Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess dental caries and associated factors in children aged three years living in Varamin, Iran. Methods: Eight hundred and fifteen three-year-old children were recalled randomly through the records existing in healthcare centers of Varamin, Iran. Two hundred and three mothers were also examined to assess the relationship between the oral health of mot...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between neo-aortic root size, neo-aortic insufficiency (AI), and reintervention at mid-term follow-up. BACKGROUND Data on neo-aortic valve function and growth after the Ross procedure in children are limited. METHODS A total of 74 of 119 Ross patients from January 1995 to December 2003 had > or =2 follow-up echocardiogram...

Background Becoming a mother is one of the most important life changing events that a woman experience. The birth of very-low-birth-weight preterm infants imposes many challenges for the mothers. There is insufficient information regarding the mothers' experiences on the process of becoming a mother when their preterm infants are in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). The aim of this study wa...

There is a lack of physical contact in current telecommunications such as text messaging and Internet access. To challenge the limitation and re-embody telecommunication, researchers have attempted to introduce tactile stimulation to media and developed huggable devices. Previous experiments in Japan showed that a huggable communication technology, i.e., Hugvie decreased stress level of its fem...

BACKGROUND Interactions between genetic and environmental factors, including modifiable maternal nutrition and lifestyle, play a significant role in the pathogenesis of most congenital heart defects (CHD). The aim of this study was to investigate associations between periconceptional maternal vitamin D status and the prevalence of CHD in offspring. METHODS A case-control study was performed i...

using the persian version of gadow's child syptom inventory (sci-4), an attempt was made to determine the prevalence of attention deficit and disruptive behaviours among elementary school children of gonabad town in the north eastern khorasan province of iran. subjects consisted of 400 children (202 boys and 198 girls) ages 7 to 12 years attending grades 1-5 of public primary schools. they...

This study aimed to compare the underlying measures of male and female high- school students’ social capital in terms of regional variations and gender and investigate the relationship between those measures and the students' foreign language (FL) achievement. To this end, a number of 904 third-grader high school students (278 male and 626 female) from two educational district...

Abstract Background: There is further evidence of breast feeding benefits for mother and infant health. In some regions of the world the rate of exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of infant’s life has been decreased. The most important factors associated with the problem are socio-economic variables such as maternal age, mother’s employment status, level of education, and infant...

The study aimed to examine the impact on parental strategies of regulating children’s digital gadgets from having a second child in family. Ninety-three mothers took part survey. Twenty women had two children, one woman – three others child. Parents evaluated frequency use devices by each and then filled out several checklists. mathematical processing data is represented analysis сrosstabs (Cra...