background: vaspin is associated with decreased blood glucose concentration. in this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of resistance exercise training on plasma vaspin and lipid profile levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. methods: thirty men were divided into 2 groups: control (n=15), and resistance exercise (n=15). the resistance group performed a resistance exercise consisting o...

background and aim: foot problems are common among patients with diabetes mellitus. in most cases, these problems finally result in amputation. the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of teach-back education on foot self-care among patients with type ii diabetes.   materials and methods: this controlled quasi-experimental study was conducted on 70 patients with type ii diabetes refe...

abstract objective: there is some evidence that causal beliefs are related with adherence behaviors. the aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between illness causal beliefs, demographic factors and medication adherence among a group of patients with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: ninety-three patients with type 2 diabetes participated in this study using convenience...

described in the Japanese population, several PP cases have also been reported in Western countries and, recently, in the Middle East.2,3 Thepathogenesis of PP is not completely clear. In addition to being associated with several factors including exogenous (physical trauma, friction)andhormonal (pregnancy,menstruation),PPhasclassicallybeenreported inassociationwithmetabolic derangements, espec...

Screening and early detection for hyperglycemia is a topic of considerable interest, and there is debate as to its overall benefits (1). Policies for screening vary from the position of the American Diabetes Association (2), which recommends glucose testing in all people aged 45 years and over or at high risk for type 2 diabetes, to the position of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPST...

A 58-year-old fisherman was admitted complaining of a one-week history of painful, discharging scrotal swelling (Figure 1). He had recently been feeling thirstier than normal but was not a known diabetic. He had no significant past medical history other than smoking 40 cigarettes daily for the last 40 years. The initial impression by the GP at onset was a furuncle for which he was started on a ...

One of the advantages systems based on fuzzy logic (fuzzy systems) is possibility a soft switch from one set values input parameters system to another, when different conclusions are drawn for sets these values. A type 2 direct generalization an ordinary set. In this paper, we review some branches theory type-2 and systems. We discuss operations sets, relations, centroids describe functional re...