background: infantile colic, cry-fuss and sleep problems are transient in the initial months of life, but they contribute to maternal depression, parenting stress and family mental health problems. in this randomized clinical trial, we aimed to explore the efficacy of massage therapy compared to rocking in reducing infantile colic symptoms including duration and number of cries, sleep duration ...

background: degenerative joint disease (djd) is the most common joint disease in human beings. previous studies have explained that glucosamine is preferred as placebo and in efficacy compared with nsaid’s in treatment of patients’ knee osteoarthritis. alendronate was used to treat osteoporotic patients and its efficacy was established. objectives: the aim of this study was to compare the effic...

attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common mental disorders in childhood, and it continues to adulthood without proper treatment. stimulants have been used in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) for many years, and the efficacy of methylphenidate in the treatment of adults with adhd has been proven to be acceptable according to meta-analysis ...

background to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture and compare it with fluoxetine in treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome (fms). methods we conducted a prospective, randomized clinical trial. fifteen patients were treated with acupuncture and compared with a control group (n=15) of patients who received fluoxetine. visual analogue scale, fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (fiq) and determined...

background: childhood obesity is becoming a global problem and its incidence is increasing. the role of dietary intervention with fruits containing vitamin c and flavonoid to control obesity consequences in childhood has not been yet defined. lemon (citrus aurantifolia) peels contain flavonoid, pectin and vitamin c. we aimed to compare the effects of lemon peels and placebo on cardiometabolic r...

despite the role of oral corticosteroids in management of sever asthma, use of these drugs needs careful awareness of its many side effects. there are controversies about the role of methotrexate in lowering the need for corticosteroides in these patients. in this study an attempt has been made to determine methotrexate effects in corticosteroid dependent asthma. six patients were entered in a ...

Since digital radio broadcasting techniques can give highly enhanced performance and quality (e.g. CD like audio quality, single frequency network, slide show, etc), many countries pay attention to converting their analog radio broadcasting services into digital services. In Korea, to digitize radio broadcasting service, various trials have been executed since 2009 [1]-[2]. This paper deals wit...

This paper presents the development and initial user trial of a wearable computer for collecting and annotating images for field-working applications. The application is based upon the need for field archaeologists to collect accurate records of finds, although it is proposed that the application can be easily adapted to a host of field-based activities. The images are collected via a webcam an...

background&aim;:blood loss reducing approaches improve surgery outcomes through making appropriate operation field and reducing transfusion needing . in this study two blood loss reducing techniques compare with together. method & material:in a randomized clinical trial study 60 patients candidate for elective femoral shaft operation were included in two groups.the first group induced hypotensi...

During the crossing of the place field of a pyramidal cell in the rat hippocampus, the firing phase of the cell decreases with respect to the local theta rhythm. This phase precession is usually studied on the basis of data in which many place field traversals are pooled together. Here we study properties of phase precession in single trials. We found that single-trial and pooled-trial phase pr...