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Land evaluation interpretations and decision support systems: soil survey of Abu Dhabi Emirate
No full textPeter King, Gerard Grealish, Shabbir A. Shahid, Mahmoud A. Abdelfattahhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/version/19442984
Measurement of “behavior” or “intention to behaviors” in MS theses of Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
No full textBackground and aimBehavior and performance are investigated in different studies, which yields significant information to researchers leading to discovery of weak and strong points of behavior. This plays an important role in reaching to research goals. This review study was carried out to identify methods in the measurement of behaviors and application of them in MS theses of students in faculty of nursing and midwifery of Shahid Beheshti Medical University.Materials and methods526 MS theses of students were investigated in terms of the methods for measurement or evaluation of behaviors.FindingsOf the 526 theses, 22 were related to the measurement of behavior. Behaviors were measured by self-report questionnaires, checklist and no tool in 12, 8 and 2 theses respectively. ConclusionFindings showed that behavior is mostly measured by questionnaire and less by observation which yields more complete information. Keywords: Behaviour measurement, Reasoned Action Theory, Questionnaire, Observation. *Corresponding Author: Dr. Yaghmaei; Dept. of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Shariati, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]
Electrical Burn Patients According to Electrical Voltage in Shahid Motahari Burn Center
Get PDFBackground: Electrical injuries are rarely happened but it makes more harmful lesions comparing to other thermal injuries. The aim of this study was to report electrical burned patients according to electrical voltage in Shahid Motahari Burn Center.Methods: This Routine data base study was performed on patients with electrical burns which were admitted to Shahid Motahari Burn Center from April 2010 to March 2012. Demographic and clinical data had gathered from medical records. Association between voltage and morbidity or mortality was evaluated used SPSS v. 16.Results: Mean total body surface area of 287 patients (283 (98.60%) male and 4 (1.4%) female) with mean age of 30±0.7 years was 13.56±0.76% (range 1-100). There were 203 patients (70.7%) with low and 84 patients (29.31%) with high voltage injury. There was significant association between voltage and place of injury (p=0.001).Conclusion: High voltage injuries constitute large number of electrical injuries which more of these injuries occurred outdoor and in workplace and need more hospitalization. High voltage injuries are related with more amputation, so people and authorities should pay more attention to such injuries
Correlation between quality of care and clients' satisfaction in family planning units of healthcare centers affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health services
No full textBackground and aimQuality of care is a dimension of quality of services and Clients’ satisfaction is an outcome of quality. However, clients’ satisfaction is sometimes translated as quality of care. The aim of this study was aimed to identify a correlation between quality of care and clients' satisfaction in family planning units of healthcare centers affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences & Health Services. Materials and methods In this descriptive study, 200 Clients referring to family planning units of 11 healthcare centers took part in the study with a multistage sampling method. Data were collected with a checklist to assess quality of care and a questionnaire to identify clients' satisfaction in 2 parts: structure and family planning services scored by a Likert scale. Content and face validities of the questionnaire were checked and its reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s α (r=0.94) and inter-rater methods (r=0.91). Data were analyzed with SPSS 16. Findings 56.73±10.96 percent of the services had conformity with standards; therefore, its quality was considered as moderate. The lowest and highest percents were related to education (35.43±16.14) and history taking (77.83±28.46) respectively. Clients' satisfaction was considered good (83.75±13.89). No significant correlation was found between quality of care and satisfaction. Conclusion With respect to the results, factors other than the quality of care can influence on clients' satisfaction. Therefore, all aspects should be assessed and, according to the problems found, appropriate interventions may be planned and implemented. Keywords: Quality of care, Family planning, Satisfaction. *Corresponding Author: Masoomeh Simbar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences & Health Services, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]
Kuliah Tamu Prodi Perhotelan bersama Dr. M. Shahid Khan
No full textPada Sabtu, 2 November 2024, Prodi Perhotelan Universitas Multimedia Nusantara mengadakan Kuliah Tamu dengan mengundang Visiting Professor dari Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand, yaitu Dr. M. Shahid Khan. Kegiatan ini dilakukan agar para mahasiswa dapat menambah wawasan terkait bidang perhotelan dari ahli
Epidemiology of Poisonings in Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Kashan, Iran
Get PDFBackground: Poisoning is a major public health problem and is one of the most common causes of referral to emergency departments. The aim of this study was to evaluate and define clinical and demographic details of poisoned patients who were admitted to Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kashan, Iran in 2010.Methods: In this descriptive-analytical and retrospective study, necessary data were collected from medical records of admitted poisoned patients and were evaluated prospectively and statistically analyzed and presented in the form of tables and graphs.Results: Of 163 poisoned patients in this study, 47.6% were females and 52.4% were male. 88% of patients were from urban areas and the rest from rural areas. The most common reason of poisoning was suicide 50.6%, while 38.1% were accidental, and 11.3% had a variety of different reasons. Age group of 0-10 years was the most predominant affected group with 26.8% poisoned patients. The most common poisoning agents were clonazepam, acetaminophen, diazepam and methadone. Four patients in the study population died (2.4%).Conclusion: The medications are the leading causes of poisoning, especially in children. Therefore, parents are advised to keep the medicines correctly, out of sight and reach of children, read the label carefully; learn about their safety and the right way of their use. It is also recommended to immediately dispatch the poisoned child to the emergency department. Giving the crucial information about the poisoning to help the medical staff to treat the child effectively and quickly, reduce the hospitalization period, and possibility of child death
Iranian cinema in long shot
Get PDFThis thesis aims to facilitate a broader understanding of post-revolutionary Iranian
filmmaking, by way of an analysis of the New Iranian Cinema and Iranian cinema in exile and
diaspora, and the various relationships between these two cinemas. Thus far no significant
attempt has been made to consider these two cinemas in relation to each other. This thesis
therefore represents a significant contribution to this line of research. Along the way it addresses
several key concepts of long-standing importance in film studies, such as notions of art cinema,
authorship and national cinema, in particular how such concepts have been used as a means of
studying the New Iranian Cinema. Exilic and diasporic Iranian filmmaking represents a challenge
to traditional understandings of these concepts. The first chapter therefore examines how the
New Iranian Cinema has been received and constructed as an archetypal 'art cinema' in Europe
and North America, in addition to how this cinema invites, at the same time as it resists, such
interpretations. Thereafter follows a consideration of Iranian emigre filmmaking across Europe
and North America, and how it has changed over the past thirty years, gradually shifting from an
exclusively exilic to a pan-diasporic outlook. Chapters three and four are individual case studies
of Iranian emigre filmmakers Amir Naderi and Sohrab Shahid Saless respectively. As two of
Iran's most important and influential pre-revolutionary filmmakers, the works of Naderi and Saless
represent not only interesting divergences from the evolutionary understanding of Iranian emigre
cinema outlined in the second chapter, but also form two of the most compelling links between
the New Iranian Cinema, and it exilic and diasporic counterpart. This thesis concludes by arguing
for a more flexible and open-ended conception of national cinema more generally, as well as
more comprehensive, nuanced and deterritorialised understanding of post-revolutionary Iranian
filmmaking
Managing Irrigation Water by Yield and Water Productivity Assessment of a Rice-Wheat System Using Remote Sensing
No full textRice and wheat are very important grain crops and are heavily grown in lands between the Ravi and Chenab Rivers in Pakistan.
Because rice is generally cultivated under standing water conditions, careful estimation of actual water consumption and crop water
productivity (CWP) is key for proper water management. In the current study, an effort is made to estimate actual evapotranspiration (ETa
)
by using the soil and energy balance algorithm (SEBAL), which used the moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite
with a spatial resolution of 1,000 m. Rice and wheat crop dominance areas were identified by using the ISODATA crop classification technique by utilizing MODIS normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) 250 m resolution data. Crop-specific ETa
was masked out both for
rice and wheat, and this information was utilized with crop yield for estimation of CWP. Tehsil administrative-level crop-yield data were
collected and extrapolated to model crop yield on a pixel basis by benefiting from crop yields and specific NDVI empirical relationships.
Study results showed a variation of ETa(402–780 and 244–328 mm), yield (823–2,596 and1,287–3,646kg=ha), and CWP (0.14–0.56 and
0.54–1.44kg=m3
) for rice and wheat, respectively. Best results were attained for rice in tehsil Hafizabad with a coefficient of variation in
CWP of 7.94%. Most of the other tehsils showed higher variability of approximately 16%. The primary cause of lower CWP for rice crop
in these tehsils is higher values of ET
a
(i.e., greater than 600 mm), which is ideal for maximizing CWP in the study region. For the wheat
crop, because water consumption is almost similar in all parts and CWP is primarily variable owing to yield differences, this suggested
minimum scope for CWP improvement by water management for wheat. Crop cultivation expenditures can be reduced both for rice
and wheat by proper application and management of water and fertilizer
Complementary medicine and primary dysmenorrhea
No full textPrimary Dysmenorrhea and Complementary MedicineAtaollahi , M¹; Amir AliAkbari, S*²- Alumnus, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran .(-Lecturer, Dept. of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.AbstractBackground and objective: Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common gynecological complaints of womenwhich interfers with daily activities and causes missing work and school. Complementary therapy is a safe ,and reliable treatment for primary dysmenorrhea that its effectiveness has been showen in many studies.Considering the prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea and harmful side effects of some synthetic drugs, thepresent study aims to summarize the effect of complementary medicine on primary dysmenorrhea.Materials and Methods: A search for English and Persian literature published from (000 to (01 wasconducted using key words : dysmenorrhea-primary dysmenorrhea ,complementary therpy andnonpharmachologic tetherapy from databases Pubmed, SID, Scirus and Elsevier .A total number of 30publications were included in the review.Results: Complementary medicine includes the use of dietary supplements, vitamins, aroma therapy, herbaltherapy, homeopathy, acupressure, sport and massage and is safe, affordable, and accessible. It has less sideeffects, acceptability and high tolerability and can replace highly morbid chemical agents.Conclusions: based on the findings of the present research and the high prevalence of dysmenorrhea,further studies on the side effects and benefits of complementary medicine and comparing the influence ofcomplementary medicine with chemical drugs is mandatory.Keywords: primary dysmenorrhea, complementary medicine, herbs, pain reduction.*Corresponding Author: Sedigheh, Amir AliAkbari. Lecturer, Dept. of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing andMidwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.E-mail: [email protected]
Incidence of intradialytic complications and their risk factors in patients undergoing hemodialysis in hospitals affiliated to Medical University of Hamadan Iran
No full textIncidence of intradialytic complications and their risk factors in patients undergoing hemodialysis in hospitals affiliated to Medical University of Hamadan Iran Ghahri Sarabi, AR.1 (MSN); Torabi, M.2 (MSN); Abed Saeedi, Zh.3 (PhD); Akbarzadeh Baghban, A.4 (PhD) 1. Lecture, Dept. of Medical Surgical, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran. Iran.2. Alumnus, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Tehran. Iran3. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medical Surgical, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 4. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics. Faculty of Paramedical, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Abstract Background and aimHemodialysis is one the most common renal replacement therapies in end stage renal disease. Despite progress in dialysis technology, intradialytic complications occur frequently. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of intradialytic complications and their risk factors in patients undergoing hemodialysis in hospitals affiliated to Medical University of Hamedan Iran in 2009. Materials and methods192 patients undergoing hemodialysis participated in this descriptive correlational study. These patients were included in the study using census method. Data were collected by1- a questionnaire which consisted of 3 sections (demographic information, person – related factors and therapy- related factors),2-a check list and clinical examination ( blood pressure and weight measurement). Content validity of the questionnaire was assessed by 10 nursing experts, 5 staff of hemodialysis wards and 2 nephrologists. Reliability of check list was measured using inter-rater reliability (r=0.98). Data were collected by the second author. Data were analyzed by SPSS 15. Findings Findings showed that the most frequent complications include: hypotension (%15.1), muscle cramp(%11.5), nausea(%9.4), headache(%7.8), angina(%2.6), vomiting (%2.1) and itching(%1.6) respectively. Logistic regression analysis, showed a significant correlation between age and cramp (person – related causes) and a significant correlation between hypotension, cramp with vomiting and headache. Moreover, findings showed a significant correlation between nausea with eating during dialysis (patient- related causes); and between hypotension with dialysis solution (therapy- related causes). ConclusionBased on the results of this study, most of intradialytic complications can be prevented. Use of these findings can improve the process of dialysis. Keywords: Hemodialysis, Intradialytic hemodialysis complications *Corresponding Author: Alireza Ghahri Sarabi, department of Medical-Surgical nursing, school of nursing and midwifery, Shahid beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]
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