introduction: in this study the automatic separation of oral and salivary gland activity and spontaneous secretion by means of factor analysis for quantitative salivary gland scintigraphy is introduced. methods: after intravenous administration of 99mtc sodium pertechnetate, dynamic scintigraphy was performed. 20 minutes after tracer application 2 ml of lemon juice was delivered to stimulate t...

background: mobile phone has become extremely popular and widely used all over the world. now a day, consumers around the world can purchase a single product that utility as a mobile phone, camera, camcorder, calculator, game console, text-messaging device, mp3 player, alarm clock, web browser and email device. the purpose of the present study was to explore self-reported use of various feature...

The purpose of this study is to identify which scale short-form development method produces better findings in different factor structures. A simulation was designed based on purpose. Three structures and three conditions were selected. As the study, model-data fit reliability coefficients reported for each structure condition. All analyses conducted under R environment. According increase leve...

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether and which cardiac growth factors are involved in human hypertrophy, whether growth factor synthesis is influenced by overload type and/or by the adequacy of the hypertrophy, and the relationships between cardiac growth factor formation and ventricular function. Cardiac growth factor formation was assessed by measuring aorta-coronary sinus ...

Core binding factor a1 (Cbfa1) is a crucial transcriptional factor for chondrocyte maturation and osteoblast differentiation in the mandibular condyle. To quantitatively assess the amount of mRNA expression of Cbfa1 and type X collagen in response to mandibular advancement. 420, 35-day-old female Sprague-Dawley rats, were randomly divided into 20 experimental and 10 control groups corresponding...

This study used PGSI to measure the motives of online stock exchange gamblers according to their responses about their online gambling. The main aim of the current study is to holistically explore the impact of motivational factors that motivate more usage of online gambling in Pakistan and behavioral factors that investigate the level of implementation of responsible gambling practices on PGSI...

introduction: compulsive internet use scale (cius) is a newest and prestigious questionnaire in the diagnosis of internet addiction .the goals of this study was to investigate the reliability and validity (psychometric properties) of persian version of cius in internet users of isfahan's universities. methods: in this descriptive and cross- sectional research  400 isfahan university students we...

background: diabetes is a major risk factor of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease with high mortality. prevalence of diabetes type 2 is increasing in middle eastand iran. in the current study, relationship between major food patterns and diabetes type 2 were assessed. methods: in this case control study, 332 subjects (110 newly diagnosed cases and 222 controls); 43-77 years of age ...

objective: many theorists agree that intimacy is a multidimensional concept and intimacy attitude components are different from intimate behavior components. this research aimed to determine the components of intimacy attitude in university students. methods: based on revised intimacy attitude scale (ias-r) which was originally developed by amidon et al. (1983), intimacy attitude components are...

conclusions our study showed that the persian version of yiat is good and usable on iranian people. the reliability of the instrument was very good. moreover, the validity of the persian translated version of the scale was sufficient. in addition, the reliability and validity of the three extracted factors of yiat were evaluated and were acceptable. results the cronbach’s alpha was 0.917 (ci 95...