objectives:  this  study  aimed  to  examine  the  effectiveness  of  life  skills  training  on  quality  of  life  in mothers of children with down syndrome.  methods:  this  research  was  done  as  a  semi-experimental  with  pre-post  test  and  with  control  group. statistical population included all children with down syndrome, age from 2 months to 8 years, and their mothers who referre...

This study evaluated the influence of an altitude training (AT) camp on swimming start time and loaded squat jump performance. To accomplish this goal, 13 international swimmers (8 women, 5 men) were allocated to both the control (Sea Level Training, SLT) and experimental conditions (AT, 2320 m above sea level) that were separated by a one year period. All tests (15 m freestyle swimming start a...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in standard medical care, specifically in cancer populations. Yoga, a mind-body practice, is one of the most common modalities of CAM therapy used in the United States. Both healthy individuals and diverse patient populations utilize the fundamental practices of yoga. Yoga therapy, a broad based ter...

Periodized strength training refers to varying the training program at regular time intervals in an attempt to bring about optimal resistance gains. The main aim of this paper was to present a short review of the diferent aspects of training periodization and its effects with performance. as well as the differential effect of alternate periodization models on other populations, and specially th...

introduction: today, psychological methods are being applied more often to reduce adverse effects of social life and to enhance positive and satisfying effects of communal life.one of these methods is psychological resilience training. objective:the present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of resilience training on aggression and happiness among nursing and midwifery students ...

Genetic programming (GP) systems have traditionally used a fixed training population to evolve best-of-run programs according to problem-specific fitness criteria. The ideal GP training population would be sufficiently representative of each of the potentially difficult situations encountered during subsequent program use to allow the resulting best-of-run programs to handle each test situation...

Background: Parent training is an appropriate way to increase their awareness in dealing with a sick child. Childhood illness causes parents to be worried and stressed. Lack of information about disease will increase their concern. Educational programs can reduce parental stress and postoperative complications. Methods: In this study, the mothers of Hirsc...

this study is aimed at investigating the impact of training moral, spiritual and cultural intelligence on the dimensions of women’s familial functioning. the research method is quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. the population consisted of all the women attending counseling centers in islamabad gharb, iran in the year 2014. using the availability sampling tec...