Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening Participation in Southern Khorasan (Iran).

Purpose: Colorectal cancer is one of the most important common malignancies; therefore, timely screening for colorectal cancer can lead to early diagnosis and long survival for patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the related factors in fecal occult blood test for screening of colorectal cancer based on health belief model constructs in high-risk population in east of Iran.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 475 people over 40 years old in Birjand (East of Iran) who were selected by multi-stage sampling.

Relationship between Ultrasonic Marker of Fetal Lung Maturity and Lamellar Body Count.

Background: The aim of this study was prediction the fetal lung maturity by ultrasonic markers and comparison by lamellar body count and fetal outcome.

Methods: A prospective Longitudinal study Department of perinatology of performed Emam Khomeini hospital and Mirza Kochak Khan Hospital in Tehran, Iran from March 2013 to January 2014. 100 pregnant women (37-40 weeks of gestation) who were admitted for elective cesarean section and referred for an obstetric ultrasound scan at the same day of their elective cesarean section were included.

Relationship Between Job Characteristics and Organizational Commitment: A Descriptive Analytical Study.

Background: Many factors influence the organizational commitment of employees. One of these factors is job designing since it affects the attitude, beliefs, and feelings of the organization employees.

Objectives: We aimed to determine the relationship between job characteristics and organizational commitment among the employees of hospitals.

The Correlation between Troponin and Ferritin Serum Levels in the Patients with Major Beta-Thalassemia.

Background: Thalassemia is a hereditary hemoglobinopathy whose most common complication is cardiac involvement which ends up in these patients' death. Since troponin is a sensitive and specific marker for the detection of microinfarct, we studied the relationship between troponin and ferritin serum levels for early diagnosis of cardiac involvement in these patients.

Materials And Methods: This case-control study was performed on 80 patients, including 40 patients with major thalassemia and normal echocardiography and 40 healthy volunteers ranging from 6 months to 16 years old.