The Mediating Role of Self-conscious Emotions, Disconnection and Rejection in the Relationship between Maternal Separation and Suicidal Ideation

Introduction: Suicide is one of the major health problems and challenges in the world, which hasvarious social, psychological, economic, and cultural dimensions. This study aims to determine themediating role of self-conscious emotions and the domain of disconnection and rejection schemasin the relationship between maternal psychological separation and suicidal ideation.Method: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 573 studentsfrom Tehran who were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling. In this study, the YoungSchema Questionnaire (YSQ), Test of Self-Conscious Affect (TOSCA-3), Psychological SeparationInventory (PSI), and the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI) were used. Data were analyzedusing structural equation modeling with SPSS 21 and AMOS 24 software.Results: The results showed a significant and indirect effect of maternal separation variable onsuicidal ideation (β = 0. 145, p<0.05), a significant and indirect effect of disconnection schema onsuicidal ideation (β = 0.040, p<0.05), and the indirect and significant effect of maternal separationvariable on the self-conscious emotions variable (β = 0.104, p<0.05). The results also revealed thatthe path coefficient of separation from the mother to suicidal ideation (0.01) and self-consciousemotions (-0.01) were not significant.Conclusion: The results of the fitted model data analysis showed that psychological separationfrom the mother, mediated by the domain of disconnection and rejection schemas, predicts suicidalideation. Clinical interventions are recommended to be conducted for identifying and targetingschemas, particularly the domain of disconnection and rejection ones, in order to prevent suicidalideation and thoughts or repair and control them

Fordyce happiness program and postpartum depression

Background: Postpartum depression is endangering the health of mothers and has negative impacts on the evolution of social communication and newborns evolution. This study was conducted to determine the effects of Fordyce Happiness program on the postpartum depression. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental intervention carried out on postpartum mothers that referred to 4 health centers in Isfahan. A total of 133 mothers were selected by convenient sampling and then randomly allocated in two groups (63 and 70 mothers for intervention and control respectively). Maternal depression 3 times before, immediate and 1 months after intervention in both groups was evaluated with Beck Depression Inventory-II-Persian standardized questionnaires. Educational sessions based on the Fordyce happiness program were conducted for intervention group. Data was analyzed in SPSS17 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Illinois) descriptive and analytic statistical tests at significance level of 0.05. Results: No significant differences in demographic variables between the two groups (P >= 0.05). No significant differences in depression scores in the two groups before training. However after 2 months a significant difference in depression score was observed between two groups (control group: 19.38 +/- 3.94; intervention group: 16.24 +/- 4.8; P < 0.001). Furthermore in intervention group showed significant differences in depression scores before and after intervention (19.15 +/- 3.41 and 16.24 +/- 4.83; P < 0.001). However in the control group had not any significant change. Conclusion: Fordyce happiness program was effective in reducing postpartum depression in our study. With attention to the effectiveness and low cost of this program, it is recommended that this program might be considered for all mothers after childbirth in health centers or other community-based settings

A comparison between two different FPGA-based topologies of first order sigma-delta modulator

Integrating sigma-delta modulator (SDM) in FPGA causes to have quantization noise inside interested bandwidth. This paper compares and analyzes between two possible FPGA-based SDM structures which are non-noise shaper SDM and noise-shaper SDM. The difference between these two structures is in the integrator block. All other SDM constitutive components are the same for both structures. First-order noise-shaper SDM with its maximum integration for FPGA implementation is reported. The advantages of noise-shaper SDM over non-noise shaper SDM are the elimination of input peak signal error as well as the increment of input voltage range. Moreover, higher suppression in signal harmonics results in better reconstruction of input signal at the output. However, the most important outcome is the improvement of quantization noise shaping out of the interested bandwidth which results higher SNR at the output

Effect of educational intervention on self-efficacy for choosing delivery method among pregnant women in 2013

Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 130 pregnant women who attended urban health centers in Shahrekord city in 2013. Intervention was applied in the experimental group in three sessions in about 60-90 min while control group did not receive any intervention. Fear of childbirth and self-efficacy questionnaire was completed before and after training. Results: While mean scores of the fear of childbirth, expectations and childbirth self-efficacy before the intervention between the two groups were not significantly different (P > 0.05), mean scores of childbirth in intervention group was reduced and expectation and childbirth self-efficacy had a significant increase after intervention (P 0.05) and self-efficacy (P < 0.001) than those who chose normal method. Conclusions: Our findings showed that training-based self-efficacy procedure has been effective in encouraging mothers to choose natural childbirth. Therefore, the design and implementation of curriculum-based strategies for increasing self-efficacy is suggested for pregnant women. Background: Nowadays, there has been a growing trend of caesarean sections in Iran. One reason would be the mother’s desire. Increased maternal self-efficacy can be an important step to reduce percentage of cesarean. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of training-based strategies to increase the self-efficacy for choosing delivery method among pregnant women in Shahrekord city. © 2014, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences(IUMS). All rights reserved

An embedded processing of differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) data using ARM processor (LPC1768)

This paper reports an embedded system design of a digital signal processing (DSP) unit for an In-situ analyzing of electrochemical data obtained by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) from a three-electrode cell. The system implements smoothing filter, multiple peak detection and Gaussian distribution algorithms has been developed onto ARM cortex-m3 processor (NXP LPC1768) in order for the DPV to be able of detecting and analyzing heavy metals for various applications. The DPV can be used to measure sample of concentrations and environmental monitoring without the need of personal computer (PC) or expert user. Potential scanning range of this device is between -1500mV and +1500mV within frequency range 0.1Hz - 1kHz which can be applied for several electrochemical components. The developed algorithms has been tested for measuring heavy metal samples with different concentration

Health Behavior Constructs Scale (HBCS) for Breast Cancer Screening: Development, Validity and Reliability

Introduction: Given the importance of screening as one of the health behaviors in breast cancer, the aim of this research is to develop and evaluate the psychometric characteristics of Health Behavior Constructs Scale (HBCS) for breast cancer screening.Methods: In this cross sectional study, 376 women who referred to Javaheri Health Center during the study period due to health problems, were selected through convenience sampling method. Then, the instrument was developed and its content and face validities were examined. To ensure divergent and convergent validity, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) was used. Internal consistency method (Cronbach's alpha) was used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. Finally, confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess the construct validity of the Health Behavior Constructs Scale and SPSS and LISREL software were applied for analyzing data.Results: The findings of this study provided strong supports, which confirmed the content and face validities. Regarding the convergent and divergent validity, perceived vulnerability, perceived severity and deterioration, and perceived barriers have a direct and significant relationship with the three variables of depression, anxiety, and stress. On the other hand, perceived self-efficacy and perceived motivation had a significant inverse correlation with all three variables of depression, anxiety, and stress. The results of the Cronbach's alpha indicated the appropriate internal consistency of the whole questionnaire and its components. Cronbach's alpha for the whole questionnaire was 0.75. According to confirmatory factor analysis, the goodness of fit indicators of proposed model were confirmed and all paths were significant.Conclusion: HBCS is a reliable and valid tool for measuring the screening behavior of breast cancer in Iranian women and it appears to be a comprehensive and useful instrument for assessing women's beliefs related to breast cancer and breast cancer screening

The effect of the health belief model-based education & improvement of consumption of fruits and vegetables: An interventional study

Background and Aims: Cardiovascular diseases are noncontiguous diseases which are caused by various factors. Considering the importance of nutrition education especially consumption of fruits and vegetables; This study was performed to determine the effect of health education based on health belief model on the improvement of consumption of fruits and vegetables aiming at preventing cardiovascular disease among high school girls in Shahr-e-kord city.Materials and Methods: This is a quasi-experimental intervention study. The research population was 120 students that were randomly divided into different groups, experimental (60 person) and controls (60 person). The tools for data collecting were questionnaire health belief model based and FFQ questionnaire. The HBM questionnaire was completed 3 times, (before, Immediately and 2 months after education) and FFQ questionnaire was completed 2 times, (before and 2 months after education) by students. After pre-test, 6 educational session classes in experimental group were performed. Finally data collected and analyzed by SPSS16 computer software (T- test, repeated measure ANOVA).Results: The two groups had no significant difference in terms of demographic variables. There was no significant differences observed in two groups before the intervention between the scores of different structures of this model (P&gt;0/05). There was significant differences observed after the intervention between experimental and control groups in the levels of knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived efficacy and performance (p&lt;0.001).Conclusion: According to the results, intervention has positive impact on the improvement of consumption of fruits and vegetables among students.Key words: Education, Health belief model, Heart Diseases, Consumption of fruits, Vegetable

خصوصیات اپیدمیولوژیک فوت شدگان ناشی از سوانح ترافیکی موتورسواری شهر دزفول در سال 1399

Background and Objectives: Although there are no exact statistics on the number of motorcycles in Iran, apparently due to the danger and increasing use of motorcycles, the incidence of motorcycle-related traffic accidents in Iran is rapidly increasing. Therefore, the present study aims to determine the epidemiological status of accidents leading to death in motorcyclists in Dezful, Iran. Materials and Methods: The present study was a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2021. The statistical population included the deaths due to motorcycle traffic accidents, whose burial certificates were issued by the office of legal medicine in Dezful. The samples were selected as a census from legal medicine statistics during the years 2015-2018. The data were confidentially entered into a researcher-made checklist without mentioning the name of the deceased and then analyzed using SPSS 24. Results: The highest number of victims was under 30 years old and the lowest number was 40-50. The cause of death was due to head injuries (63.8 percent), multiple trauma (26.2 percent), bleeding (5.7 percent), and other reasons (4.3 percent). Most of the deaths were related to men and due to traffic accidents that occurred in September, October, and November months. Also, 50.4 percent of the accidents occurred in the city and 49.6 percent on suburban roads. Conclusion: Most of the traffic accidents among motorcyclists are related to the youth age group. Therefore, it is imperative to pay attention to this group in order to reduce casualties. Therefore, appropriate traffic culture should be promoted and measures should be taken to reduce the occurrence of accidents by strictly enacting and enforcing the laws. How to cite this article: Eghtedari MA, Mazaheri M, Grami A, Shoush A. Epidemiologic characteristics of traffic injury mortality among motorcycle users in Dezful in 2020. &nbsp;Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat. 2022;10(2): 116-23.سابقه و هدف: اگرچه آمار دقیقی از تعداد موتورسیکلت در سطح کشور وجود ندارد، اما ظاهراً به علت ماهیت غیر ایمن و افزایش روزافزون استفاده از آن، بروز سوانح ترافیکی مرتبط با موتورسیکلت در کشور به‌سرعت رو به افزایش باشد، لذا مطالعه حاضر باهدف تعیین وضعیت اپیدمیولوژیک حوادث ترافیکی منجر به مرگ در موتورسواران شهر دزفول انجام شد. روش بررسی: پژوهش حاضر از نوع توصیفی-تحلیلی و مقطعی بود که در سال ۱۳۹۹ انجام شد. جامعه آماری شامل فوت‌شدگان ناشی از حوادث ترافیکی با موتورسیکلت بودند که گواهی دفن آن‌ها توسط پزشکی قانونی شهرستان دزفول صادرشده بود. نمونه‌های موردبررسی به‌صورت سرشماری از آمار پزشکی قانونی و طی سال‌های ۱۳۹۷-۱۳۹۴ انتخاب شدند. داده‌ها به‌صورت محرمانه در چک‌لیستی محقق ساخته بدون ذکر نام متوفی وارد شد و سپس با استفاده از نرم‌افزار SPSS ویرایش ۲۴ تجزیه‌وتحلیل شدند. نتایج: بیشترین قربانیان را افراد زیر ۳۰ سال و کمترین افراد را ۵۰-۴۰ ساله‌ها تشکیل می‌دادند. علت مرگ در 63.8 درصد موارد ضربه به سر، 26.2 درصد مولتیپل تروما، 5.7 درصد خونریزی و 4.3 درصد سایر علل بود. بیشتر فوتی‌ها مربوط به مردان و ناشی از سوانح ترافیکی مربوط به شهریور، مهر و آبان بود. همچنین 50.4 درصد حوادث در شهر و 49.6 درصد حوادث در جاده‌های برون‌شهری اتفاق افتاده بود. نتیجه‌گیری: اکثر حوادث ترافیکی در موتورسواران مربوط به گروه سنی جوانان می‌باشد، بنابراین توجه به این گروه در جهت کاهش تلفات اهمیت زیادی دارد. لذا بایستی فرهنگ‌سازی مناسب صورت پذیرد و با وضع و اجرای سخت‌گیرانه قوانین، اقداماتی جهت کاهش رخداد سوانح انجام شود. How to cite this article: Eghtedari MA, Mazaheri M, Grami A, Shoush A. Epidemiologic characteristics of traffic injury mortality among motorcycle users in Dezful in 2020. &nbsp;Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat. 2022;10(2): 116-23

Comprehensive Framework for Selecting Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) Using Meta synthesis Approach

IntroductionNowadays, cloud computing has attracted the attention of many organizations. So many of them tend to make their business more agile by using flexible cloud services. Currently, the number of cloud service providers is increasing. In this regard, choosing the most suitable cloud service provider based on the criteria according to the conditions of the service consumer will be considered one of the most important challenges. Relying on previous studies and using a meta-synthesis approach, this research comprehensively searches past researches and provides a comprehensive framework of factors affecting the choice of cloud service providers including 4 main categories and 10 sub-areas. Then, using the opinions of experts who were selected purposefully and using the snowball method, and using the Lawshe validation method, the framework is finalized.Research Question(s)This research aims to complete the results of previous studies and answer the following questions with a systematic review of the subject literature:-What are the components of the comprehensive framework for choosing cloud service providers?-What are the effective criteria to choose a cloud service provider?-What is the selected framework of effective factors? Literature ReviewMany researchers have looked at the problem of choosing the best CSP from different aspects and have tried to provide a solution in this field. In this regard, we can refer to "Tang and Liu" (2015) who proposed a model called "FAGI" which defines the choice of a trusted CSP through four dimensions: security functions, auditability, management capability, and Interactivity helps. "Kong et al." (2013) presented an optimization algorithm based on graph theory to facilitate CSP selection. Some researchers have also provided a framework for CSP selection, such as "Gash" (2015) who provides a framework called "SelCSP" with the combination of trustworthiness and competence to estimate the risk of interaction. "Brendvall and Vidyarthi" (2014) suggest that in order to choose the best cloud service provider, a customer must first identify the indicators related to the level of service quality related to him and then evaluate different providers. Some researchers have focused on using different techniques for selection. For example: "Supraya et al." (2016) use the MCDM method to rank based on infrastructure parameters (agility, financial, efficiency, security, and ease of use). They investigate the mechanisms of cloud service recommender systems and divide them into four main categories and their techniques in four features of scalability, accessibility, accuracy, and trustIn this research, it has been tried to use the models and variables of the subject literature in developing a comprehensive framework. The codes, concepts, and categories related to the choice of cloud service providers are extracted from previous studies, and a comprehensive framework of the factors influencing the choice of cloud service providers is presented using the meta-composite method. MethodologyIn this research, based on the "Sandusky and Barroso" meta-composite qualitative research method, which is more general, a systematic review of the research literature was conducted, and the codes in the research literature were extracted. Then the codes, categories, and finally the proposed model are formed. The seven-step method of "Sandusky and Barroso" consists of: formulation of the research question, systematic review of the subject literature, search and selection of suitable articles, extraction of article information, analysis and synthesis of qualitative findings, quality control, and presentation of findings. Lawshe validation method has been used to validate the research findings. ResultsIn the meta-synthesis method, all the factors extracted from previous studies are considered as codes and concepts are obtained from the collection of these codes. Using the opinion of experts and considering the concept of each of these codes, codes with similar concepts were placed next to each other and new concepts were formed. This procedure was repeated in converting the concepts into categories and the proposed framework was identified. This framework consists of 27 codes, 10 concepts, and 4 categories (Table 1).Table 1: Codes, concepts, and categories extracted from the sourcescategoryConceptCodeNo.TrustSecurityHardware Security1Network Security2Software Security3Confidentiality4Control5Guarantee and AssuranceAccessibility6Stability7Facing ThreatsTechnical Risk8Center for Security Measures9TechnologyEfficiencyService Delivery Efficiency10Interactivity11Hardware and Network InfrastructureConfiguration and Change12Capacity (Memory, CPU, Disk)13Functionality Flexibility14Usability15Accuracy16Service Response Time17Ease of use18ManagerialMaintenanceEducation and Awareness19Customer Communication Channels20StrategicLegal Issues21Data Analysis22Service Level Agreement23CommercialCustomer SatisfactionResponsiveness24Customer Feedback25CostSubscription Fee26Implementation Cost27The lack of a common framework for evaluating cloud service providers is compounded by the fact that no two providers are the same, so that this issue complicates the process of choosing the right provider for each organization. Figure 1 shows the proposed comprehensive framework including 4 categories and 10 concepts covering the issue of choosing cloud service providers. These factors are useful in determining the provider that best matches the personal and organizational needs of the service recipient. The main categories are: trust building, technology, management, and business, which will be explained in the following.Figure 1: Cloud service provider selection framework 5- ConclusionBy comprehensively examining the factors affecting the choice, this research introduces specific areas such as trust building, technology, management, and business as the main areas of cloud service provider selection and add to the previous areas. The category of building trust between the customer, and the cloud service provider is of particular importance. In this research, the concepts related to trust building are: security (including hardware security, network security, software security, confidentiality and control), (availability, stability and stability), and facing threats (technical risk). In 36% of the articles, the concept of trust is mentioned, but in each study, only a limited number of factors affecting this category are discussed. This research takes a comprehensive look at the category of technology, the concepts of productivity (including service delivery efficiency, interactivity), hardware and network infrastructure (including configuration and repair, capacity (memory, processor, disk)), and performance (including flexibility, usability, accuracy of operation, service response time, ease of use). Considering the variety of services on different cloud platforms, service recipients must ensure that the provision of services is managed easily and in the shortest possible time by the cloud provider. The commercial aspect of service delivery deals with the two concepts of customer satisfaction (including responsiveness, customer feedback) and service rates (including: subscription cost and implementation cost), which are of interest to many businesses. The results of this research will help the decision makers of using the cloud space (both organizational managers and cloud customers) in choosing the best cloud service provider to have a comprehensive view of the effective factors before choosing and plan according to their needs