Background: The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of cognitive-metacognitive strategies on information processing speed based on the result of Stroop test on students with specific learning difficulties. Method: The research method was pre and post-test experimental plan with control group. The target population of the research included all fourth, fifth and sixth gr...

Background & Aim: Cancer is one of the most important causes of mortality in the world. Nowadays, beside the biological and medical interventions, the possible effect of other factors in adaptation and efficacy of treatment measures has been considered. Thus, this research carried out to determine the relationships between hardiness with self-efficacy and personal control in cancer patients. ...

Background and purpose: Gastric cancer is the most common cancer associated with high mortality worldwide. One of the genes that is down-regulated in gastric cancer, is the SIRT3 that encodes the histone deacetylase enzyme. There is a variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in the intron 5 of SIRT3 gene and evidence shows that expression of SIRT3 gene increases by increase in the numb...

Background: Gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors are classified as tumors that originate from smooth muscles. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common types of the proposed tumors and can be seen in the GI tract from the esophagus to the anus, but they are mostly seen in the stomach. Mostly from the stomach and asymptomatic, the majority of patients would benefit from surgery a...

Objectives One of the prevalent problems in children with autism spectrum disorder is that they face problem related to social initiation and initiation in questions asking. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the Pivotal Response Treatment  on the degree of question-asking of children with autism spectrum disorder.   Methods The research population included a...

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group therapy with transactional analysis (TA) on increasing life expectancy in teenage girls undergoing methadone treatment. The study design was experimental and pretest-posttest with control group. To this end, 30 people were selected purposefully through a lot: then randomly assigned to two groups of 15: control group and experimental gro...

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of group parenting training for mothers based on acceptance and commitment in reducing the symptoms of externalizing disorders in children. This quasi-experimental study had a pretest-posttest control group design with a follow-up session. The statistical population of the study consisted of mothers of children aged 6-8 referred ...