BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Abuse and pain complaints are common among older persons. However, little is known about relationships between abuse (e.g. psychological) and pain complaints (e.g. backache) among older persons while considering other factors (e.g. depression). Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine these relationships. MATERIALS AND METHODS The design was cross-sectional. ...

background: toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic infections of humans and other mammals. this study was aimed to understand the mechanism of action of veterinary medicine-sulfachloropyrazine (spz, 99.97%) against toxoplasma gondii . methods: t. gondii tachyzoites were soaked in pbs (as a control) or spz (250 mg/ml) for 2 h at 37 °c. after being processed, any ultrastructural change...

arid and desert lands in terms of specific environmental characteristics such as low annual precipitation,sequential droughts, huge drop in ground water levels or the like, have always faced strict limitations in waterresources. in the shadow of these characteristics and many other factors, water price index (wpi) is significantlyaffected. this study set out with the aim of identifying and dete...

The Issue There is a growing shortage of healthcare providers in Canada – particularly primary care practitioners. In 2007, it was estimated that 15% of Canadians aged 12 and older did not have a regular family physician (ranging from 6% in Nova Scotia to 26% in Quebec); and in 2008, 9% did not have a regular source of care (Canadian Institute for Health Information 2009). Even those who do hav...

heart failure (hf) is a common disease with high health care costs and high mortality rate knowledge of the health-related quality of life (qol) outcomes of hf may guide decision making and be useful in assessing new therapies for population. yet little is known about qol of hf patients in iran. objectives: to assess health related qol of patients with hf with two different instrument and to co...

over the recent years, ever-increasing rate of improvement in knowledge and technology has changed the nature of roles in organizations and many jobs need high mental activity. thus, subjective well-being and performance of employees are two broad subjects that affect the performance of the organization. in this survey, we examined how different cognitive emotion regulation strategies influence...

Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare malignancy. While external beam radiation therapy has improved locoregional control, the median survival of approximately 4 months has not changed in more than half a century due to uncontrolled systemic metastases. The objective of this study was to review the literature in order to identify potential new strategies for treating this highly lethal canc...