This article examines the cumulative effects of multiple stressors on women's health, by race and area of residence. Specifically, we examine socioeconomic status, experiences of unfair treatment and acute life events by race and residential location, and their cumulative effects on the health status of African American and white women living within the city of Detroit and in the surrounding me...

The use of self-reports from students is a common, yet risky, methodological venture in psychological research. Relying upon an individual to provide an accurate and unbiased rating of her or his ability, attitude, or past experiences is problematic, considering that the behavioral revolution in psychology was driven in part by a rejection of the reliance on malleable data sources. Researchers ...

during a survey of plant-parasitic nematodes in bamyan and mazar sharif provinces of afghanistan, several species of plant-parasitic nematodes belonging to infraorder tylenchomorpha were detected and identified. filenchus facultativus; filenchus discrepans; filenchus elegantulus; boleodorus volutus; neopsilenchus magnidens; coslenchus costatus; ditylenchus myceliophagus; tylenchorhynchus clarus...

malformations which occur during the development of the avian body organs can lead to structural and functional abnormalities. most defects are recognized at hatching, but some go undetected until somewhat later. the cause of the majority of animal congenital malformations is unknown. a significant proportion of congenital malformations of unknown cause are likely to have an important genetic c...

during a survey in 2015, three dark-winged fungus gnat species, bradysia odoriphaga yang & zhang, 1985, bradysia trivittata staeger, 1840and scatopsciara atomariazetterstedt, 1851 were identified and recorded here from iran for the first time. the genus scatopsciara edwards, 1927 is newly recorded from iran as well. the identification of specimens were confirmed by dr kai heller (germany). the ...

the purpose of this study was to determine the adherence to oral hypoglycemic medications and associated factors in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients who were referred to the isfahan endocrinology and metabolism research centre (iemrc). convenience sampling was used to enroll 248 patients with type 2 diabetes in a prospective study at iemrc from january 2007 to january 2008. patients had to be ...

although amniotic fluid embolism is a rare event, but it is a tragic event. this kind of embolism occurs in 1 per 20,000 to 30,000 births with 86% maternal mortality rate in the united states. amniotic fluid embolism is in charge of near 10-15% of all maternal deaths. this article reflects the experiences of a nurse midwife encountered with a maternal and neonatal death due to an amniotic fluid...

clinical trial committee (ctc) has been established in food and drug organization (fdo), in 2003 to assure efficacy and safety of all types of medicinal products which are meant to be registered in iran drug list and/or obtain market authorization.all clinical trial files, meeting minutes and databases in ctc secretariat in fdo were reviewed. relevant information and data extracted, analyzed an...

abstract the high prevalence of diabetes in iran and other developing countries is chiefly attributed to urbanization. the objectives of the present study were to assess the prevalence of self-reported diabetes and to determine its associated risk factors. this study is a part of the national noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance, conducted in 31 provinces of iran in 2011. first, 100...