the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of traditional - local games on the development of gross motor skills of children with educable mental retardation. 30 educable mentally retarded children in welfare organization of marivan city (mea age 12.8 ±1.12 yr and iq 33.61±7.81) were studied with purposive sampling method. all children were pretested; then, samples were randomly divide...

BACKGROUND According to the guideline of the United States center for disease control (CDC), the extracted teeth should be sterilized by autoclaving or storage in 10% formalin before using for educational or research purposes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of this protocol on microhardness of dentin and enamel. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty extracted single-root teeth w...

objectives: this present study aims to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral-based stress management training on anxiety in female ms patients. methods: this study employed a semi-experimental research method with pre-test post-test, control group and random assignment. the statistical population fully consisted of female ms patients referred to the iran ms association in 2014, from...

background: this study evaluated the effect of an educational program on breast self-examination (bse) among women living in bandar abbas, iran. method: this trial studied 240 eligible women attending at eight health centers of bandar abbas who were randomly divided into intervention (n = 120) or control (n=120) group. data regarding belief on breast self examination were collected through the ...

The aim of this study was to explore the mechanism of racemic higenamine in the treatment of sick sinus syndrome (SSS). A total of 40 New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into normal sinus node and damaged sinus node (SND) groups, and each group was randomly divided into treatment and control groups (n=10). The SND model was established by formaldehyde wet dressing of the sinus node area. ...

The aim of this research is reduction the symptoms of anxiety disorder, through MBCT. It seems that two main parameters of this treatment namely avoiding from mental rumination and avoidant states in a particular way with Anxiety Disorder. Meanwhile applying this type of treatment for reduction of the symptoms and rupture of disorder continuation chain could be useful. This is a Quasi-experimen...

in this study, the effect of cognitive load (cl) training on duration and accuracy of bimanual coordination (bc) task was investigated. for this purpose, athletic male students of shiraz university were randomly divided into 4 groups: g1 with low cl, g2 with intermediate cl, g3 with high cl and g4 control. the subjects practiced for 6 weeks, 3 sessions a week, 6 blocks, 12 trials. the subjects ...

salvia verticillata is one of the salvia species which possesses remarkable antioxidant activity. in the present study, we investigated the possible effects of hydro-alcoholic extract from salvia verticillata plant (sve) in various models of anxiety, depression and seizure in mice. mice were randomly divided into control (saline), sve-treated and standard treatment groups. the sve-treated group...

the purpose of this research was to determine the effects of quran's stories on children's emotional intelligence. participants were 30 children between age of 4 to 6 who were randomly selected from three kindergartens and then divided into an experimental and a control group. peter aid and fare ham emotional intelligence questionnaire (understanding self and others feelings, control of emotion...