BACKGROUND Studies from the Western world have shown that antipsychotic medications in psychiatric patients result in weight gain and other metabolic diseases. This study was undertaken to investigate whether any one of the five most commonly prescribed antipsychotics, (risperidone, olanzepine, trifluoperazine, quetiapine and haloperidol) could behave differently in terms of causing weight gain...

Background. Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a low density lipoprotein-like particle whose apolipoprotein B (apo B) moiety is disulfide-linked to apo(a), a plasminogen-like inhibitor of fibrinolysis in vitro. We hypothesized that plasma concentrations of Lp(a) are acutely affected by intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA). Methods and Results. Patients with unstable angina were randomize...

Introduction: The main way to improve the quality of care, especially for children, is to improve nursing communication skills. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of reminiscence training on professional relationship communication skills in pediatric nursing staff. Materials and Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental design that consisted of all babies and ...

The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the remineralization potential of dental products containing calcium on human enamel softened by soft drinks. Fifty sound human premolar teeth were randomly divided into 5 treatment groups (n=10): artificial saliva, 1,000 ppm fluoride toothpaste, CPP-ACP paste, CPP-ACP with 900 ppm fluoride paste and tricalcium phosphate with 950 ppm fluoride paste....

PURPOSE To characterize human corneal psychophysical channels. METHODS Twenty subjects participated in this study. A Belmonte pneumatic esthesiometer was used to deliver stimuli, and the ascending method of limits and the method of constant stimuli were used to estimate thresholds. Sensation was characterized for different stimuli. Corneal mechanical and chemical thresholds were measured at d...

the purpose of this survey was to examine the relationship between packaging and food products consumer behaviors in refah chain stores in iran. this research in terms of goal is an application research and regarding data collection method, it is a survey-descriptive. one-way repeated measures analysis of variance was used to compare the impacts of packaging elements, visual and informational, ...

BACKGROUND Eye examination as one of the painful procedures for retinopathy of prematurity screening can cause some pain-related physiological and behavioral changes in preterm infants. Multisensory stimulation is an analgesic non-pharmacological method that has analgesic effects on infants during painful procedures. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine the effect of multisensory stimulat...

We present an approach to analyzing physiologic timetrends recorded during a stimulus by comparing means at each time point using repeated measures analysis of variance (RMANOVA). The approach allows temporal patterns to be examined without an model of expected timing or pattern of response. a priori The approach was originally applied to signals recorded from functional magnetic resonance imag...

background: with regard to increasing cardiovascular disease, developing new and effective strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors seems to be necessary and self efficacy is an effective factor in selecting appropriate methods to achieve the intended purpose. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of education on promoting self efficacy in patients with cardiovas...