Introduction: Distress is the most perceived behavioral state manifested by pregnant women and can directly or indirectly increase risk of experiencing prenatal complications. Objective: The present study was conducted to determine effectiveness Adlerian group counseling approach on a mother's distress self-care during pregnancy. Materials Methods: This randomized controlled trial 79 eligible r...

INTRODUCTION Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) is a growing clinical concern worldwide. The main aims of this study were to detect qnr-encoding genes and to evaluate the clonal relatedness of qnr-positive Enterobacter cloacae isolates. METHODS A total of 116 E. cloacae isolates that were not susceptible to quinolone were obtained from seven hospitals in Tehran, five hospitals in Qa...

BACKGROUND Long wait time interval in emergency department (ED) of hospitals, from the patients' point of view in ED is a major problem causing patients' dissatisfaction and may result increasing in patient morbidity and indirectly nurses dissatisfaction. Evaluation of wait time intervals in ED and giving nursing feedback may improve the quality of services, as well as patient satisfaction. The...

The study was conducted to determine the effects of nitrogen fertilizing systems and harvest frequency on levels of hard-seedness and hard-seed softening trend in M. scutellata var. Robinson. The study was carried out at Agricultural Research Farm of University of Tehran in Karaj during 2006. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with a split-split plot arrangement with four r...

Yeasts (52, 51, 69, and 04) were received from Biotechnology Center of Karaj and Penicillium expansum isolates P11 and P12 isolated from Golden Delicious. Isolates were evaluated as a potential biological control agents of apple blue mold caused by P. expansum. Dual culture, cell free metabolites and volatile test were used in vitro assay. All tested of yeast isolates inhibited growth of P. exp...

*Corresponding author: Dr. Enayatollah Kalantar, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. Telephone: 00988716131415, Fax: 00988716131415, Email:[email protected]. he report by Ghorbani et al., in their work “Alterations in antibiotic susceptibility of urinary tract infection pathogens” from Ahvaz is important and timely. Urinary tract infection (UTI) represent...

The histone-like protein HU is the most-abundant DNA-binding protein in bacteria. The HU protein non-specifically binds and bends DNA as a hetero- or homodimer, and can participate in DNA supercoiling and DNA condensation. It also takes part in DNA functions such as replication, recombination, and repair. HU does not recognize any specific sequences but shows a certain degree of specificity to ...

objective: gastric dilatation also known as gastrointestinal obstruction or bloat is an acute and life-threatening condition in pet rabbits commonly caused by an intestinal obstruction with pellets, foreign bodies and compressed hair. methods: in june 2014, a two years old male new zealand white rabbit were referred to karaj central veterinary hospital, karaj, iran with the history of acute ano...

Introduction: Preschool sex education plays an important role in endorsing sexual health. Objective: This qualitative study aims to determine the mothers’ and trainers’ perspectives regarding of 3-5 years old children living Karaj City, Iran. Materials Methods: The participations were 20 mothers 10 kindergarten trainers. To collect data, semi-structured deep interviews held with them within 2 m...

study on knowledge and attitude of internal and infectious wards nurses toward aids     zeighami mohammadi sh ٭ [1] , zeinali e [2]     received: august 27, 2011 accepted: october 7, 2011     abstract   background & aims : nurse's knowledge and attitudes related to aids is important as it affects their behavior , willingness to care, and quality of care . the aim of this study was to deter...