ba ck g r oun d  & aim: childbirth related fear (crf) causes pregnant women  to select cesarean section (cs) without a medical reason. the purpose of this study was to determine reasons for delivery related fear and associated factors in pregnant women. methods & materials: a descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 315 pregnant wom- en who were in the last trimester. participants we...

the aim of this study was to find out whether there is seasonality of month of birth in children with diabetes in mashhad and if so whether it differs from that of general papulation. 161 children and adolescents (0-18 years) with type 1 diabetes born between 1983-2001 were included the study. the results were analyzed by student’s t test and chi-square test and a p value<0.05 was considered si...

extractthe fetal as a passenger that her/his trip takes nine months. accidents and incidents may cause this trip will remain incomplete or to create different effects. islamic authors believe these accidents and incidents not only affected fetal but also affected on all of mental and physical aspects of fetal &apos; s mather, because fetal is such a part of her body. as good nutrition in mother...

a total number of 116,984 weight records belonging to 12,397 baluchi lambs reared in abbas abad breeding station during years 1978-2008 were used for phenotypic evaluation of maximum daily growth (mdg) and analysis of environmental factors affecting this trait. the initial data were performed by foxpro program and then gompertz non-linear model was fitted on the weight records of individual lam...

to determine the relation between birth weight and age of presentation of type 1 diabetes and assess its risk factors, a case-control study was done on all diabetic patients under the age of 15, who were registered in shiraz diabetic center or admitted in namazi hospital. a case group of 87 diabetic patients were matched with a control group of 100 healthy individuals. birth weight ≥ 4kg was de...

To determine the relation between birth weight and age of presentation of type 1 diabetes and assess its risk factors, a case-control study was done on all diabetic patients under the age of 15, who were registered in Shiraz Diabetic Center or admitted in Namazi Hospital. A case group of 87 diabetic patients were matched with a control group of 100 healthy individuals. Birth weight ≥ 4kg was de...

Growth hormone (GH) has an effect on a broad variety of physiological parameters such as lactation, reproduction, growth and metabolism. Thus, the aim of this study was to detect GH gene polymorphism and its association with breeding values of production and reproduction traits in Raini Cashmere goat. Breeding values were estimated using records on 26731 Raini Cashmere goats. To study GH gene p...

introduction: neonatal period damages occur due to mechanical forces (compression, stretching) during the birth process are classified as birth trauma. various maternofetal factors, such as maternal diabetes, breech or other noncephalic presentations and birth weight might have been effective in developing prenatal trauma. shoulder dystocia, which is common in neonates` of diabetic mothers, usu...

lamb survival is one of the major factors affecting overall sheep productivity. lamb survival affected by environmental effect such as management, birth-type, year, season of birth, dam-age, maternal behavior, genotype of parents, and birth-weight. the data comprised 9989 records were collected from 1989 to 2009 in iranian baluchi sheep at abbasabad sheep breeding station. four binary traits cr...