tahereh mokhlesabadi farahani

Ginger has anti-oxidant and anti-diabetic properties, but its beneficial effects have not been fully understood on ovarian disorders in diabetic conditions. In the current project, the impact of ginger extract was investigated on oxidative stress and steroidogenesis-related genes in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced female rats. 

The STZ-induced rats were utilized as a diabetic model and received 200 or 400 mg/kg/day ginger extract for eight weeks. The biochemical factors were measured by standard procedures in this study. Serum levels of insulin and sex hormones were assessed by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique, and the mRNA expression of target genes was assayed by real-time polymerase chain reaction.

An increase in the levels of glucose, testosterone, and malondialdehyde (MDA) as well as a decrease in the levels of insulin, glutathione peroxidase (GPx), 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3βHSD), steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR), 17β-estradiol, and progesterone was observed in the diabetic rats. Ginger (200 mg/kg) exhibited a significant amelioration in the levels of glucose, testosterone, and MDA. Treatment with 200 mg/kg ginger enhanced the levels of GPx, StAR, and 17β-estradiol. Administration with 400 mg/kg ginger extract also ameliorated the level of glucose, testosterone, MDA, and elevated the level of insulin, GPx, 3βHSD, StAR, 17β-estradiol, and progesterone in the diabetic rats.

The current study suggests ginger extract protects against ovarian damage in STZ-diabetic rats.

Nurses includes a large part of the human resources of the health system, which plays an important role in continuing care and promotion of health, and affects the productivity of nursing staff throughout the organization. In this issue, the current survey aimed to investigate the relationship between occupational exhaustion and job performance among nurses working in educational centers of Alborz University of Medical Sciences.
Material and A descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 216 nurses from selected educational centers of Alborz University of Medical Sciences between September 2015 and March 2016. To collect data, two standard questionnaires of Copenhagen occupational exhaustion and job performance were used. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient under the SPSS v.19 program and at the significance level of less than 0.05. The results of this study showed that there was a significant relationship between job exhaustion with dimensions (p = 0.013, r = -0.187), incentive (p = 0.009, r = -0.187) and validity (p = 0.027, r = -0.163). There is a significant relationship between job performance. The finding also showed that there is a significant relationship between occupational exhaustion and occupational exposure (p = 0.010, r = -0.189). Due to the direct relationship between occupational exhaustion and nursing practice, it is necessary to provide hospital managers with tools to improve nursing job exhaustion in the hospitals.

Families and parents with infants who hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) needs emotional support team and information about their baby''s condition which can be achieved in different ways. The purpose of this study was to determine the availability and use of the internet among these parents. By simple sampling method، 100 mothers that their infants were admitted to the NICU’s of hospitals in Tehran and Karaj during of three months in 1392، have been considered. Data were collected via the researcher maid questionnaire after initial evaluation of reliability and viability. In addition to the demographic variables، the information regarding to access to the computer and usage of internet also considered. The relationship between the levels of maternal education and the use of internet to get information was evaluated. The average of maternal age was 29. 40 ± 5. 5. 38. 8% of these maternal education was under diploma، % 49. 5 had diploma and 11. 7% had university degrees. 87. 7% were housewives and 12. 6% were employed that 37. 9% of these mothers had used the internet. 82% of mothers showed their interest to use the site to get information about the status of their infants with significant relation between maternal educations and using the internet (P<0. 001). According to this preliminary study، average the internet access of mothers was 37. 9%. But، most of these mothers had used the internet to get information، and they were interested to obtain information about their infants from the internet. This survey could be assessed more population and to create a site for further useful training.