conclusions the results showed that group play therapy improves self-concept in children suffering from thalassemia major. objectives the aim of this study was to determine if group play therapy could significantly increase self-concept among children with thalassemia major ages 7 to 11 years old in teaching hospitals of golestan province, iran, in 2012. patients and methods in this randomized,...

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical efficacy and the incremental cost-effectiveness of albendazole in improving the nutritional status of pre-school children. DESIGN Single blind, placebo-controlled trial with child as the unit of randomization. SETTING In the Anganwadi centers of the Integrated Child Development Services situated in the urban slums of Lucknow, North India. METHODS Thirty-two...

Gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) were employed to determine the chemical composition of the essential oil (EO) from aromatic water (AW) of Zataria multiflora. Thymol (66.9%), carvacrol (15.2%), and carvone (7.3%) were found to be the major EO constituents. Eighty laboratory BALB/c mice were infected intraperitoneally by injection of 1,500 viable protoscol...

probiotics have shown beneficial effects on growth parameters of various food animals. in this research, the growth promoting effects of a multi-strain probiotic was investigated on common carp (cyprinus carpio). accordingly, 200 fish (6-7g) were randomly allocated to 4 experimental groups. the first group received placebo and was served as the negative control. the second group received the pr...

objective: the present study aimed to investigate the effects of group positive psychotherapy on increasing the happiness of mothers of children with cochlear implants.  methods: this study was a quasi-experimental research with pretest-posttest, a control group, and a 75-day follow-up design. a total of 20 mothers of children with cochlear implants treated in baqiyatallah hospital of tehran ci...

Infection with Echinococcus granulosus is endemic in Middle Eastern countries. Some patients are noted to undergo spontaneous resolution, but many require surgical removal with its associated risks. Although, there are studies showing favourable responses to medical treatment, there is no controlled study on the effect of albendazole. In this study, 20 patients with 179 E. granulosus cysts affe...