conclusions the current study provided evidence for the utility of the belief-based model in the prediction of oral health behaviors. it could be suggested that oral health behavior can be promoted by reducing the perceived barriers and enhancing the students’ knowledge of oral and dental hygiene. background oral and dental health diseases can affect the general health of students. objectives t...

Despite documented successful Pap tests in routine care of women, screening levels are unfortunately often lower than recommended. This study aimed to assess differences in adherence to Pap test guidelines among a sample of Iranian women using the Health Belief Model (HBM). In this descriptive and analytical study, information was collected from a total of 305 women, (age range of 15-49) from Z...

The production of plums has an important economic significance in BiH. By this product, Bosna Hersek is recognizable for a long time, since significant quantities fresh and dried plum, besides supply domestic market, have been exported to the European Global market. Municipality Gradacac role all this, because takes first place This study investigates economics Plums Gradacac. For purpose, prim...

Stress as an integral part of every person's life, especially during adolescence can cause unpleasant effects. Therefore, this study is conducted in order to measure the efficacy of the training on learning coping skills.In a semi-experimental study, pre-university female students of Ilam (Iran) evaluated during the academic year 20102011. A multistage cluster random sampling was used to select...

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between metabolic syndrome and its individual components with socio-economic factors among 14-18 year-old adolescents in Shiraz, Iran. Using a multistage random sampling, a total of 538 (289 males and 249 females) adolescents consented to the study. Socio-economic status was obtained using a self-administered questionnaire while pr...

most of the population of nigeria is rural and agriculture is the mainstay of the impoverished people’s livelihood. this paper estimated the determinants of rural poverty in nigeria using the tobit regression model. through the multistage sampling technique, primary data were obtained from 150 rural farming households using a questionnaire. the result of tobit regression analysis shows that inc...

BACKGROUND Obesity is an important and life-threatening disease, associated with different chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. We sought to address the paucity of information on the trends of anthropometric indices such as weight, waist circumference, and body mass index in the adult population of Iran. METHODS We drew upon data from the First Non-co...

Random sampling is a technique for signal acquisition which is gaining popularity in practical signal processing systems. Nowadays, eventdriven analog-to-digital converters make random sampling feasible in practical applications. A process of random sampling is defined by a sampling pattern, which indicates signal sampling points in time. Practical random sampling patterns are constrained by AD...

This paper considers large-scale multistage stochastic linear programs. Sampling is incorporated into the nested decomposition algorithm in a manner which proves to be significantly more efficient than a previous approach. The main advantage of the method arises from maintaining a restricted set of solutions that substantially reduces computation time in each stage of the procedure. Dedicated t...

Introduction and Objectives. Nutritional knowledge of the patients is important in dietary adherence. This study aimed to determine the relationship between illness perceptions and nutritional knowledge with the amounts of sodium intake among rural hypertensive patients. Methods. In a cross-sectional study, 671 hypertensive patients were selected in a multistage random sampling from the rural a...