The Effect of Stress Management Teaching Skills to Reduce Student’s Avoidance Coping Style

This study determined the effectiveness of stress management teaching skills in order to reduce student’s avoidance coping style and negative attribution, as well as promotion of mental health among female students in Arak city during 2011-2012school years. This research applied quasi-experimental– descriptive method and a pre-test - post-test with control group. Statistics population included high school girls in Arak city. Among them, 16 students who obtained optimum score from general health questionnaire(GHQ 28) were selected as the sample and then they were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups with 8students.Experimental group learnt skills of stress management during 10 sessions (90 minutes for each session) and at the end of the sessions, the post-test was conducted on both groups. Results were analyzed by ANCOVA and it showed that skills of stress management teaching could be effective in reducing the students’ avoidance coping styles and negative attribution, as well as promotion of mental health among female students

The Effect of Stress Management Teaching Skills to Reduce Student’s Avoidance Coping Style

This study determined the effectiveness of stress management teaching skills in order to reduce student’s avoidance coping style and negative attribution, as well as promotion of mental health among female students in Arak city during 2011-2012school years. This research applied quasi-experimental– descriptive method and a pre-test - post-test with control group. Statistics population included high school girls in Arak city. Among them, 16 students who obtained optimum score from general health questionnaire(GHQ 28) were selected as the sample and then they were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups with 8students.Experimental group learnt skills of stress management during 10 sessions (90 minutes for each session) and at the end of the sessions, the post-test was conducted on both groups. Results were analyzed by ANCOVA and it showed that skills of stress management teaching could be effective in reducing the students’ avoidance coping styles and negative attribution, as well as promotion of mental health among female students

Flow Cytometric Analysis of Inflammatory Cells in Experimental Acute Pancreatitis

 Background: Accumulating evidence indicates that inflammatory cells migrate into the pancreas tissue and play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis (AP). The aim of this study was to establish a flow cytometric method to enumerate these infiltrating cells in the pancreas of an experimental AP.Materials and Methods: Twelve hours after inducing of AP, mice pancreatic tissues were cut into small fragments and single cells were prepared by mechanical dissociation. The isolated cells were stained with either anti-mouse CD45-PerCP or isotype antibody and analyzed by flow cytometry. Using side scatter (SSC)/CD45 gating we were able to identify inflammatory cells from non-inflammatory cells.Results: The mean percentage of leukocytes was 5.9±1.6 in the control group whereas, it was 26.7±8.1 in the AP. Moreover, we found that the percentage of lymphocytes, monocytes and granulocytes were 1.1±0.2, 0.9±.04 and 2.9±1.8 of total pancreatic cells, respectively, in the control mice. In contrast to lymphocytes, the percentage of monocytes and granulocytes were significantly increased in the AP group and it was 3±1.3 and 18.2±3.2 for monocytes and granulocytes, respectively.Conclusion: Quantitative flow cytometric analysis is feasible and provides a reliable and rapid assay to determine the number and percentage of inflammatory cells in experimental AP

Effects of Exercise and Pineal Gland on Some of Coagulation Parameters in Olfactory Bulbectomy Rats

This interventional study was aimed to investigate the effects of physical exercises and pineal gland on thrombin time and coagulation time in olfactory bulbectomy rats. The experiment was performed on 120 white male wistar rats weighing 100-150 gr. Animals were divided into two groups; control group and experimental group (olfactory bulbectomy and epiphysectomy). In both group animals were divided into three subgroups: control (without physical exercises), short-time physical exercises (5 minutes) and long-time physical exercise (20 minutes). Blood samples were collected from rat tail tip in several stages as before and after intervention, to determine of coagulation time. Exercise plans included; swimming on water pool until 5 minute and 20 minute in experimental and control groups. Then, thrombin time was measured for each tissue after autopsy of animals. The results revealed that short- time physical exercise significantly decreased thrombin time on different tissues of rats compared baseline values in control group (P<0.001). In contrast, long- time physical exercise significantly increased thrombin time on different tissues in interventional groups (P < 0.001). The findings of this study indicated that in experimental groups, coagulation time increased after long-time physical exercise but decreased after short-time physical exercises. In conclusion, this study suggested that there is a functional relationship between the olfactory bulb and pineal gland via its regulation of circadian rhythms and exercise on changes of coagulation parameters in different tissues. Keywords: Thrombin time; coagulation time; physical exercise; olfactory bulbectomy; epiphysectomy and rat. Abbreviations: CT: coagulation time, TT: thrombin time, OB: olfactory bulbectomy NOB: without olfactory bulbectomy, PEX: physical exercise, NPEX: without physical exercise, EP: epiphysectomy, NEP: without epiphysectomy, SCN: suprachiasmatic nucleus, vWF: von Willebrand factor, aPTT: activated partial thromboplastin time, tPA: tissue plasminogen activato

The Effectiveness of Social Skills Training on Communication Empowering Deprived Students

The present study was carried out to compare social skills among Iranian students. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effect of social skills training on communication ability of deprived students. 864 high school students in Mahallat city were randomly selected by clustering method and were evaluated by using social skills training inventory (Indrebitzen and Foster, 1992). According to scores of social skills Inventory, students divided into two groups including 31 students with social skills training and 31 students without social skills training as control group. Group members were evaluated before and after 10 training sessions. ANCOVA was used for group comparisons in pretest and post -test. In general, results showed that social skills training method increased positive social skills and decreased negative social skills in experimental group. However, scores of negative and positive social skills in control group had no difference in pretest and posttest. On the other hand, training sessions was effective in increasing social adaptive, personal efficacy and prevention of traumas

Effect of alpha-lipoic acid supplementation on the lipid profile and lipid ratios in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A clinical trial study

Background: Evidence suggests that Oxidative stress has been shown to plays an important role in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) etiology. On the other hand, women with GDM are at an increased risk for complications such as endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular diseases. Objective: To investigate the effects of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) on the maternal circulating values of lipid profile and lipid ratios in women with GDM. Materials and Methods: Sixty women with GDM were participated in the present study. The ALA group (n = 30) received ALA (100 mg/day) and the placebo group (n = 30) received cellulose acetate (100 mg/day) for eight wk. The maternal circulating values of hemoglobin A1C, triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), non-HDL-C, and lipid ratios were assessed before and after the intervention. P-value < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: The values of TyG index (p < 0.001), TG (p = 0.006), TG/HDL-C (p = 0.003), and AIP (p = 0.005) decreased significantly in the ALA group after the intervention. Conclusion: Maternal circulating values of TyG index, TG, TG/HDL, AIP decreased after eight wk of ALA supplementation in women with GDM. Key words: Lipoic acid, Gestational diabetes, Lipids, Triglycerides, Cholesterol

The Effectiveness of Social Skills Training on Communication Empowering Deprived Students

The present study was carried out to compare social skills among Iranian students. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effect of social skills training on communication ability of deprived students. 864 high school students in Mahallat city were randomly selected by clustering method and were evaluated by using social skills training inventory (Indrebitzen and Foster, 1992). According to scores of social skills Inventory, students divided into two groups including 31 students with social skills training and 31 students without social skills training as control group. Group members were evaluated before and after 10 training sessions. ANCOVA was used for group comparisons in pretest and post -test. In general, results showed that social skills training method increased positive social skills and decreased negative social skills in experimental group. However, scores of negative and positive social skills in control group had no difference in pretest and posttest. On the other hand, training sessions was effective in increasing social adaptive, personal efficacy and prevention of traumas