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Open AccessDietary selenium intake in relation to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease assessed by fatty liver index and hepatic steatosis index; a cross-sectional study on the baseline data of prospective PERSIAN Kavar cohort study.
There is limited and conflicting evidence on the association between selenium and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Therefore, the present population-based cross-sectional study aimed to explore the r...
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3-Bihom-ρ-Lie Algebras, 3-Pre-Bihom-ρ-Lie Algebras
The purpose is to introduce the notions of 3-Bihom-ρ-Lie algebras and 3-pre-Bihom-ρ-Lie algebras. The authors describe their constructions and express the related lemmas and theorems. Also, they define the 3-Biho...
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Validation of the Persian version of the sarcopenia-specific quality of life questionnaire (SarQoL®-IR)
The sarcopenia quality of life (SarQoL)® questionnaire is a specific tool to measure QoL in sarcopenia. The aim of this study was to validate the SarQoL® questionnaire for evaluation of sarcopenia-related quality...
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Open AccessActivating transcription factor 3 inhibits NF‑κB p65 signaling pathway and mediates apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in cervical cancer cells
As a novel tumor suppressor mediator, activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) has recently aroused an interest in its possible therapeutic applications in various cancers. In this study, we evaluated the effe...
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A Machine Learning Approach to Assess Differential Item Functioning of the KINDL Quality of Life Questionnaire Across Children with and Without ADHD
This study aimed to investigate differential item functioning (DIF) of the child and parent reports of the KINDL measure across children with and without Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The sa...
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Psychometric Properties of a Persian Version of the SpREUK-P Questionnaire: An Instrument for Measuring the Importance and Frequency of Spiritual/Religious Practices in Iranian Patients with Chronic Gastrointestinal Diseases
Attention to spiritual and religious issues is considered an important therapeutic method for patients with chronic disorders. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a Persian version of the...
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Open AccessCross-cultural measurement invariance of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short form across ten countries: the application of Bayesian approximate measurement invariance
The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short Form (Q-LES-Q-SF) is the most frequently used generic quality of life (QOL) measure in many countries and cultures worldwide. However, no sing...
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Zn salen complex supported on MnCoFe2O4(MCF) magnetic nanoparticles as a catalyst in the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2 (1H)-ones/thiones (Biginelli-like reaction)
In the present work, a novel Zn salen complex supported on MnCoFe2O4 magnetic nanoparticles, MnCoFe2O4@SiO2-Pr-NH-SA&Zn (MCF@SiO2-Pr-NH-SA&Zn) was easily synthesized by a clean method and fully characterized by F...
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Open AccessSurvival analysis of three types of maxillary and mandibular bonded orthodontic retainers: a retrospective cohort
Retention is an important aspect of orthodontic treatment. This study aimed to analyze the survival of three types of maxillary and mandibular bonded orthodontic retainers.
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Open AccessPromoting self-management behaviors in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, using digital storytelling: a pilot randomized controlled trial
This study aimed to assess the effects of digital storytelling on the self-management behavior of adolescents with type 1 diabetes (TID).
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Riemannian Geometry on Hom-ρ-commutative Algebras
Recently, some concepts such as Hom-algebras, Hom-Lie algebras, Hom-Lie admissible algebras, Hom-coalgebras are studied and some classical properties of algebras and some geometric objects are extended on them...
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Inconsistency of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test and Tuberculin Skin Test Results in the Evaluation of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers
Problem considered: Working in hospital wards, especially the infectious and pulmonary diseases wards, increases the likelihood of the risk of the health care staff with a variety of infectious factors, including...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a local empirical model of ionospheric total electron content (TEC) and its application for studying solar-ionospheric effects
Regular and irregular variations in total electron content (TEC) are one of the most significant observables in ionospheric studies. During the solar cycle 24, the variability of ionosphere is studied using gl...
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Open AccessAssessing the measurement invariance of the 10-item Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale and Beck Anxiety Inventory questionnaires across people living with HIV/AIDS and healthy people
Recently, extensive research has been reported the higher rate of depression and anxiety among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) as compared to the general population. However, no single study has been carr...
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Open AccessAssessing whether child and parent reports of the KINDL questionnaire measure the same constructs of quality of life in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Discrepancy between child self-report and parent proxy-report has long been documented in the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measurement of children with chronic health conditions. This study aims to a...
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Assessing the measurement invariance of the RCADS-25 questionnaire across gender and child–parent dyads in the presence of multilevel data
This study aims to assess the measurement invariance of the short version of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-25) across male and female adolescents along with child self-reports and paren...
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Revised reference curves of bone mineral density according to age and sex for Iranian children and adolescents
Bone health evaluation in children requires an appropriate reference database. We have shown higher curves for spine aBMD in Iranian subjects than Americans, but lower curves for femoral neck and total body. T...
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(Para-) Kähler Structures on \(\rho \) -Commutative Algebras
Recently, geometrics objects such as \(\rho \) ρ ...
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Open AccessA comparative study of the impacts of unbalanced sample sizes on the four synthesized methods of meta-analytic structural equation modeling
In the first stage of meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM), researchers synthesized studies using univariate meta-analysis (UM) and multivariate meta-analysis (MM) approaches. The MM approaches a...
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Testing whether patients with diabetes and healthy people perceive the meaning of the items in the Persian version of the SF-36 questionnaire similarly: a differential item functioning analysis
It has been rarely studied whether observed disparity in health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) scores between patients with diabetes and healthy individuals is due to differential item functioning (DIF) or a ...
