results multiple regression analyses showed that motives and maternal overprotection were the main predictors of problematic facebook use symptoms in both genders. mediation analyses suggested that borderline personality traits and overprotection played different roles in the development of problematic facebook use symptoms. in females, borderline traits were a mediator in the relation between ...

objective: duplex ultrasonography is a non-invasive, non-expensive screening test for carotid disease. intima media thickness (imt) is appropriate for atherosclerosis process diagnosis. leukoaraisis (la) increase the risk of cerebrovascular accident (cva). la patients need preventive medication for cva. imt is a non-invasive diagnostic and prognostic test in la. the aim of this study was evalua...

recurrent ear, nose, and throat (ent) infections are common presenting symptoms in patients with primary antibody deficiencies , but sometimes they remain undiagnosed for many years and are subjected to different antibiotics because of a lack of experience in immunodeficiencies. in order to determin the frequency of ent symptoms among the patients with antibody deficiencies, 83 antibody deficie...

this article is part of a much broader study of persuasive techniques in television news in iran. as a very important part of irib news irinn has been chosen for this study. if we assume that one of the most influential television news, the power of persuasion to influence the audience is very important. it seemed that choosing the highest hypothetical level of news and deconstructing it would ...

background this study has been designed to investigate the clinical association between gastro esophageal reflux disease (gerd) and chronic otitis media (com) in adults and also the role of gerd treatment on the outcome of com surgery. methods in a randomized clinical trial, 58 patients with com who were candidates for surgery were evaluated for gerd and divided in two groups; gerd posi­tive (c...

introduction: the use of ossicular graft material in ossicular chain reconstruction has significantly improved hearing results hearing after tympanoplasty and tympanomastoid surgery for chronic otitis media. today, otologists have a wide array of tools from which to choose, but may find it difficult to know which middle ear implant works best.   materials and methods: a prospective study of 80 ...