Resurgence of public interest in the ethnomedical practices in both the developing and developed countries is increasing. As a result, the trade of herbal products in the national and international market is also growing. The rich biodiversity and associated knowledge system particularly in Asia are well known. Over 8,000 wild plant species with about 1,75,000 specific preparations are known to...

background and purpose: fever is one of the most frequent disease symptoms and a common cause of emergency admissions in infants and children. considering the alarming nature of fever and pivotal role of mothers in the management of this symptom in children, this study aimed to evaluate the ability of fever management among mothers in sabzevar city, iran. materials and methods: this cross-secti...

results structural coefficients showed that the pattern of high scores in borderline personality features correlated with the pattern of high scores in alexithymia and child’s attitude toward mother. therefore, the results showed that combination of low borderline personality features can probably decrease the likelihood of alexithymia and child’s attitude toward mother. conclusions alexithymia...

background  the aim of this study was determine the effect of kangaroo mother care (kmc) immediately after delivery on mother-infant attachment 3-month after delivery. materials and methods: in this rct study, 72 mother-infant pairs were randomly divided in to kangaroo mother care and routine care groups.the intervention group received kangaroo mother care (kmc) in the first two hours post birt...

abstract background: nowadays, depression is one of the most prevalent mental diseases to which some individuals like mothers of mentally retarded children are more vulnerable due to their (children’s) special condition. therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the level of depression and its related factors in these mothers. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conduc...

Strawberry is a valuable, nutritious, and economically important fruit all over the world including Bangladesh. Therefore, there is a demand to develop a suitable variety of strawberry. For this purpose, leaf explants from in vitro grown strawberry plantlets were cultured onto MS medium supplemented with different concentrations and combinations of 2,4-D, NAA and BA for callus induction. The mo...

We studied fitness consequ ences of clonal integration in 27 genotypes of the stoloniferous herb Ranunculus replans in a spatially heterogeneous light environment. We grew 216 pairs of connected ramets (eight per genotype) with mother ramets in light and daughter ramets in shade, In half of the pairs we severed the stolon connection between the two ramets at the beginning of the experiment, Dur...