background : diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease with a worldwide prevalence and its complications can be prevented with close monitoring of blood glucose. quality of blood glucose monitoring utilizing glucometers in iranian hospitalized patients has not been well published in the literature. we evaluated the accuracy and consistency of the results of two devices compared with the standard l...

background: the use of nanotechnology has led to rapid growth in various areas. thus, health and safety issues of nanoparticles (nps) should be promptly addressed. manganese oxide (mno2) nanoparticles (nps) are typically used for biomedical and industrial applications. however, characterizing the potential human health effects of mno2 nps is required before fully exploiting these materials. the...

background and objective: the reliability and validity of monitors for self-monitoring of blood glucose are debated. we evaluated the analytical performance of accu-check active (boehringer mannheim, roche) which is one of the most commonly used monitors in iran. material and methods: we compared the monitor readings with the reference values by percentage of values within certain intervals of...

this study investigated the impact of using the technique of self-monitoring on non-academic efl learners’ composition writing. fifty female students studying english at navid english institute in shiraz, iran were chosen based on the results of a proficiency test. they were all 16-20 years old and were intermediate learners of english who were divided into two control and experimental groups a...

beneficial effects of stimulants on core symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) have been reported in several studies. behavioral interventions have also been proposed as empirically supported interventions for adhd. although cognitive-behavioral therapies (cbt) have been criticized for the lack of evidence-based data, some studies have indicated the positive effects of cbt...