A Comparative Study on the Effect of Intrathecal Bupivacaine vs. Ropivacaine on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes After Cesarean Section: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Context: The type of anesthesia in cesarean section can affect the mother and baby. This study aimed to determine the comparative effect of intrathecal hyperbaric bupivacaine vs. hyperbaric ropivacaine on maternal and neonatal outcomes after cesarean section.

Nurses' bereavement experiences of a deceased colleague due to COVID-19: A phenomenological study.

Aim: Healthcare workers have little time to mourn due to the intensification of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although grief is a normal part of life and death, the circumstances surrounding the death can affect the grieving process. So far, the nurses' experience in mourn for a deceased colleague in the COVID-19 pandemic has not been determined.

Investigation into the effects of hydrophobicity on thermohydraulic characteristics and entropy generation of hybrid nanofluid with the magnetic property in a micro-heat sink under a magnetic field.

The cooling of devices is a big challenge in the electronics industry, and most process units (graphical are central process units) experience defects under harsh temperature conditions, so dissipating generated heat under various working conditions should be studied seriously. This study investigates the magnetohydrodynamics of hybrid ferro-nanofluids in the presence of hydrophobic surfaces in a micro-heat sink. To scrutinize this study, a finite volume method (FVM) is applied.

Factors affecting decision-making for knee arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis.

Objective: Identifying factors affecting decision-making for knee arthroplasty in patients with knee osteoarthritis is critically important for pain relief, improving in knee function and reaching an optimal outcome. When decision-making is hurried or delayed, surgery may not occur in time, which complicates the surgery and increases its complications. This study was conducted to investigate the factors influencing decision-making for knee arthroplasty.

The role of miRNA-424 and miR-631 in various cancers: Focusing on drug resistance and sensitivity.

Background: However, advanced technologies have been developed in the treatment of various cancers, but the mortality rate from cancer is still very high. Drug resistance is a major problem for patients with cancer, which causes the treatment process to fail. In addition to inhibiting drug resistance, targeted therapy is also very important in treatment.

Interactions of boron nitride nanosheet with amino acids of differential polarity.

Free amino acids represent a category of different biomolecules in the blood plasma, which bond together to make up larger organic molecules such as peptides and proteins. Their interactions with biocompatible nanoparticles are especially important for plasma-related biomedical applications. Among the various nanomaterials, the applications of carbon and boron nitride-based nanotubes/nanosheets have shown a huge increase in recent years.

Cell cycle involvement in cancer therapy; WEE1 kinase, a potential target as therapeutic strategy.

Mitosis is the process of cell division and is regulated by checkpoints in the cell cycle. G1-S, S, and G2-M are the three main checkpoints that prevent initiation of the next phase of the cell cycle phase until previous phase has completed. DNA damage leads to activation of the G2-M checkpoint, which can trigger a downstream DNA damage response (DDR) pathway to induce cell cycle arrest while the damage is repaired.

Overcoming fear of movement resulting from knee replacement; strategies used by patients: An interview study.

Background And Aims: Fear of movement is among the main concerns of patients following knee replacement surgery and a determining factor in the success of surgery. The strategies adopted by patients to overcome this fear have not yet been identified, but once pin pointed, these strategies can be strengthened and modified through intervention. The aim of the present study was to explore the personal strategies adopted by patients following knee replacement to overcome fear of movement.

The contributing factors of resistance or sensitivity to epigenetic drugs in the treatment of AML.

Drug resistance is the drug-effectiveness reduction in treatment and is a serious problem in oncology and infections. In oncology, drug resistance is a complicated process resulting from enhancing the function of a pump that transports drugs out of tumor cells, or acquiring mutations in drug target. Surprisingly, most drugs are very effective in the early stages, but the response to the drug wears off over time and resistance eventually develops.

Anti-oxidative and anti-hyperglycemic properties of Agastache foeniculum essential oil and oily fraction in hyperglycemia-stimulated and lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophage cells: In vitro and in silico studies.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Hyperglycemia (HG) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) often promote superoxide accumulation, which may increase oxidative stress. Reducing superoxide production in hyperglycemia and the inflammatory condition is an emerging way to reduce protein and lipid oxidation and diabetes complication.

Aim Of Study: To examine the effect of Agastache foeniculum essential oil (AFEO) and oil fraction (AFoil) on HG- and LPS-stimulated oxidative stress, the pathogenicity of AFEO and AFoil on oxidative stress was assessed.

Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the quality of recovery-15 questionnaire.

Background: Recovery after surgery is a complex process since it depends on many factors, such as the patient's sex, age, surgery type, and presence of other diseases. This study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the quality of recovery-15 (QoR-15) questionnaire in Iranian patients undergoing surgery.

Methods: The Persian version of the QoR-15 questionnaire was developed after translating and culturally validating the instrument.

Clarifying the concept of the four-season symphony (I SEA) in nursing practice: A Wilson's approach to concept analysis.

Acquired knowledge provides one with intuitive rationality as a means of achieving a goal. Spiritual, ethical and esthetic competencies are also required for acquiring intuitive rationality. Nurses pay less attention to intuitive rationality, think only with their brain rather than observe with their heart and therefore deprive themselves of proper, immediate and comprehensive cognition of their environment.

Deep PUF: A Highly Reliable DRAM PUF-Based Authentication for IoT Networks Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks.

Traditional authentication techniques, such as cryptographic solutions, are vulnerable to various attacks occurring on session keys and data. Physical unclonable functions (PUFs) such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM)-based PUFs are introduced as promising security blocks to enable cryptography and authentication services. However, PUFs are often sensitive to internal and external noises, which cause reliability issues.

Exploring the Lived Experience of Missed Nursing Care in Postgraduate Nursing Students in Iran.

Background: Missed care is a global phenomenon, which can include many clinical conditions that threaten the patients' safety in all countries and cultures, and also indicates the quality of nursing care. The nursing students' awareness and understanding of missed nursing care is of great importance. The current study aims to explore the lived experience of postgraduate nursing students in missed care.

An Evaluation of Acupressure on the Sanyinjiao (SP6) and Hugo (LI4) Points on the Pain Severity and Length of Labor: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Study.

Background: In this study, the effects of SP6 and LI4 acupressure on the pain severity and length of labor are examined.

Materials And Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis study was performed on articles published in 2004-2015. The articles, published in the English and Farsi languages, related to the effects of acupressure on the SP6 and LI4 points on the length and pain severity of labor.

The Effect of Sevoflurane Plus Propofol on Pain and Complications after Laminectomy: A Randomized Double Blind Clinical Trial.

Introduction: Pain is one of the most important reasons for the patients concern after surgery. The perfect sedative should have properties like rapid onset, least pain and adverse effects.

Aim: To assess the effect of sevoflurane plus propofol on postoperative pain, haemodynamic stability and complication after lumbar disc surgery.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the children with aminoacidopathy in Isfahan Province, Central Iran in 2007-2015.

Context: Aminoacidopathies refer to defects in protein synthesis pathways which result in a range of biochemical disorders and clinical presentations. The enzyme defects in intermediate metabolic pathways lead to accumulation of one or more amino acids or metabolites. Despite higher prevalence rates, screening infants for inherited metabolic disorders is not run in many Middle East countries.

Demographic and Clinical Findings in Pediatric Patients Affected by Organic Acidemia.

Objective: Metabolic disorders, which involve many different organs, can be ascribed to enzyme deficiency or dysfunction and manifest with a wide range of clinical symptoms. This study evaluated some of the demographic and clinical findings in pediatric patients affected by organic acidemia.

Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was part of a larger study conducted in patients with metabolic disorders during a period of 7 years from 2007 to 2014 in Isfahan Province, Iran.

Comparing Gabapentin and Celecoxib in Pain Management and Complications After Laminectomy: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial.

Background: Complications and postoperative pain are major care problems that can affect the quality of health care plan.

Objectives: According to the use of multimodal therapy the current study aimed to compare the efficacy of gabapentin and celecoxib in pain management and complications after laminectomy at Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran, in 2015.

Patients And Methods: In this randomized double-blind clinical trial, 114 patients scheduled for elective laminectomy with simple random sampling design received gabapentin (n = 38, 900 mg/day), celecoxib (n = 38, 600 mg/day) and placebo (n = 38, capsule contain starch).

Demographic and obstetric factors affecting women's sexual functioning during pregnancy.

Background: Sexual desire and frequency of sexual relationships during pregnancy remains challenging. This study aimed to assess factors that affect women's sexual functioning during pregnancy.

Methods: This was a cross sectional study carried out at prenatal care clinics of public health services in Iran.

The effect of cinnamon on menstrual bleeding and systemic symptoms with primary dysmenorrhea.

Background: Primary dysmenorrhea with interferes in daily activities can have adverse effects on quality of life of women.

Objectives: Regarding the use of herbal medicine, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of cinnamon on primary dysmenorrhea in a sample of Iranian female college students from Ilam University of Medical Sciences (west of Iran) during 2013-2014.

Patients And Methods: In a randomized double-blind trial, 76 female student received placebo (n = 38, capsules containing starch, three times a day (TDS)) or cinnamon (n = 38, capsules containing 420 mg cinnamon, TDS) in 24 hours.

Acupressure and anxiety in cancer patients.

Background: Anxiety has negative effects on mental and physical performance, quality of life, duration of hospitalization, and even on the treatment of patients with cancer.

Objectives: Today acupressure is widely used to treat anxiety. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of acupressure on anxiety in patients with cancer.

Association of body weight and female sexual dysfunction: a case control study.

Background: Obesity is rapidly increasing worldwide with negative effects on women's health, psychosocial factors and quality of life. Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a major public health problem that is worrying for many women physically, emotionally and socially.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of body weight with FSD and sexual satisfaction, in Ilam, western Iran, in 2010 to 2011.

Coupling of solvent-based de-emulsification dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction with high performance liquid chromatography for simultaneous simple and rapid trace monitoring of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid.

A simple, rapid, and efficient sample pretreatment technique, based on solvent-based de-emulsification dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (SD-DLLME), followed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has been developed for simultaneous preconcentration and trace detection of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) in water and urine samples. Some parameters such as acidity of solution, the amount of salt, type, and volume of extraction solvents, type of disperser/de-emulsifier solvent, and its volume were investigated and optimized. Under optimum extraction conditions, the limits of detections (LODs) of this method for MCPA and 2,4-D were 0.

Application of surfactant assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction as an efficient sample treatment technique for preconcentration and trace detection of zonisamide and carbamazepine in urine and plasma samples.

A simple, rapid, and efficient method, based on surfactant assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (SA-DLLME), followed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has been developed for simultaneous preconcentration and trace detection of zonisamide and carbamazepine in biological samples. A conventional cationic surfactant called cethyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) was used as a disperser agent in the proposed approach. 1.