background: the effect of poor psychosocial work conditions on health status has widely been discussed in occupational literature. job content questionnaire (jcq) is a widely accepted instrument for evaluation of psychosocial work conditions. objective: to determine the reliability and validity of persian version of jcq. methods: the questionnaire was translated into persian and back translated...

Polo-like kinases (PLKs) have been reported to be essential components of anti-viral pathways. However, the role of PLKs in the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines induced by TLR activation is uncertain. We report here that monocytic THP-1 cells expressed PLK1, PLK2, PLK3 and PLK4. When THP-1 cells were treated with GW843682X, an inhibitor of PLK1 and PLK3, the results showed that GW843682...

BACKGROUND ConQoL questionnaire assesses health related quality of life among children with congenital heart diseases. It has a version for children aged 8 to 11 years and another for children aged 12 to 16 years. AIM To validate ConQol questionnaire for Chilean children with a congenital heart disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS Using a multicentric cross sectional design, 334 children from four...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship of mindfulness and cognitive emotion regulation strategies and mediating role of alexithymia in this relationship. Method: In this descriptive-correlational study, 355 students (192 femalesand 163 males) were recruited from ShahidBahonar university of Kerman through randomclustered ...

BACKGROUND The aim was to translate and develop a patient competence (PC) questionnaire in the context of cardiology and test its validity and reliability. METHODS In total, 148 cardiac patients who have inclusion criteria of the study were completed cardiac PC (CPC) questionnaire. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and self-administered instrument European quality of life 5-dimensions wer...

The α(2)-isoform of Na,K-ATPase (α(2)) is thought to play a role in blood pressure regulation, but the specific cell type(s) involved have not been identified. Therefore, it is important to study the role of the α(2) in individual cell types in the cardiovascular system. The present study demonstrates the role of vascular smooth muscle α(2) in the regulation of cardiovascular hemodynamics. To a...

objective: chronic pain is a common medical illnesses . purpose of this study is investigating the effectiveness of combination of cognitive behavior therapy and cognitive emotion regulation strategies on mindfulness, resiliency and quality of life in patients with chronic pain in tehran.   methods: 2 patients with chronic pain were selected through convenience sampling and answered to these qu...