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Nepeta crispa is a perennial plant in the mint family. The present study aimed to study the effect of the combined application of humic acid and UV-B radiation on the growth and some phytochemical responses of this plant. The experiment was conducted as a factorial (two-factor) in a completely randomized design with three replications. The first factor was humic acid at 4 levels (0, 2, 4 and 8 g .L-1) and the second factor, UV-B radiation at 3 levels (0, 1 and 3 hours of irradiation per day). Based on the results, in contrast to the UV-B irradiation treatment, the effect of humic acid application significantly increased stem height compared to the control treatment. Also, the highest amount of total phenol, flavonoids, and antioxidant capacity and the lowest amount of total tannin were all obtained in 3 hours of UV-B irradiation treatment without the application of humic acid. The highest amount of total tannin and the lowest antioxidant capacity were observed in the treatment of 8 g .L-1 humic acid. The results of HPLC analysis of leaf extract showed that the highest amount of rosmarinic acid and salvanoic acid was produced in 3 hours of UV-B irradiation treatment per day. Among the studied phenolic acids, the highest amount of chlorogenic acid was obtained in the treatment of 3 hours of UV-B radiation + 8 g .L-1 of humic acid. The highest amount of caffeic acid was observed in 1 hour of radiation treatment + 4 g .L-1 of humic acid. In all, the combined use (interaction) of humic acid and UV-B were significant for total phenol, total flavonoid, caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid. The use of humic acid (simple effect) in this plant had a significant effect on the total tannin, antioxidant capacity and rosmarinic acid at a level of 1% and increased tannin while decreasing antioxidant activity and rosmarinic acid in Nepeta crispa leaves. Humic acid also reduced the levels of antioxidant capacity and rosmarinic acid, and the only trait that had an increasing effect on it was the amount of total tannin. The results of this study can be considered for the cultivation of this plant under greenhouse-field conditions.

Population growth and changes in the pattern of needs in accordance with economic growth and lifestyle changes have increased the need for suitable water sources. Treatment and reuse of wastewater is very important in order to reduce the water crisis and prevent the pollution of surface and underground water sources and ecological destruction caused by the discharge of sewage and preserv human health. Conventional wastewater treatment methods have many implementation limitations, including high cost, complex operations and maintenance, etc. For this reason, it is not possible to implement conventional and high-tech methods everywhere. While natural wastewater treatment systems have lower technology and less need for trained labor and at the same time have high efficiency. Among the solutions for green wastewater treatment, we can mention phytoremediation and artificial wetland system. An artificial terrestrial wetland that removes pollutants by creating a saturated porous environment and providing the conditions for the occurrence of physical, chemical and biological processes. Phytoremediation is a biological treatment method in which a plant reduces the pollutants by selective absorption of pollutants and accumulation of them in its tissues. In this method, various factors such as retention time, pollutant concentration, environmental factors (acidity, temperature) and plant characteristics (species, root system, etc.) are important. Since the artificial wetland is similar to a black box whose processes cannot be predicted, simulation models are used to design them with the aim of achieving the highest pollutant removal efficiency. The HYDRUS-2D model is an advanced two-dimensional model related to the simulation of water movement and solute and heat transfer in saturated and unsaturated porous media. In this model, Richards and dispersivity-diffusion equations have been used respectively to simulate water movement and solute transport, as well as features such as spatial distribution of plant roots, water absorption by plant roots, various equations of hydraulic properties of porous media and various initial and boundary conditions, the possibility to provide the simulation of an artificial wetland with plants.

Experimental site and Measuring TDS To collect the information from the model, six artificial wetland systems, including three vertical subsurface flow systems and three horizontal subsurface flow systems were constructed at the sewage treatment plant located in Fakhb, Rasht. From the three systems that were constructed, one system was considered without plants and the other two systems contained Reed and Typha plants.  The wetlands were filled with Gravel in diameter of 5 to 25 mm. To adapt Plants with the cultivation environment and wastewater quality, the plants were irrigated by wastewater about three months. After the three months, the main data collection was done by sampling and checking the performance of the systems. Collecting data was for 9 months. During experiment, the raw wastewater sample was entered into the wetland systems and after the hydraulic retention time (about one month in winter and one week in spring and summer), were sampled from the outlet of the wetlands and the parameter of total dissolved solids measured.

 Calibration and Validation HYDRUS-2D:

In this research, the HYDRUS-2D model was used to simulate the processes governing the movement of water and transport of solutes and its absorption by plants. S-ship model was used to estimate water absorption by Reed and Typha plants. The effective parameters of water movement and transport of solutes, including saturated hydraulic conductivity, longitudinal and transverse dispersivity, and diffusion of the wetland bed, were estimated using the inverse solution method, respectively, using the output flow data and the total dissolved solids of the output wastewater. Statistical indices were used to evaluate the accuracy of the model in the simulation of the purification process in the wetland. The data of days 112, 125, 131, 140, 146 and 152 from the start of the experiment were used for calibration and the data of days 187, 208, 215 and 222 from the start of the experiment were used to validate the wetlands.

Comparison of the saturated water conductivity value estimated by the HYDRUS-2D model with Sheykhan et al.'s research (2019) showed that the model was able to estimate the hydraulic properties of the bed properly. The longitudinal and transverse dispersivity coefficients in the horizontal wetland were found to be almost half of the vertical wetlands, which is in line with the lower saturated water conductivity and as a result, the lower velocity of the wastewater in the pores in these wetlands compared to the vertical wetland. Dispersion coefficient was a more important factor in solute transport than dispersivity coefficients. On average, in vertical wetlands, the model was able to estimate the amount of reduction of total dissolved solids with about 2% less than the values measured in wetlands under plant cultivation, while in the horizontal wetland, this amount was between 3 and 5 percent.

According to the results of statistical indices, the estimated values of the total dissolved solids of the artificial wetland system under Reed cultivation were more consistent with the measured values than other wetlands. The results showed that the model has a suitable ability to simulate the movement of solutes and total dissolved solids, which means that it can be used in the design process of treatment in the wetland.

This study was an attempt to investigate the effect of choice theory-based instruction and clinical supervision for EFL teachers on their students’ autonomy and reading comprehension. To this end, a sample of 30 Iranian EFL teachers, selected based on their willingness to participate, were divided into two groups of 15: one group participated in a choice theory-based instruction program while the other underwent a clinical supervision program. In addition to the teachers, a sample of 445 intermediate EFL learners taught by the teachers participated in the study – 225 learners were taught by the teachers who underwent the choice theory-based instruction while the other 220 learners sat in the classes of the teachers undergoing clinical supervision. The Learner Autonomy Questionnaire (LAQ) was used both as a pretest and posttest to measure the autonomy of the 445 learners before and after they were taught by the 30 teachers. In addition, a sample Preliminary English Test reading paper was administered to the learners prior to their classes (i.e., a general English class instructed through a commonplace task-based procedure) as a pretest and they also took another sample reading test as the posttest. The inferential statistics run in this study comprised two ANCOVAs with the results revealing that the learners being taught by the teachers who underwent the choice theory-based instruction outperformed the learners taught by those teachers who participated in the clinical supervision program in terms of both their autonomy and reading comprehension. The pedagogical implications of these findings are discussed in this paper

Today, one of the critical hidden social harms is sexual violence inflicted on wome by their husbands. Sexual violence in general has a devestating effect on the spirit and psyche of women, hinders their growth and prosperity and triggers a sense of insecurity among women. Hence, the present study was also conducted to investigate the link between social capital and sexual violence among married women in Qazvin city. The main research method is a field survey. The statistical population includes all married women of Qazvin city, among whom n=383 were selected using Cochran’s statistical formula and stratified random sampling method. The data collection was conducted by a researcher-made questionnaire. Face validity was used to assess validity of the measurement instrument and Cronbach's alpha technique was adopted to evalaute reliability. The data analysis was also conducte by SPSS software. The results of the correlation test revealed that components of social capital including social commitment, social support and social participation were linearly related to two components of sexual violence (physical violence and psychological violence) and the sexual violence with 99% CI at a significance level of less than 0.01. All of the above relationships were negative and inverse. Moreover, the results of the multivariate regression analysis indicate that variables of the regression model could explain and predict 43% of variance in the dependent variable of sexual violence against women.

Volunteers are valuable resources for sports organizations and many sports organizations cannot survive without them. Therefore, they need a basic and correct management plan. The aim of the current research was to design an architectural model of volunteer forces in sports with a dualistic approach. More specifically, based on the process of the meta-synthesis research method, first, 312 papers were identified by searching the relevant databases. Second, 55 papers were selected by screening the above-mentioned papers. Finally, the model of the study was developed by analyzing the selected papers. Finally, the 4 dimensions of drives (management, organizational, physical, strategic and motivational values), managerial functions (planning, recruitment, selection, familiarization and training, recognition, monitoring and evaluation, and maintenance), The behavior of human resources (individual, group and organizational) and consequences (individual, social, economic and social) were identified. In the division related to Ambidextrous Management of human resources, managerial, organizational, physical components, strategic values, planning, recruitment, selection and selection, familiarization and training, monitoring and evaluation, organizational behavior in the category of empowering actions, motivational component in The category of motivational actions, components of individual behavior, group behavior, individual, organizational and social consequences were included in the category of opportunity-creating actions.

This research aimed to present a model for the competitiveness of selected Iranian knowledge-based companies in the fourth industrial revolution. Therefore, in terms of the goal, it is applied research because, in addition to the awareness and scientific aspect, it will also have a practical element for the relevant organizations. According to the purpose and nature of this research, in terms of method, it was qualitative research conducted by interviewing research experts. The statistical population of the study included Iran's knowledge-based companies, which, according to the classification of the working group for evaluating and recognizing the competence of knowledge-based companies and institutions, the field of electricity and electronics, laser and photonics, were chosen due to their greater dependence on the components of the fourth industrial revolution. The approach of the qualitative part has been grounded in theory. The results showed that the competitiveness model of selected Iranian knowledge-based companies in the fourth industrial revolution includes internal organizational factors, Extra-organizational factors, agility, capable intellectual resources, value chain, innovative services and products, environmental factors, organizational factors, international drivers of the fourth industrial revolution, data challenges in the implementation of technology 04, governance factors in the fourth industrial revolution, industry's relationship with University, increasing information literacy, continuous research and development, identification of technological advantage, capability building, laws appropriate to the characteristics of the fourth industrial revolution, attention to the environment, attention to the market and the needs created by the fourth industrial revolution, determining strategy, investment in technology, survival, and value creation.

Urban social security and social participation in sports interact with each other and have a mutual impact on leisure time and community health. To improve urban and social conditions, it is important to pay serious attention to creating safe environments and promoting social participation in sports activities. Hence, the present study aims to develop a model for the development of leisure time and sports participation with a social security approach.

The research method of the present study is descriptive-correlational in the form of structural equation modeling. The statistical population includes all 18+ adults living in the cities of Iran, and the sample size of 450 people was selected using a multi-stage cluster random sampling method. Data was collected using a questionnaire with a five-point Likert scale, the reliability of which was obtained using Cronbach’s alpha of 0.91, which was a proper value. The proposed model was evaluated using structural equation modeling and using SPSS and AMOS.

The results of the statistical analysis showed that with 99% confidence, not only is there a positive and significant relationship between urban social security and leisure time, but urban social security is also indirectly related to leisure time and its components by influencing social participation in sports. Based on the empirical findings of the present study, it is suggested that to increase social participation levels in sports and fill leisure time, the necessary surrounding conditions with security and peace, as well as social support, should be provided.

By examining the relationships between the research constructs, the present study provides a framework that increases the tendency to fill leisure time through social participation in sports, by considering strategies for enhancing citizen security.

The main aim of this study was the structural modelling relationship of university social capital, university agility, organizational trust with employees' readiness for change with the mediating role of psychological capital at Shiraz University. The statistical population were all the employees of Shiraz University, who 124 people were selected as the research sample using systematic sampling method. The research tool included five questionnaires of social capital, university agility, organizational trust, psychological capital and readiness for change, which were distributed and collected after calculating validity and reliability. The research data were analyzed the statistical methods of one-sample t-test and multivariate regression. The findings showed that from the point of view of the employees, the state of social capital and employees' readiness for change was less than the desired level and higher than the cut-off point. The agility of the university and the organizational trust of the university were less than the desired level and the cut-off point. The psychological capital of the employees was higher than the desired level and the cut-off point. the structural equation showed: when the variables of social capital, university agility and organizational trust are entered into the structural equation modelling in interaction, social capital loses its direct and indirect predictive power. In addition, even though university agility and organizational trust in interaction with other research variables lose their direct predictive power for employees' readiness for change, but with the mediating role of psychological capital they have indirect predictive power for employees' readiness for change.

The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of unified transdiagnostic and short-term psychodynamic treatments on the spiritual health of women affected by marital infidelity.

Methods and Materials:

 A quasi-experimental design using a pretest-posttest-follow-up with a control group was employed. The population included women affected by marital infidelity in Jam city during the first six months of 2022, and the sample consisted of 45 eligible and volunteering individuals who approached a social studies counseling center. These women were initially assessed and selected for the pretest, then randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (15 per group). The short-term psychodynamic group received 12 sessions and the unified transdiagnostic group underwent 8 sessions of individual therapy, while the control group was placed on a waiting list. After the treatment sessions, a posttest and a two-month follow-up testwere conducted. The Spiritual Well-Being Scale by Paloutzian and Ellison (1982) was used, along with multivariate analysis of covariance and SPSS software version 26 to test the hypotheses.

Both treatments were effective in enhancing the spiritual health of women, with the unified transdiagnostic treatment being more effective compared to the short-term psychodynamic therapy, and this effectiveness was sustained over time. (P<.05)

Given the effectiveness and the differences in the impacts of unified transdiagnostic and short-term psychodynamic treatments on the spiritual health of women affected by marital infidelity, it is recommended that these treatments be considered in their counseling.

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic and metabolic diseases. This systematic review and meta-analysis study aimed to compare the effects of multiple daily insulin injections against permanent subcutaneous insulin injections on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) levels in type 2 diabetic patients.

Studies that compared the impacts of multiple daily insulin injections against permanent subcutaneous insulin injections on HbA1C levels and were published until the end of 2022 in international databases were searched and retrieved (nine randomized clinical trial studies). The Chi-squared test and I2 were used to determine the presence and size of heterogeneity.

The results of the analysis demonstrated that compared to the group of multiple daily insulin injections, HbA1C was significantly reduced in the group of permanent subcutaneous insulin injections, so that the standardized mean difference was equal to -0.26 (95% confidence interval: -0.46– -0.06 P=0.025). According to the results of Egger’s (P=0.333) and Begg’s (P=0.667) tests, publication bias was not observed in this study.

Based on the available evidence, permanent subcutaneous injection of insulin could be significantly successful in reducing and controlling the level of HbA1C because the patients in the permanent subcutaneous injection group had lower levels of HbA1C.

Extramarital relationships are one of difficulties and problems that are always considered a threat to spouses and one of the most important family and social harms during life. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of transdiagnostic treatment unified and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy in eudaimonic well-being in women affected by marital infidelity. A semi-experimental research method and a pre-test-post-test-follow-up design were used with a control group. The statistical population included all the women affected by marital infidelity in the city of Jam in the first six months of 2022 and the statistical sample consisted of 45 eligible and volunteer affected women who referred to the consulting center of Pazargad Non-Industrial Operations Company. These people were selected after initial evaluation were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (transdiagnostic treatment unified and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy) and a control group (15 people in each group). Then, the intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy of 12 sessions and the transdiagnostic treatment unified group of 8 sessions underwent individual treatment, and the control group was placed on the waiting list. After the end of the treatment sessions, a post-test and a follow-up test were conducted after two months. The instrument for measuring was Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being (Waterman et al. 2010). Multivariate covariance analysis and SPSS-25 software were used to test the research hypotheses. The results showed that transdiagnostic treatment unified and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy were effective in increasing eudaimonic well-being, and transdiagnostic treatment unified was more effective than intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy and this effect is permanent over time (P<05). Transdiagnostic treatment unified and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy therapies are effective in increasing the virtue-oriented well-being of affected women and can be used in their counseling.

In this study, the production of nanocomposite samples was investigated using digital light processing (DLP). First, the effect of the thickness of the printing layer in three values of 50, 75, and 100 micrometers on the tensile properties of neat and composite resin samples as well as the printing time was investigated. Next, by adding different amounts of aluminum oxide nanopowder with a particle size of 50 nm to the resin, the effect of different percentages of nanopowder on the mechanical properties of the samples, including tensile strength and wear resistance, was investigated. The results showed that samples with less layer thickness have better strength than samples with more layer thickness. By reducing the thickness of the layer from 100 to 75 and 50 micrometers, the tensile strength in neat samples increases by 4 and 8.55%, respectively. Also, with the increase of alumina up to 2% by weight, the tensile strength first decreases, and then with the continued increase in the number of reinforcing particles, the tensile strength improves, so that finally, with 8% by weight of alumina, the tensile strength shows an increase of nearly 16% compared to the neat resin sample. . In addition, with the increase in the weight percentage of alumina in the nanocomposite, the wear resistance first weakens and then improves, and finally (similar to the tensile strength) at 8 weight percent of reinforcing particles, the specific wear rate decreases by nearly 67% compared to the neat resin sample.

Background and Heavy metals are among the most critical contaminants in drinking water, owing to their stability and accumulation capability in living tissues and the food chain. Consequently, this study was conducted to determine the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk assessment indices for heavy metals in the water sources of Torbat-e Jam City in 2023. Samples were collected from 16 groundwater sources and the surrounding soil of Torbat-e Jam City during the summer and autumn of 2023. Concentrations of five heavy metals - arsenic, mercury, lead, cadmium, and copper - were measured using a Varian atomic absorption spectrometer. Finally, the health risk levels for three different groups were calculated using indices provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States. The average concentrations of heavy metals in water during summer were as follows: arsenic: 0.0027 ± 0.0035 mg/L, mercury: 0.00019 ± 0.00035 mg/L, lead: 0.0011 ± 0.0023 mg/L, cadmium: 0.0002 ± 0.0002 mg/L, and copper: 0.0046 ± 0.0078 mg/L. In autumn, the concentrations were arsenic: 0.0082 ± 0.0081 mg/L, mercury: 0.0018 ± 0.0008 mg/L, lead: 0.0056 ± 0.0058 mg/L, cadmium: 0.00084 ± 0.00083 mg/L, and copper: 0.0091 ± 0.0068 mg/L. In soil, the concentrations were arsenic: 0.011 ± 0.053 mg/L, mercury: 0.0086 ± 0.0068 mg/L, lead: 0.131 ± 0.186 mg/L, cadmium: 0.0002 ± 0.00047 mg/L, and copper: 0.12 ± 0.24 mg/L. The study found the non-carcinogenic risk levels of the examined heavy metals to be low. However, the carcinogenic risk level for arsenic was very high in both seasons, for cadmium was moderate in autumn, and for the other elements, it was within the standard limits. Given the high carcinogenic risk of arsenic for women, men, and children in both summer and autumn, continuous monitoring of arsenic levels should be a priority for regulatory agencies.

Hadiths of the innocents (pbuh) contain medical data and a wide variety of topics related to the health of the human body, and a significant amount of them are about the prevention of diseases. Benefiting from medical hadiths, like any collection of information, requires accurate recognition, organization and categorization by relying on the relationships between variables rather than by analytically comparing their similarities, differences, properties, etc. be identified and applied. According to this statement, the question is, which species are there in the medical hadiths of Imam Reza (a.s.)? This research with a descriptive-analytical method in the statistical community of the narrations of Imam Reza (a.s.) in the field of disease prevention, from the medical encyclopedia of Mohammadi Rohimari, which facilitated their study by collecting medical narrations, as well as Jame-al-Ahadith software. It is written to find first-hand sources in the citation The result is that these narrations are classified into three types: "names of diseases, medicines and instructions", "properties of substances and instructions" and "maintaining body health without the name of a specific disease"; Their ratio with the total narratives of the statistical population was measured under each species and presented in the results table.

This study examines the factors affecting the model that is presented for the competitiveness of selected knowledge-based companies in the fourth industrial revolution. 23 components were identified and categorized into six factors: causal, contextual, intervening, central phenomenon, strategies and measures, and consequences. Using these components, a questionnaire was designed to determine the current status of selected knowledge-based companies in Iran, and a total of 127 completed questionnaires were collected from 197 knowledge-based manufacturing companies of the first type in the field of electricity and electronics, laser and photonics in the country. was done to examine the current state of the model components. The data was analyzed with SPSS and PLS software. In the analysis carried out, the coefficients of factor loadings of the components are more than 0.4, which shows the appropriateness of this model. Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability is more than 0.7, which indicates the appropriate reliability of the model. Construct validity, convergent validity and divergent validity also had favorable results. The results showed that all the components in the presented model for the competitiveness of selected knowledge-based companies in the fourth industrial revolution played a role, and the current state of all factors except the causal factor, which is in an average state, are in a favorable state.

For estimating the oil price fluctuations effects on banking system and its relationship with macroeconomy, banking system fragility index has been used in this study. Using Kibritçioglu (2003), an index for banking fragility has been calculated. Then, for investigation of interactions between variables, vector autoregressive Markov switching models. Because, different regimes are recognized by taking oil price effects on the economy and banking system into account, Vector autoregressive Markov switching models with three regimes (high, moderate, and low) and one lag has been estimated. Findings show that after oil shock banking fragility index has lowest rate in regime with low risk and in low risk or stable regime, oil price rise makes economic and banking system conditions better. In moderate risk regime, such rise with stable condition economic conditions makes better and low risk regime emerges although it has higher level of banking fragility. In high-risk regime, oil price shocks make economic as well as banking system conditions worse.

Psychoanalytic criticism is a new and visionary criticism in which the researcher or critic aims to reveal hidden aspects or different behavioral angles and psychological signs in a given work, whether literary or… to analyze the personality of the writer, artist or fictional characters.Individualistic psychology was founded by Alfred Adler and one of the theories in this individualistic psychology is the theory of inferiority. In this article, which is done in a descriptive-analytical way based on document analysis and the method of library studies, the poems of two contemporary Iranian and Arab poets (Simin Behbahani, Ghadeh Al-Saman) are analyzed and examined based on the theory of inferiority complex based on Adler's individualistic psychology. Placed. The results of the research show that the feeling of inferiority in the poems of Simin Behbahani and Ghade Alsman was due to gender discrimination in the society, and the most important components and indicators that can be found in the poems based on Alfred Adler's individualistic psychology to deal with the feeling of inferiority These two female poets saw, including the mechanisms of superiority, social interest, despair and loneliness, isolation and withdrawal; Glory and protest and love.

Preschool years, a sensitive period of transformation in all dimensions, which is associated with flexibility, learning experience and providing environmental stimuli, is very important. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of Quinn's early program on the readiness to enter elementary school and social-emotional competence of preschool children.

The current study was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages with a control group design. The statistical population of the research was made up of preschool children in areas 1 to 5 of Tehran in 2021; for each sample group, 15 individuals (30 people in total) were selected as a sample by random sampling and were assigned to two experimental and control groups. The research tools included the Zhu and Ee’s (2012) emotional competence scale and Lils’ school readiness scale (2009). SPSS statistical software and multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measurements were used to analyze the data. Finally, Bonferroni's post hoc test was used to measure the stability of the effects.

The results of the statistical analysis of the data show that Quinn's early program significantly increased the readiness to enter elementary school and the social-emotional competence of preschool children upon entering elementary school in the experimental group, and this effect was stable in the follow-up phase.

It can be concluded that Quinn's program is effective on the readiness to enter elementary school and social-emotional competence of preschool children; therefore, this program can be used for this purpose in kindergartens and preschools.

The average age of the population and the number of elderly people have increased with increasing life expectancy. This study aimed to investigate the physical and mental health of the elderly in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, which can provide important evidence for future interventions.

This cross-sectional (descriptive-analytical) study was performed on 345 elderlies in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in 2018. Census methods were used to select the samples according to the type of residence. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM SPSS statistic, Chicago, IL, USA, version 22). Descriptive and analytical tests were performed using Chi-square, independent t-test, and analysis of variance.

The mean age of participants and the mean score of their mental health were 71.13 and 55.29 ± 11.57, respectively. Diabetes and hypertension (HTN) (27.8%), followed by skeletal problems (11.3%), were the most frequent disorders in the participants. The findings of the study demonstrated a significant difference between depressive status, as well as anxiety and sleep disorders of the elderly in the home and those kept in the nursing home (P < 0.05).

Overall, the elderly living in nursing homes had more unfavorable mental, emotional, and physical conditions than the elderly living in the home. Therefore, long-term planning to minimize the problems of elderlies is essential. Lifestyle modifications, health education, and screening for this age group are recommended to maintain independence, especially for the elderly in nursing homes.

Valproic acid (VPA), which is often used to treat epilepsy, causes a variety of neurobehavioral impairments that closely resemble the phenotype of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in prenatally exposed individuals. Although the neurobehavioral effects of extremely low concentrations of VPA have received limited research attention, several investigations have shown that the impact of VPA is connected with the concentration and exposure length.

In the current study, the aim was to find the lowest dose of VPA with the fewest side effects to induce behavioral phenotypes related to ASD in zebrafish.

Zebrafish embryos were first exposed to various concentrations of VPA (i.e., 1, 5, 15, 25, 48, and 75 µM) for 120 hours. Then, 42 days after conception, the survival rate, quality of hatching, and presence of deformity were assessed. Afterward, a 1 µM VPA was chosen based on observations, and behavioral experiments were carried out at 7, 21, and 42 days after fertilization (dpf). Additionally, 7dpf gene expression analysis was evaluated.

According to the obtained findings, behavioral abnormalities resembling ASD were induced in 7 and 21 dpf but not in 42 dpf after 120 hours of exposure to 1µM VPA. Real-time analysis in 7 dpf revealed significant changes in a number of genes linked to ASD, including lrp6, gsk3beta, chd8, and ctnnb.

In conclusion, 120 hours of exposure of zebrafish embryos to 1 µM of VPA might produce suitable VPA induces autism-like behavior models in zebrafish larvae to research early and long-term neurobehavioral and gene expression alterations. Studies on drug development might adopt this approach

Public participation in different projects is one of the most important strategies for development. Community health assessment is a process by which community members gain an understanding of the health concerns and the health care system by identifying, collecting, and disseminating information on the community’s strengths, resources, and needs. This study aims to identify and prioritize the problems of Cholicheh county in Farsan city, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.

This study was conducted in 8 stages based on the North Carolina Community Health Assessment Model in the winter of 2021; the first seven stages include identifying and prioritizing the problems, and the eighth stage includes developing an action plan to solve priority problems. After establishing the assessment team, primary and secondary data were collected.

A total of 42 problems were identified, which were classified into six different groups, including health, education and culture, economics and employment, social and civil rights, security, and urban services. Using the nominal group technique, the priority problems were drinking water pollution, economic problems and unemployment, and low knowledge of health issues

The problems in Cholicheh county are related to cultural, social, and economic areas, in addition to the health area. To solve these problems, cross-sectoral collaboration, support from managers and officials, and public participation are needed.

Salmonella is one of the most leading causes of food-born infection and death among infants and people with the poor immunity system. Because Salmonella spp. have diversity in the genome composition and pathogenicity, access to rapid identification and genotyping is necessary to control of salmonellosis. The CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) typing is a genotyping method that checks these variable sequences in the bacterial genome in a specific species. This study aimed to differentiate Salmonella strains using CRISPR region.

Salmonella isolates, previously identified via standard microbiological and molecular tests, were subjected to the study. Bacterial DNA was extracted and PCR was done using specific primers. The different PCR products were sequenced and the repeats patterns were used to identify additional or degenerate repeat clusters in the CRISPR region. All different sequences were analyzed using CRISPRtionary tool for dendrogram generation using the binary file.

Overall, 119 strains of various Salmonella serovars were used. The result showed unique CRISPR and diversity in spacer both in sequence and the number. Analysis of the extracted sequence and band patterns illustrated that, except for S. infantis, both S. enteritidis and S. typhimurium isolates were classified as a separate cluster.

CRISPR genotyping could provide serotype/spacers dictionary and it is performed at low cost and high speed in comparison to the other typing methods. Therefore, the assessment of CRISPR and spacer content can be considered as a powerful and practical discriminatory method for subtyping of Salmonella isolates.

This experiment was conducted to investigate the role of priming in regulating growth and photosynthesis in salt-acclimated canola plants. Salt stress caused a significant decrease in total dry masses, whereas seed priming with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), nitric oxide (NO) or H2O2+NO mitigated the salt-induced inhibitory effects on the plant growth under acclimated conditions. The adverse effects of salinity on shoot and root lengths were alleviated only by combined H2O2 and NO priming in acclimated canola plants. Under salt-stress conditions, the contents of photosynthetic pigments were reduced in non-acclimated plants, whereas the priming with H2O2+NO alleviated the inhibitory effect of salinity on the chlorophyll a and carotenoids contents. Measuring the chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters indicated that NaCl markedly decreased the maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm), the quantum yield of electron transport (ΦEo) and the oxygen-evolving complex efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fo) in non-acclimated canola leaves showing photoinhibition of PSII, but the priming with H2O2+NO improved these parameters under salt stress. Our results suggested that priming of canola seeds with H2O2+NO significantly increased photosynthetic pigments accumulation, which was associated with the improvement of the photochemical efficiency, resulting in better plant growth under salt stress.

Volunteers are valuable resources for sports organizations. Most of the sports organizations need to identify and employ the volunteers simultaneously in order to continue their activities. The present study made an effort to identify the requirements and functions of ambidextrous management of sports volunteers. Considering this aim, the meta-synthesis research method was used to carry out the study. More specifically, based on the process of the meta-synthesis research method, at the first stage, 312 papers were identified by searching the relevant databases. At the second phase, 55 papers were selected by screening the identified papers. Finally, the model of the study was developed by analyzing the selected papers. The model involved five ambidextrous requirement categories including the managerial, organizational, physical, strategic values, and motivational categories. Moreover, it comprised three ambidextrous function categories including empowering measures, opportunity-creating measures, and motivating measures categories. The sports managers can focus on the ambidextrous management requirements and the ambidextrous management functions including the empowering measures, opportunity-creating measures, and motivating measures in order to use the ambidextrous sports voltmeter management system and to exploit these human resources to achieve the goals of their organizations.

In order to evaluate germination response of Dinebra weed to alternating temperatures and (40/30, 35/25, 30/20 and 25/15 °C day/night) in two light conditions (light/dark and continuous dark), osmotic stress (0, -0.2, -0.4, -0.6, -0.8, 1-, and -1.2 MPa), salt stress (0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, and 350 mM) and seed burial depth (0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 cm), four separate experiments were conducted at Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan during 2019 with four repetitions. The highest germination percentage was observed at alternating temperatures 30/20 °C in light/dark (93 percentage) and the lowest at 25/15 °C in continuous dark condition (5 percentage). Also, the germination percentage was higher in light/dark than continuous dark condition. Salinity and drought stresses required to inhibit 50% germination of the maximum germination were 54 mM and -0.49 MPa, respectively. Also, with increasing the seed burial depth, the emergence of Dinebra decreased and stopped completely at depth of 2cm. The results indicated that this weed is sensitive to salinity and drought. It is recommended to use plowing (especially at night) and planting in the temperature range of 25/15 °C in the integrated weed management program to reduce the emergence seedlings.