The present study aims to examine the correlation of body dysmorphic disorder, with metacognitive subscales, metaworry and thought-fusion. The study was conducted in a correlation framework. Sample included 155 high school students in Isfahan, Iran in 2013-2014, gathered through convenience sampling. To gather data about BDD, Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Modified for BDD was applied. T...

BACKGROUND During the last decades, the number of dentistry units increased significantly across the country. The aim of this study was to assess the efficiency of dental units of Iran provinces regarding dental health inputs and outputs using Data Envelopment Analysis approach. METHODS In this applied descriptive-analytical study, the study population included all of Iran 31 provinces. The o...

Diabetic nephropathy refers to any deleterious effect on kidney structure and/or function due to diabetes mellitus. One of the most severe and common complications of diabetes is renal disease. The majority of patients with 18 years’ duration show the signs of diabetic renal involvement (1-3). About one third of patients with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus develop end stage renal disease which p...

Submitted by: Farzad Fatehi, MD, Mohammad Zare, MD, Mohammad Saadatnia, MD. From Departments of Neurology and Neurosciences Research Center (Fatehi, Saadatnia, Zare), and Medical Education Research Center (Fatehi, Saadatnia), Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran. Address correspondence to: Dr. Farzad Fatehi, Resident of Neurology, Neurology Department, Alzah...

1 Department of Mathematics, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, 81515-158 Isfahan, Iran 2 Department of Mathematics, Khansar Faculty of Computer and Mathematics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 81746-73441, Iran 3 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University PutraMalaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 4 Department of Mathematics, Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh Branch, 8...

There are many hypothesis to explain the relationships between some factors in an earlier time and diseases in later time like salt hypothesis. The effects of early life conditions and diseases in later life have been studied in several studies. Little experience exists on the possible impact of early life circumstances on trends in mortality from atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases within ...

Teacher Enthusiasm: The Intermediary Factor between School Climate and Teachers’ Professional Attitudes   H. Massaah* S.H.R. Oreyzi Saamaani, Ph.D.** M. Kalaantari, Ph.D.***   Teachers’ enthusiasm is of considerable significance within the contemporary positive psychology as it acts as an intermediary between many other variables such as school climate and teachers&r...

1 Pediatrics Department, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81676-3695, Iran 2 Environmental Engineering Department, Environment Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 3 Research Center for Health Services Management, Institute of Future Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Ir...

Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini, Hamidreza Sadeghiyan1, Neda Adibi2, Mohammad Reza Shokrollahi3, Mohsen Pourazizi4 Department of Dermatology, Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 1Department of Dermatology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2Department of Dermatology, Psychosomatic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, ...

M. H. Kowsari, Saman Alavi, Bijan Najafi, K. Gholizadeh, E. Dehghanpisheh, and F. Ranjbar 1 Department of Chemistry and Supercomputing Center, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran 2 Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Science (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran 3 Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada 4 ...