background & aim: saffron is one of the expensive spices known since antiquity for its color, flavor and medicinal properties. saffron is the dried stigma of crocus sativus plant. the three basic components of the stigma on which the qualitative characteristics of saffron depend are crocin (color), picrocrocin (taste), and safranal (aroma). the quality of saffron is a function of climatic c...

*Corresponding author: Massood Amiri, Ph.D, Social Health Determinants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran. Email: [email protected] World Diabetes Day (every year on November 14) is a good opportunity to emphasis on diabetes and its related aspects and correlation with other health conditions as well as available programs and services for diabetic ...

Introduction: Staphylococci release a large number of enzymes. Some of these, such as coagulase, beta lactamase, hemolysins and biofilms are considered indices of pathogenicity. The aim of the current study was based on the isolation and identification of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative Staphylococci (CNS) strains from sheep sub clinical mastitis and examining their biofilm, beta l...

Objective: This study carried out to monitor the status of nutritional management and measuring difference between present and desired feeding system in dairy cattle of rural conditions of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. Methods: 334 rural flocks consisting of 1442 dairy cows were selected from seven towns of this province. The experiment was lasted for in a year and using completely randomized desi...

Background and aims: This study aimed to compare the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) with cognitive approach, that spiritual therapy Islamic approach on quality life among hypertensive cardiac patients. Methods: All cardiovascular patients referred cohort center in Shahrekord 2019 were included this semi-experimental (pretest-posttest design) study. Using convenience samplin...

The Association between Use of Virtual Social Networks and Social Isolation among High School Girls in Shahrekord   K. Karimian [1] M. Parsamehr, Ph.D. [2] S.A.R. Afshani, Ph.D. [3]   This study [4] sought to examine the association between use of virtual social networks and social isolation among high school girls in Shahrekord. The research method was survey. The statistical population ...