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In order to investigate the effect of agronomic management on grain yield and quality and economic efficiency of grain maize production, a field experiment was conducted in year 2021. In this study, 10 hectares of field was selected in the Sorkheh region of Shush country, located in the north of Khuzestan province, so that five hectares of this field were cultivated using technical programs and research recommendations and the other five hectares were cultivated by the farmer based on conventional management and local customs. Agronomic evaluation was performed by measuring quantitative and qualitative traits of the crop, and the statistical difference between traits under research-recommended and conventional management was determined using the student's t-test. Economic evaluation was also performed using profitability indices and physical and economic water productivity measurements. The results showed that the yield and grain protein in the recommended field were 27.6 and 21.41 percent higher than in the conventional field, respectively. Also, the components of grain yield including number of ears per plant, number of rows per ear, number of grains per row and weight of 1000 grains in the recommended farm were significantly higher than the conventional farm. The percentage of product sales yield and percentage of return on investment under the recommended management were 49.3 and 97.2 percent, respectively, and under conventional management were 14.8 and 17.3 percent, respectively. The benefit-cost ratios of crop production under the recommended and conventional management were estimated to be 1.97 and 1.17, respectively, and the economic water productivity were estimated to be 16174.6 and 3380.2 rials per cubic meter, respectively. Overall, the results of this study showed that with the application of research recommendations, crop yield and profitability in the target area have increased.

Every year around the world, hospital infections and resistance to antibiotics lead to many complications in hospitalized patients. This study aimed to determine and compare the antibacterial effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Rosa canina plant (Rosa canina L) on Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria isolated from surgical wounds in Yasuj hospitals.

In this cross-sectional study, the effect of Rosa canina L hydroalcoholic extract on 20 samples of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus was investigated. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC), Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) and zone of inhibition (ZOI) of each clinical sample were investigated and compared with the standard sample. The results were statistically analyzed by SPSS 16 software.

Rosa canina L hydroalcoholic extract had no antibacterial effect on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The lowest inhibitory concentration was related to Staphylococcus aureus 125 µg/ml, Escherichia coli 325 µg/ml and Klebsiella pneumoniae 350 µg/ml, respectively. The difference in minimum MIC, MBC and ZOI between clinical and standard samples was not statistically significant. The ZOI diameter of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli clinical samples were equal (9.8 mm).

The hydroalcoholic extract of Rosa canina L has a better antimicrobial effect on Staphylococcus aureus than the other 3 investigated bacteria and has no effect on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. There is no difference between the effect of the examined extract on clinical and standard samples, and the effect of this extract on different bacteria is different.

Post-traumatic epilepsy is one of the most common and disabling sequels of traumatic brain injury and is defined as repeated unprovoked seizures seven days after traumatic brain injury. The present study aimed to determine the late consequences of epilepsy in veterans with traumatic brain injury during the imposed Iran-Iraq war.
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This study was observational cohort research in 2022. The sample of the study included all living veterans with a history of Post-traumatic epilepsy who were covered by the services of the "Veterans Affairs Foundation" of Isfahan, Iran. 218 veterans with epilepsy, who were available, were identified, 100 of them had a traumatic brain injury, and 118 did not have any traumatic brain injury. Data were collected using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Physical Self-Maintenance Scale (IADL-PSMS).

There was a significant difference between veterans with and without traumatic brain injuries in the age at post-traumatic epilepsy debut (p<0.05). Epilepsy characteristics were not significantly different between the two groups (p>0.05). The mean score of MMSE in veterans with and without traumatic brain injuries was significantly different (p<0.05). The Recall and Registration subscales were significantly different in veterans with/without traumatic brain injuries (p<0.05).

The ability to perform daily activities and cognitive function are lower in veterans with epilepsy with traumatic brain injuries compared to veterans with epilepsy without traumatic brain injuries.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of time out, cognitive regeneration, and cognitive diffusion techniques in children's self-control. This research was a quasi-experimental study with a multi-group post-test design with a control group. The population consisted of all elementary students of Hamadan city in the academic year 2017-2018. The sample consisted of 60 children who were selected by multistage cluster random sampling and were randomly assigned to four experimental and control groups. The data collection instrument was the amount of time spent not eating sweets up to 10 minutes. The results of analysis of variance showed that there was a significant difference between groups (p < 0.01). Post hoc test results showed that time out and cognitive restructuring techniques had a significant effect on increasing self-control scores of the participants (ρ < 0.01). But the impact of cognitive diffusion on self-control was not significant (ρ = 0.08). Also, time out could increase self-control more than cognitive restructuring in the participants. According to the results, cognitive deprivation and time out techniques can be used to increase the level of self-control in children.

Well-being is one of the structures that is seriously considered in positive psychology and sensitive to the environmental aesthetic whose apprehension could affect people's health and well-being. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between aesthetic intelligence and psychological well-being by mediating aesthetic sensitivity. The research method applied is correlational using a structural equation modeling. The statistical population consisted of all students in Bu-Ali Sina University in the academic year of 2018-2019, and based on the suggested size for structural equation modeling, 384 students were selected through cluster sampling. The instruments used in this study were Ryff Well-being Scale (2002), Rashid et. al (2017) Aesthetic Intelligence Scale and Abdolmaleki (2013) Aesthetic Sensitivity Scale. The results of structural equations showed that aesthetic intelligence and aesthetic sensitivity had a significant direct effect on psychological well-being. Aesthetic intelligence also had a direct significant effect on aesthetic sensitivity. The results of indirect relationships showed that aesthetic intelligence by mediating aesthetic sensitivity had a significant effect on psychological well-being. Based on the results, it can be concluded that sensitivity to beauties of the environment and their apprehension has a positive effect on people's psychological well-being. Therefore, by developing programs to educate and strengthen aesthetics in individuals, well-being can be expected to increase.

For investigating the paleoecology of the Sachun Formation in the Interior Fars Zone, Dariyan and Kuhenjan sections in the east of Shiraz and around Maharlu Lake have been selected. The deposits of the Sachun Formation in this area are generally composed of limestones and sandy limestones. The Sachun Formation overlies Pabdeh Formation in both sections and is overlain by deposits of Jahrum Formation conformably. Biostratigraphic data based on benthic and planktic foraminfera and calcareous algae indicate Lower Paleocene to Lower Eocene age for the respected sequence. The abundance have a specific range size of different of foraminifers species using Miliolids and Rotalids on these unstable conditions and lack of calcareous algae and foraminifers such as Orbitolites sp. Lithophyllum sp. is used in this area to raise shore in the Qorban Member, followed by the study of eutrophic conditions in the middle and lower Sachun Formation. Facies and biostratigraphic evidence indicate that depositional environments of the Sachun Formation was deeper in the study area than the type section in southern Fars zone.

The spread of Covid-19 worldwide has challenged public health and has had various psychological consequences. The present study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Obsession with the COVID-19 scale.

As a descriptive-correlational study and to validate the Obsession with the COVID-19 scale, 392 people over 18 participated online, using the available sampling method from May to August 2020. A demographic questionnaire, Obsession with the COVID-19 Scale and Fear of Covid-19 Scale, was used to collect data. To evaluate the instrumentchr('39')s reliability, Cronbachchr('39')s alpha internal consistency method and halving in the form of SPSS 25 statistical software and to evaluate the construct validity, confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis with the orthogonal rotation of Varimax type in Lisrel 8.8 software were used.

Exploratory factor analysis identified all four items as one factor. Also, the results of the confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the construction. The convergent validity of the scale with fear of Covid-19 showed a correlation value of 0.25 (p<0.01). In the scalechr('39')s validity, Cronbachchr('39')s alpha value was estimated to be 0.797, and the split-half reliability coefficient was estimated to be 0.771.

Obsession with the COVID-19 Scale can be used as a suitable measurement tool in research.

Strawberry Anthracnose Fruit Rot (AFR) is one of the main limiting factors for strawberry production industry worldwide including Iran. Due to the restrictions associated with fungicides application across strawberry fields, their adverse effects on environment and the possible fungicides resistance development among fungal strains of the pathogen, the use of resistant cultivars is considered the most effective method for the management of this disease. In this study, reactions of 25 commercial strawberry cultivars were evaluated against the fungus Colletotrichum nymphaeae, causing strawberry AFR using fruit, leaf, and crown-based assays. According to the results of this study, the strawberry cultivars showed different reactions to the disease depending on the inoculation of their leaf, fruit, and crown with C. nymphaeae PET1 under in vivo and greenhouse conditions. However, fruit-based assay was a better indicator of AFR disease susceptibility due to nature of AFR disease caused by C. nymphaeae. Overall, ‘Blakemore’ and ‘Kurdistan’ cultivars were significantly more resistant compared with others, except ‘Aliso’, ‘Mrak’, ‘Diamant’, ‘Yallova’, ‘New Kurdistan’, ‘Mac Donance’ and ‘Ten Beauty’, respectively. On the contrary, ‘Gaviota’ cultivar was significantly the most susceptible than the rest, except ‘Camarosa’. The common commercial cultivars grown in Iran including ‘Camarosa’, ‘Paros’, ‘Pajaro’, and ‘Queen Eliza’ were categorized on the list of susceptible and highly susceptible cultivars in this study. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study evaluating the reaction of some commercial strawberry cultivars against C. nymphaeae causing strawberry AFR.

One of the areas of veteranschr('39') lives that may be affected by war and its long-term consequences is psychological well-being, which demonstrates an individualchr('39')s ability to understand the purpose of life and the positive consequences of personal growth. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based treatment on the psychological well-being of chemical veterans.

In this quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with a control group, 50 chemical warfare veterans of Kermanshah in 2017 were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The research tool was Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale. Acceptance and commitment therapy training was performed in 10 sessions of 45 minutes for the experimental group. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22 statistical software using multivariate analysis of covariance.

Acceptance and commitment based therapy in the experimental group improved the subscales scores of positive relationships with others, mastery of the environment, purposeful living and self-acceptance (p<0.001) and autonomy and personal growth (p<0.002).

Acceptance and commitment therapy training improves the level of psychological well-being in chemical veterans.

This paper deals with a class of vector semi-infinite optimization problems with differentiable data and arbitrary index set of inequality constraints. A suitable constraint qualification and a new extension of invexity are introduced, and the weak and strong KarushKuhn-Tucker type optimality conditions are investigated

An appropriate joining technology is the laser beam welding process, because of its low localized energy input leading to low distortion, high strength of the joint and high processing speeds. The growing of aircraft industry in reducing the weight of aerospace structure has led the introduction of laser beam welding into the fabrication of aerospace structure with stiffeners, instead of riveted joints. In the present paper an analytical model for calculation of the residual stresses induced by laser welding is proposed and numerically validated. The aim of this work is to study the transverse residual stress distribution of plates made of an aluminum alloy 6061-T6, which is used for fabrication of fuselage panels. The results show that, if the maximum stress amount induced in the workpiece does not exceed the material yield stress, no plastic penetration will occur and there will be no residual stress. It was found that high stresses are developing close to the plate surface while these stresses decrease rapidly to almost zero values at the lower surface. An ideal elastic-plastic material curve was assumed. Good accordance is found between the calculated and numerical results.

Lead as a heavy and strategic metal and it’s contamination in environment, has very importance in industries. The biosorption of lead(II) ions onto Mucor indicus biomass from aqueous solution was investigated. The cells were pretreated with 0.2 M NaOH solution in order to increase the biosorption capacity of M. indicus. The effect of solution pH, initial metal concentration, and biomass dosage on biosorption was studied. Optimum value for initial pH of solution was obtained 5.5. Ho and Langmuir equations were applied to kinetic and isotherm analysis on experimental data. The maximum metal uptake value (qmax) was found as 12.121±0.002 (mg/g).