi daerah-daerah yang digunakan untuk kepentingan operasional penerbangan dimana personil bekerja di bandar udara tersebut harus memiliki lisensi. Lisensi surat izin diberikan kepada seseorang telah memenuhi persyaratan tertentu melakukan pekerjaan bidangnya dalam...

this research was undertaken to evaluate and determine the risk of gas fluids and leakage of persian gulf star refinery on the environment in bandar abbas. through collection and compilation of research findings, we attempted to identify and work on factors leading to environmental risks. the risk factors were identified by hazop team and the risk score was calculated by multiplying the probabi...