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The prevalence of spastic cerebral palsy is increasing rapidly among children, with a prevalence of 2-4 per thousand people. This study aimed to investigate the effect of 12 weeks training program with TheraSuit and its durability on balance control and gait parameters in children with cerebral palsy.

 This quasi-experimental study was performed on children (age range of 6-12 years) with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy referred to occupational therapy and rehabilitation clinics in Hamadan City, Iran, in 2021. Twelve children were selected by convenience sampling. Without random assignment, the patients were divided into two groups: with and without TheraSuits. Before and after the intervention, the balance score and kinematic parameters, including step length, step width, walking speed, ankle, thigh and knee range of motion, were measured in stationary and moving positions in both groups. The exercises were performed for 12 weeks, three sessions every other day for one hour. The Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon tests were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. All statistical analyses were performed in SPSS software, version 24 at a significance level of 5%.

The results showed a significant improvement in balance score after the intervention in the intervention group compared to the control group (P=0.002), but the speed of walking, hip and knee range of motion significantly decreased compared to the control group (P<0.05). The results showed that 10 weeks and one month later, there was a lasting effect of training in both groups (P>0.05).

 Our results confirmed the effectiveness of corrective exercises in the group with TheraSuit, so its use in a rehabilitation program for cerebral palsy patients is recommended, and the durability of the exercise was seen in both groups.

Postural disorders disturb muscle activity and lead to joint dysfunction. and since maintaining the function of the joints requires precise coordination and timely action of muscles, as a result of a change in the level of muscle activity, movement disorder is created. From the present study The effectiveness and durability of eight  week corrective exercise program with kinesiotaping and physioball on Angle of Kyphos and Forward Head posture in boy students  with upper crossed syndrome.

This semi-experimental research was conducted with a pre-test post-test and one-month follow-up design on 45 adolescent boys with upper cross syndrome, The subjects were randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. The data were analyzed in SPSS version 25 software using, and to compare intra-group and inter-group changes in two groups, dependent t-tests and one-way analysis of covariance tests were used, respectively. a confidence level of 0.05 (P<0.05) was considered.

In the corrective exercise group with kinesiotaping, there was a significant improvement in the angle of  kyphosis in the post-test 43 ± 4.67(P<0.001)  ,durability (P<0.001),  and forward head posture in the post-test 44.4 ± 4.8(P<0.001)  ,durability (P<0.001). Similarly, in the corrective exercise group with physioball, there was a significant improvement in the angle of kyphosis in the post-test 42.06 ± 5.17(P<0.001)  ,durability (P<0.001),  and forward head posture in the post-test 43.13 ± 4.24  (P<0.001)  ,durability (P<0.001).  

Considering the significant effect of both exercise programs on improving the angle of kyphos and forward head Posture, it is suggested to all the people who are in some way related to the health of the society to use the results of this research.

One of the major challenges of the health system is the limited access of people in deprived areas to healthcare services. This is because the doctors and specialists do not stay there for long. This research also aims to design a model for retaining doctors and specialists in deprived areas of the country.

This research was exploratory in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of type. It was a field study conducted in two qualitative and quantitative stages in 2022. In the first stage, 20 doctors and specialists from deprived areas in the northwest of the country were selected through purposive sampling using the chain-referral method (snowball sampling).  In the second stage, 200 doctors working in universities of medical sciences in northwestern provinces were randomly selected. For analysis, content analysis method and Atlas-ti and Smart PLS were used.

Based on the findings, the following contents were identified as the components and indicators of retaining doctors and specialists in deprived areas of the country; employment with 6 indicators, financial support with 3 indicators, social with 5 indicators, policy-making with 4 indicators, motivation with 7 indicators, professional and career improvement with 7 indicators, management and systematic factors with 5 indicators, and finally, mental and psychological factors with 3 indicators.

The "social" component with a path coefficient of 0.921 had the highest coefficient, and "management and systematic factors" component with a value of 0.722 had the lowest coefficient in the designed model.

It is possible to increase the shelf life and maintain the quality of wheat germ during storage by using suitable packaging. One of the new technologies considered by researchers is the use of packaging based on nanoparticles. In this study, wheat germs were packaged in polyethylene packages containing silver nanoparticles, and the effect of the packaging on the quality characteristics and shelf life of wheat germ were determined. In this research work, at determining the most optimal conditions for the packaging of wheat germ, the effects of weight percent (wt%) of nanosilver (0, 3, and 5%), time of storage (0, 5, and 10 days), and three different temperatures (2, 4, and 6 0C) on the shelf life of wheat germ have been studied. The results showed that temperature, storage time, and concentration of nanosilver in polyethylene packaging had significant effects on moisture, pH, and enzyme activity of wheat germ. Experimental data indicated that the storage time of wheat germ increased by increasing the concentration of nanosilver from 3% to 5% and by decreasing temperature from 6 ° C to 2 ° C for ten days. Nanoparticle packages were significantly (P <0.05) able to reduce mold growth in wheat germ. Based on the results, it might be concluded that the application of films based on silver nanoparticles increases the shelf life of wheat germ. Wheat germ had the highest shelf life in packaging with 5% silver nanoparticles at 2 ° C and was selected as the selected sample.

Aims: The requirements for revising the traditional education methods and utilization of new and active student-oriented learning methods have come into the scope of the educational systems long ago. Therefore, the new methods are being popular in different sciences including medical sciences. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of teaching through three methods (group guided discovery, questions and answers, and lecture methods) on the learning level and information durability in the nursing students.
Instrument & In the semi-experimental study, 62 forth-semester nursing students of Nursing and Midwifery Faculty of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, who were passing the infectious course for the first time at the first semester of the academic year 2015-16, were studied. The subjects were selected via census method and randomly divided into three groups including group guided discovery, questions and answers, and lecture groups. The test was conducted before, immediately after, and one month after the conduction of the training program using a researcher-made questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS 19 software using Chi-square test, one-way ANOVA, ANOVA with repeated observations, and LSD post-hoc test.
Findings: The mean score of the test conducted immediately after the training program in the lecture group was significantly lesser than guided discovery and question and answer groups (p Active educational methods lead to a higher level of the students’ participation in the educational issues and provided a background to enhance learning and for better information durability.

Aims: The requirements for revising the traditional education methods and utilization of new and active student-oriented learning methods have come into the scope of the educational systems long ago. Therefore, the new methods are being popular in different sciences including medical sciences. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of teaching through three methods (group guided discovery, questions and answers, and lecture methods) on the learning level and information durability in the nursing students.
Instrument & In the semi-experimental study, 62 forth-semester nursing students of Nursing and Midwifery Faculty of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, who were passing the infectious course for the first time at the first semester of the academic year 2015-16, were studied. The subjects were selected via census method and randomly divided into three groups including group guided discovery, questions and answers, and lecture groups. The test was conducted before, immediately after, and one month after the conduction of the training program using a researcher-made questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS 19 software using Chi-square test, one-way ANOVA, ANOVA with repeated observations, and LSD post-hoc test.
Findings: The mean score of the test conducted immediately after the training program in the lecture group was significantly lesser than guided discovery and question and answer groups (p Active educational methods lead to a higher level of the students’ participation in the educational issues and provided a background to enhance learning and for better information durability.

Apple is one of the most important horticultural crop that storage and post-harvest problems attract the growing interest of researchers and industry’s authorities. In this study، the effect of 1 - methyl cyclopropene (1-MCP) and ethylene nano-absorbent (potassium permanganat) as a new combination، effective and low cast treatment on the durability of apple and its storage was investigated. Two commercial apple cultivars، Wealthy and the native Dirras-e Mashhad، present in National Horticultural Research Station، kamalshahr-karaj were selected. The samples were harvested according to the starch index (2-2. 5) and were pre-cooled for 24 hours and then treated with 1 ppm concentration of 1-methyl cyclopropene by spraying in an impenetrable atmosphere and maintained for 8 hours at room temperature and finally transferred into the cold room. Ethylene treatment was performed by placing the nano absorbent packets of 5 gr within the cardboard containers together with the non treated fruits as control. The samples were stored at 0. 5 °C and 90% of relative humidity. Series of tests consisting of fruit weight، flesh firmness، ascorbic acid concentration، total soluble solids (TSS)، titrable acidity (TA) and pH measurement were carried out on the sampls once a month in triplicate order. Sensory evaluations were carried out at the end of five months of storage period، comparing the treated samples of both cultivars with the control. The experiment was organized as completely randomized design and the collected data were analyzed by SAS software. weight loss and flesh firmness in both experimental samples demonstrated less reduction as compared to the control the use of 1-MCP affected TSS، pH and TA significantly (p<0. 05) and inhibited the rise pH and reduced also acidity TA during storage، while no significant effect (p>0/05) was noted by the use of nano-absorbent. The native ''Dirras-e Mashhad'' showed higher pH value than ''Wealthy'' under the combination of ENA and 1-MCP. The results showed that this technique can increase most characteristics of apples duringthe storage.