background: classroom behaviors are disturbed in autistic students because of their repetitive, restlessness, and disruptive behaviors. this study aimed to examine the impacts of sitting on a ball, cushion, and/or common chair on classroom behavior of four students with autism spectrum disorder (asd). methods : four children with autism participated in this single-subject study. students’ behav...

introduction: barrel cortex of rats is a part of somatosensory cortex, which receives information from facial whiskers. vibrisectomy by sensory deprivation leads to some changes in the barrel cortex, which have been known as experience dependent plasticity. on the other hand, norepinephrine (ne) and locus coeruleus, which is the main source of ne, influenced response properties of cortical barr...

objective: children with autism have sitting and on-task behavior problems in class. therefore, the effects of three alternative classroom-seating devices such as regular classroom chairs, therapy balls, and air cushions were examined on students’ classroom behavior. material and method: fifteen autistic students participated in this a-b-a-c multiple treatments, semi-experimental study. student...

objectives: down syndrome is the most common chrosomal disorder in which the fine and gross motor skills due to lack of proper sensory experience are disturbed. the role of dexterity in activity of daily living, interaction with environment and independency is quiet crucial in down syndrome. therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of simultaneous application of superfici...

The effect of the level of fat substitution in cakes as well as the type of fat replacer on the textural behaviour of the product was investigated by instrumental and sensory analysis. Samples, which were varying in levels (35, 65 and 100%) and types (carbohydrate or protein based) of fat substitution were subjected to a compression test and the obtained stress strain, sigmoid curves were fitte...

The aim of this study was to optimize the lipsticks formulation according to the physical properties and sensory attributes and investigate the relationship between instrumental and sensory analyses and evaluate the influence of the main ingredients, beeswax and oil, with analysis of lipsticks properties. Central composite design was used to optimize the mixture of oils and beeswax and cocoa bu...

background and objective: in this study due to increasing importance of producing low fat meat products such as low calorie hamburger and in order to developing new and safe product with low fat and saturated fatty acid content and high unsaturated fatty acid, the effect of reducing animal fat content and adding combination of healthier oil, olive oil and canola oil that were used as a substitu...

Background: Premature infants undergo a lot of stressors during treatment procedures in the neonatal intensive care units which causes significant physiological changes in these neonates. Multi-sensory stimulation is a broad category of interventions designed to improve the evolutionary and physiological outcomes of premature infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit to minimize ...

BACKGROUND Sensory impairment is a common condition that exerts negative effects on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the elderly. This study aimed to determine the relationship between sensory impairment and HRQoL and identify sensory-specific differences in the HRQoL of elderly. METHODS This study used data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V (2010-201...