abstract background: the readiness of mothers to take care for infants at discharge is a critical issue. poor readiness of mothers in taking care of premature infants at the time of discharge is associated with potential adverse consequences. this study examined the effect of implementing mothers’ empowerment program on the weight gain and duration of hospitalization in premature infants. mater...

background: the values of embryonic stem cell and cloning are evident. production of clone from embryonic stem cells can be achieved by introduction of stem cell into a tetraploid blastocyst. tetraploid blastocyst can be produced in vitro by electrofusion of 2-cell embryos. objective: the aim of this study was to assess the effect of different voltages and durations on fusion rate of bovine 2-c...

The purpose of this study is to consider a stochastic workflow in the product development process with both random activity durations and predefined resource constraint and to develop the method of estimating the completion time in the product development process. We first present a stochastic workflow considering resource constraints and then develop a method to estimate the parameters of comp...

introduction : the dynamic interaction between mother and infant is one of the indicative factors of infants’ social and emotional development especially in stressful situations as cognitive evaluating. methods: an experimental study was completed in 2010 in tehran on a total of 40 infants (18 boys and 22girls) forming two alternative groups and varying in age of infancy (4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 mon...

To identify Kraft liquor effects on spermatogenesis and sperm motility of Caspian kutums by using in vitro culture, the fish testis was incubated with 5, 10 and 15 % (V/V) of liquor for 3 and 6 days. The percentage of motile spermatozoa and its total duration were also measured. Adverse effects on testicular cells were more apparent with the increase of liquor concentrations. The mean size of s...