background: postpartum time is a transient time for the mother and her family, in which mothers need psycho-physical andsocial adaptation. this study aimed to defi ne the association between postpartum physical activity 3-12 months after deliveryand postpartum well-being. materials and methods: this is a historical cohort study in which based on the primary information obtained from the physica...

abstractthe borg rating of perceived exertion (rpe) is a way of measuring physicalactivity intensity level. purpose of this study is evaluation of validity and reliability the rpe scale (persian version) based on heart rate variability in students of isfahan university of medicalsciences.methods: an interventional study conducted  on 10 male students, heart rate (hr) and rpe  in two 0-10 and 6-...

Subjects with “pre-hypertension”—adults with blood pressure (BP) ranging from 120–139 mmHg systolic and/or 80–89 mmHg diastolic—are at increased risk of future hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD) including myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, and cardiovascular death. Adoption of healthier lifestyles in individuals with BP in this range might lower their BP, delay or prevent ...

As the International Year of Nurse and Midwife1 dawned on New Year’s Day 2020, many us paused to think about future. Some set professional or personal goals (eg, resolving invest in our health well-being). None imagined havoc that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic would wreak lives. The COVID-19 posed new challenges magnified preexisting ones for RNs frontlines patient care. I...

Scientometric techniques have been remarkably successful at mapping science but they face important difficulties when mapping research for societal problems – possibly because they they are derived only from scientific documents and thus do not rely on non-academic expert knowledge. Here we aim to explore how ontologies can be used in science mapping, thus enriching current algorithmic techniqu...