Determinants of Life Expectancy in Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Health Production Function

Background: Determinants of health or health production function in health economics literature constitute noticeable issues in health promotion. This study aimed at estimating a health production function for East Mediterranean Region (EMR) based on the Grossman theoretical model. Methods: This ecological study was performed using the econometric methods. The panel data model was used in order to determine the relationship between life expectancy and socioeconomic factors. The data for 21 EMR countries between 1995 and 2007 were used. Fixed-effect-model was employed to estimate the parameters based on Hausman test. Results: In estimating the health production function, factors such as income per capita (β=0.05, P<0.001), education index (β=0.07, P<0.001), food availability (β=0.01, P<0.001), level of urbanisation (β=0.10, P<0.001), and employment ratio (β=0.11, P<0.001) were specified as determinants of health status, proxied by life expectancy at birth. A notable result was the elasticity of life expectancy with respect to the employment rate and its significance level was different between males (β=0.13, P0.001). Conclusion: In order to improve the health status in EMR countries, health policymakers should focus on the factors which lie outside the healthcare system. These factors are mainly associated with economic growth and development level. Thus, the economic stabilisation policies with the aim of increasing the productivity, economic growth, and reducing unemployment play significant roles in the health status of the people of the region

Effects of Eight Weeks of Combined Yoga Exercises, Almond Consumption and Diet on Sexual Function of Diabetic Women

Type two diabetes is one of the most common endocrine diseases, and the lesser-known complication of diabetes is sexual dysfunction, which leads to, vaginal dryness in females and erectile problems in males. Therefore, it is necessary to study the influencing factors on the complication reduction of treatment. The main purpose of this present study was to examine the effects of 8 weeks of combined yoga exercises, almond consumption and diet on the sexual function of diabetic females in Damghan city. For this purpose, fifty diabetic women aged between 30 to 50 years old in Damghan were selected and matched based on their age, height, and weight into five groups (number in each groups=10 subject). The subjects randomly named 1.yoga exercises; 2. Almonds consumption; 3. Diet (doing all three items); and 4. Control group. Before and after the intervention period, blood pressure, blood sugar, waist, and hip size were measured and the subjects completed a dietary recall questionnaire. The first group subjects performed 10-minute breathing exercises, 20-minute stretching, and 15-minute concentration of yoga exercises in each session. The second group replaced 1 ounce (equivalent to 28.34 gr) of almonds with a 10% calorie intake per day. The third group implemented any of the diet programs set by the nutritionist, and the fourth group performed all of the above 3 conditions (yoga, almonds consumption & diet). The control group did not implement any of the above. TDEo analyses of the data, descriptive statistics and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used. The results showed that eight weeks of yoga exercises, almond consumption, and diet significantly affect sexual function among diabetic women. However, no significant effect was observed on the sexual function after the intervention in the control group. Thus yoga exercises, almond consumption, and diet improved sexual function of diabetic women

A study on the amount of application of laboratory sciences courses in work place

زمینه و هدف: با استفاده از نظرات پرسنل شاغل در آزمایشگاه می توان تغییرات ارزشمندی در فرایند آموزش دانشجویان علوم آزمایشگاهی به وجود آورد. هدف از این مطالعه تعیین میزان کاربرد دروس رشته علوم آزمایشگاهی در محیط کار می باشد. روش بررسی: در این مطالعه توصیفی- مقطعی که با روش سرشماری انجام شد. پرسشنامه ای شامل دو بخش، اطلاعات دموگرافیک شامل جنس، مدرک تحصیلی و نوع استخدام و بخش نظر سنجی در زمینه برنامه های آموزش دروس مختلف تخصصی و پایه اعم از تئوری و عملی توسط 70 نفر از پرسنل شاغل در آزمایشگاه های دولتی تکمیل و میزان کاربرد دروس در محیط کار تعیین شد. یافته ها: بر اساس نتایج به دست آمده در بین دروس تخصصی، هماتولوژی عملی (3/74) و باکتری شناسی عملی (4/71) بیشترین کاربرد و دروس آسیب شناسی عملی و تئوری هر کدام با 9/2 کمترین کاربرد در محیط کار را به خود اختصاص دادند. میانگین کاربرد دروس تخصصی از نظر افراد با مدرک کاردانی به طور معنی داری از افراد با مدرک کارشناسی و کارشناسی ارشد کمتر بود (05/0>P). در بین دروس پایه، بیوشیمی عمومی عملی (3/44) و زبان (30) بیشترین کاربرد و دروس بافت شناسی تئوری و آناتومی تئوری هر کدام با فراوانی 3/4 و فیزیک عمومی تئوری با فراوانی 9/2 کمترین کاربرد را در آزمایشگاه داشته اند. نتیجه گیری: طبق نتایج این تحقیق دروس پایه کمترین کاربرد را در محیط کار داشته اند؛ لذا بازنگری این دروس در جهت کاربردی شدن آن ها، امری لازم و ضروری است

Determinants of Life Expectancy in Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Health Production Function

Background: Determinants of health or health production function in health economics literature constitute noticeable issues in health promotion. This study aimed at estimating a health production function for East Mediterranean Region (EMR) based on the Grossman theoretical model. Methods : This ecological study was performed using the econometric methods. The panel data model was used in order to determine the relationship between life expectancy and socioeconomic factors. The data for 21 EMR countries between 1995 and 2007 were used. Fixed-effect-model was employed to estimate the parameters based on Hausman test. Results : In estimating the health production function, factors such as income per capita ( β =0.05, P <0.001), education index ( β = 0 . 0 7, P <0.001), food availability ( β =0.01, P <0.001), level of urbanisation ( β =0.10, P <0.001), and employment ratio ( β =0.11, P <0.001) were specified as determinants of health status, proxied by life expectancy at birth. A notable result was the elasticity of life expectancy with respect to the employment rate and its significance level was different between males ( β =0.13, P <0.001) and females ( β =0.08, P >0.001). Conclusion : In order to improve the health status in EMR countries, health policymakers should focus on the factors which lie outside the healthcare system. These factors are mainly associated with economic growth and development level. Thus, the economic stabilisation policies with the aim of increasing the productivity, economic growth, and reducing unemployment play significant roles in the health status of the people of the region

Umbilical cord serum procalcitonin, as an early diagnostic marker of early neonatal sepsis

Background and Objective: The prognosis of early neonatal sepsis is significantly associated with rapid diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic therapy. Since blood culture has been reported positive in less than 16 of neonatal sepsis cases, various biochemical markers have been evaluated. This study was performed to evaluate the umbilical cord blood procalcitonin (PCT) as an early diagnostic marker of early neonatal sepsis. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 100 neonates in two groups of case and control. The case group consisted of three separate groups, including proven, suspected and clinical sepsis groups. The PCT level of umbilical cord blood was measured by immunoluminoassay method, and PCT 0.5-2ng/ml, 2-10 ng/ml and &#62;10ng/ml were considered weakly positive, positive and strongly positive, respectively. Sepsis screening tests and a culture taken from blood or other sterile fluids were studied in the case group. Findings: The PCT mean was 1.39&#177;1.52 and 0.17&#177;0.05ng/ml in the case (sepsis) and control groups, respectively. Finally, the PCT level was significantly higher in all cases in the proven sepsis group than in other sepsis groups. Conclusion: The result of this study showed that the mean value of PCT level in umbilical cord blood was higher in the sepsis group, and it was higher in the proven sepsis group than in the other two groups of sepsis

Replacing Sugar by Date Syrup in Gaz and Investigation of Texture Properties

Date Syrup is a natural sweetener that is suitable replacement for sugar in food stuffs formulation. In this Research Amounts of 25-100 percent of sugar in Gaz formulation were replaced with date syrup and to study effect of its use in product formulation, characteristics of texture, color and sensory analyse of treatments were investigated. Statistical analyse of data was also done by SPSS software and Dankan test. The results of this research showed that amount of used date syrup in formulation had a significant effect on color parameters (L*,a*,b*), texture characteristics and sensory analyse of samples. By increase of date syrup in Gaz formulation, samples texture became softer than control sample and yellowness and redness index of samples were increasedDoi: DOI: 10.12777/ijse.6.1.11-15 [How to cite this article: Shafiei, Z., Hojjatoleslami, M., Soha, S., and Shariati, M.A. 2014. The Influence of Malt Extraction Adding to UF Fresh Low Fat Cheese on Its Textural Properties. International Journal of Science and Engineering, 6(1):57-60. Doi: 10.12777/ijse.6.1.11-1

The Incidence Rate and Causes of Neonatal Deaths in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: a case study

Background & Objectives: Infant mortality rate is one of the main indicators in the assessment of community health. Around 65% of deaths in children under one year of age is related to the infancy period and undoubtedly the first step in promoting this index is to identify the causes of mortality at this period of life. The present study was conducted to determine the incidence rate and causes of infant mortality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd/ Iran. Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was performed on 243 infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of a selected educational hospital in Yazd from 21st March 2006 to 21st March 2007. A checklist was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and Chi-square tests and through SPSS 19. Results: From 243 studied infants, 39 ones (16.4%) died. Prematurity was the first cause of neonatal death (56.4%) followed by cardiac arrest (47.5%). Neonatal death showed significant reverse relationship with infant’s weight and age at admission and maternal gestational age (P =<0.0001). Conclusion: Mother and child care should be given more importance in health programs and policies and measures should be taken to prevent the probable factors affecting infant death. Key­words: Infants, Dead, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Educational Hospital, Causes of Death Citation: Akbarian Bafghi MJ, Etemadi S, Ghafarian Malmiri Z, Sotoudehfar F, Zare H. The Incidence Rate and Causes of Neonatal Deaths in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: a case study. Journal of Health Based Research 2018; 3(4): 388-397

Audit nursing reports in intubated neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit of Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital, Babol, Iran

Background: Accurate and complete documentation of nursing records is one of the preconditions of the evidence-based cares and is considered as one of the most important professional tasks in nursing. The aim of the present study was to audit the nursing reports in intubated neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit of Ayatollah Rouhani hospital, Babol. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 100 nursing reports were randomly selected from the neonatal intensive care unit. Data were collected by a researcher using a checklist which was developed in accordance with the standard and indicators of nursing documentation in national and international reliable sources and then compared after determining the content validity and reliability (observers' agreement coefficient). Data were analyzed using SPSS20, and statistical methods of Man-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis were used at a significant level of p<0.05. Results: The quality of 93%, 1% and 6% of nursing records was good, moderate and poor, respectively. Overall, the quality of nursing records was desirable in terms of content and structure and there was no significant difference in nursing documentation record in dimensions of structure and content according to overtime (P=0.92 and P=0.11), work experience (P=0.61 and P=0.16) and age group (P=0.09 and P=0.76). Conclusions: The quality of nursing records in neonatal intensive care unit of Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital of Babol has been improved according to the Accreditation of Health Care Centers. In addition, the increase of nurses' knowledge about legal and professional issues has also been effective on improving the quality of the documentation

The Incidence Rate and Causes of Neonatal Deaths in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: a case study

Background & Objectives: Infant mortality rate is one of the main indicators in the assessment of community health. Around 65% of deaths in children under one year of age is related to the infancy period and undoubtedly the first step in promoting this index is to identify the causes of mortality at this period of life. The present study was conducted to determine the incidence rate and causes of infant mortality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd/ Iran. Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was performed on 243 infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of a selected educational hospital in Yazd from 21st March 2006 to 21st March 2007. A checklist was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and Chi-square tests and through SPSS 19. Results: From 243 studied infants, 39 ones (16.4%) died. Prematurity was the first cause of neonatal death (56.4%) followed by cardiac arrest (47.5%). Neonatal death showed significant reverse relationship with infant’s weight and age at admission and maternal gestational age (P =<0.0001). Conclusion: Mother and child care should be given more importance in health programs and policies and measures should be taken to prevent the probable factors affecting infant death. Key¬words: Infants, Dead, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Educational Hospital, Causes of Death ¬Citation: Akbarian Bafghi MJ, Etemadi S, Ghafarian Malmiri Z, Sotoudehfar F, Zare H. The Incidence Rate and Causes of Neonatal Deaths in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: a case study. Journal of Health Based Research 2018; 3(4): 388-397

Demonstration of the Righteous and the Revolution of Philosophic Theology

Burhan-e Scddighin (the demonstration of the righteous) is a good sample of the philosophical questions. The analysis of its metamorphosis and development represents the profound thoughts of the Muslim philosophers in innovating and offering a subtle criterion for this argument and getting closer to the religious injunctions or "God must be know» by God"; Buhran-c Seddighin. Avicenna's attempts were based on developing an argument according to the principles of ontology for not being in need of the principals of cosmology. Mulla Sadra holds that the arguments of Avicenna is not merely based on the principles of ontology since he has also taken advantage of spiritualism. The arguments of Sheikh c- Eshragh arc based on the principles of cosmology while the arguments of lbnc Arrabi's followers are according to the mystical contemplation of unity. Mulla Sadra's attempts have failed in giving a demonstration only based on the principles of ontology because his thought framework was limited to thinking about existence-essence; ontological thoughts. Allameh Tabataba'i has refuted this thought style or framework by setting up his demonstration of the righteous not according to the principles of ontology or cosmology but establishing it merely based on the rejection of the complaints and approval of the fundamental of the truth