Managing Emotions in the Self & Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Size

Emotional intelligence as a general ability is increasingly relevant to organizational development as its principles provide a new way to understand and assess one’s attitude, management styles, personal and interpersonal capabilities. The present research basically aimed at finding out whether managing one’s thought as a subscale of emotional intelligence has any relationship with vocabulary achievement of EFL learners or not. For this purpose, a total number of 45 Iranian EFL learners participated in the study. An achievement pre and posttests of vocabulary along with a questionnaire on emotional intelligence were administered. Then, the relationship between vocabulary gain scores and emotional intelligence, as a total entity, and managing one’s thought, as one of its subcomponents, were obtained through Pearson Product-Moment correlation coefficient formula. The results revealed that there is a positive relationship between emotional intelligence and vocabulary gain, on one hand, and managing one’s thought, on the other hand for Iranian EFL learners. This implies that the more an individual is emotionally intelligent and can manage the self, the more his vocabulary achievement in language classes would be

The effect of breast self-examination training on knowledge, attitude and practice of women working in Shahrekord universities in 2010

Background and aim: Delay in diagnosis of breast cancer is still a main cause of death among disease women. However, preventive procedures to solve this problem are less than expectation. The success rate in the treatment of breast can be directly related to early diagnose and breast self –examination is one of the ways to detect the disease early. This study was aimed to examine the effect of education on knowledge, attitude and performance of employed women about breast self-examination. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 50 employee women randomly selected of Shahrekord University randomly. Participants during 2 weeks, in 2 sections and each session 2 hours performed self –examination. The rate of knowledge, attitude, and performance of participants before and after education using a questionnaires and check list were evaluated and compared. Results: Based on the results, the mean scores of subjects from 33.5±18.4 to 68.9± 9/2 increased (p<0.001). The mean scores for attitude increased from 74.5± 14.7 to 82.2±10.2 and the mean score for function from 41.5±30.8 before training to 84.8± 7.8 after training (p<0.001). Before training, %30 and after training, %84 of the wards under research breast self-examination performed. BSE McNamar test showed a significant difference before and after training breast self-examination (p<0.001). Conclusion: According to the present study, educational programs designed to enhance the knowledge, attitude and function and representation it through social media and health care centers is commend to provide opportunities for the use of screening methods

Frequency of Influenza-A-H1N1 in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Admitted to Loghman Hakim Hospital

Background: Here we assessed the incidence of Influenza-A-H1N1-related pneumonia in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) at Loghman Hakim Hospital, Tehran, Iran.Materials and Methods: In this prospective study from November 22, 2016, to June 21, 2017, patients with CAP and suspected to seasonal influenza were included. Rapid Antigen test and quantitative real-time PCR assay were performed on samples. P-value &lt; 0.05 was considered significant. In addition, radiologic patterns of them were evaluated.Results: a total of 29 admitted CAP patients were suspected of seasonal influenza. Two cases out of them were positive for influenza by real-time PCR, similar to result of influenza rapid test. The most common finding in their chest X ray was consolidation in one lobe. None of them vaccinated against influenza. Only nine patients received empiric Oseltamivir treatment. The amount of irrational antibiotic administration was significant.Conclusion: Despite low statistical numbers, admitted influenza CAP patients did not have unusual symptoms and radiologic patterns. Other results in this study showed need for antibiotic stewardship program and better training about necessity of vaccination