BACKGROUND This study attempted to identify the sources of job stress according to job position and investigate how friendship networks affect job stress. METHODS Questionnaires based on The Health Professions Stress Inventory (HPSI) developed by Wolfgang experienced by healthcare providers were collected from 420 nurses, doctors and radiological technologists in two general hospitals in Kore...

Background Adipose derived stem cells (ADSCs) are acquired from abdominal liposuction yielding a thousand fold more stem cells per millilitre than those from bone marrow. A large research void exists as to whether ADSCs are capable of transdermal differentiation toward neuronal phenotypes. Previous studies have investigated the use of chemical cocktails with varying inconclusive results. Meth...

Here, we investigated the effect of liver abnormality on the developmental potential of bovine oocytes. Good quality oocytes from healthy cows and from animals with a liver abnormality were matured and fertilized in vitro and then cultured to the blastocyst stage. On day 7 after fertilization, embryo cleavage and development were assessed. The concentrations of glucose, nonesterified fatty acid...

objective: to investigate the effects of intracranial pressure (icp) monitoring on mortality rate and functional outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (tbi). methods: this was historical cohort study being performed in nemazee hospital of shiraz during a 4-year period (from 2006 to 2010) including those patients with severe tbi who had undergone care based on icp monitoring (ca...

bakcground: the aim of itp treatment is to prevent intracranial hemorrhage and increase the platelet count rapidly. this study was conducted with the objective of comparing the efficacy of anti-d immunoglobulin (ig) with dexamethasone in treating childhood itp. materials and methods: in this randomized prospective control trial, 20 itp patients (platelet count< 20,000/µl) younger than 16 were s...

Many famous individuals are said to have had epilepsy, and these names often find their way into books and lectures on epilepsy. The goal of this study was to investigate in detail the histories of 43 of those people who had various kinds of attacks, but not epilepsy. They range chronologically from Pythagorus, born in 582 bc, to the actor Richard Burton, born in 1925 AD. Epilepsy was misdiagno...