Background and aims: Evidence-based practice (EBP) guides to increase quality of tendance, and recourse to the administration of the newest powerful research into clinical practice .thus, it is substantial for dentists as well as all healthcare providers to notify clinical decision-making and apply EBP. Aims: The objective of this study was to investigate awareness, knowledge, attitude and barr...

BACKGROUND Relapse prevention is a medical intervention designed for educating cognitive and behavioral skills to avoid continued drug abuse and relapse. OBJECTIVES This study examined high risk situations for relapse for self-referred addicts are related in Bushehr province substance abuse treatment centers. PATIENTS AND METHODS The present study is descriptive cross-sectional. The sample ...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is amathematical programmingapproach for evaluating the relative efficiency of decision making units (DMUs) in organizations. The conventionalDEAmethods require accuratemeasurement of both the inputs and outputs. However, the observed values of the input and output data in real-world problems are often imprecise or vague. Fuzzy set theory is widely used to quanti...

BACKGROUND Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite indicator that can show the impact of economic strategies on human life standards. The index is calculated by three main factors of income, education and health. This research studies the status of HDI across the Iranian provinces, its changes over time and the efficiency of provinces in using resources. METHODS The data for 2001 and 200...

AIM Wild boars, Sus scrofa, are potential reservoirs of many zoonotic diseases, and there are a possibility of transmission of the zoonotic diseases from these animals to humans and also domestic animals. This study aimed to evaluate the protozoan contamination of wild boars in the Persian Gulf's coastal area (Bushehr Province), southwestern Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 25 crossbred...

BACKGROUND Toxoplasmosis is a life-threatening infection in organ transplant recipients, people receiving corticosteroid or radiation therapy, people with malignancies, and AIDS patients. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to determine the prevalence of toxoplasmosis in patients receiving chemotherapy for malignancies in the Bushehr province of southwest Iran. METHODS Blood samples were tak...

1 Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2 Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia, 3 UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute, UKM Medical Centre, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4 Cente...

Kar Hau Chong, Bee Koon Poh, Nor Aini Jamil, Nor Azmi Kamaruddin, and Paul Deurenberg 1Physical Activity and Energy Metabolism Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala L...