background : problems stemming from individuals' reactions to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer have various effects on the different dimensions of individuals and families' lives such as deficient attitudes, hopelessness, and suicidal thoughts. the study aim was determining the effectiveness of self-talk technique and positive empathy in reducing symptoms and modifying deficient att...

the present study was designed in quasi-experiment to assess adoption of the essential clauses of particular clinical laboratory quality management requirements based on international organization for standardization (iso 15189) in hospital laboratories and to evaluate the cost effectiveness of compliance to iso 15189.the quality management intervention based on iso 15189 was conceded through t...

a field experiment was conducted in khorramabad to evaluate the efficacy of 12 herbicides [ethalfloralin (3 l.ha-1), trifloralin (2 l.ha-1), pendimethalin (1.5-2.5 l.ha-1), imazethapyr (0.5-0.7 l.ha-1), isoxaflotole (80 g.ha-1), pyridate (2.5 l.ha-1), bentazon (2 l.ha-1), metribuzine (0.7 kg.ha -1), fomesafen (1 l.ha-1), simazine (80 g.ha-1), prometrine (830 g.ha-1), haloxyfop-r-methyl (1 l.ha-...

Definitive hosts of the Echinococcus granulosus (E. granulosus ) parasite are carnivores such as dogs,wolves and foxes. Detection of this parasite through faecal examination is not possible. In this study, dotblotting test for E. granulosus -specific coproantigens has been evaluated in dog. Three 2–3-month-old puppies were treated with piperazine and then faecal samples were collected as pre-in...

Background:Learning the key issues in providing nursing care requires new instructional strategies that prevent superficial learning of students and improve meaningful and high level learning in them. The aim of this study was to determine effect of teaching the nursing process in composing method on nursing students and their clinical learning. Methods: In a quasi-experimental study with two g...