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Journal of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences 2716-9669 2716-9669 doi 2018 5 4 Comparison of the efficiency of almond shell ash as a natural adsorbent versus commercial activated carbon in removal of basic red 18 dye from aqueous solutions Edris Bazrafshan ed_bazrafshan@yahoo.com Mohammad Sarmadi msarmadi2@gmail.com Amin Allah Zarei aminallahzarei@gmail.com Fatemeh Barjasteh fatemeh.barjasteh@gmail.com Mojtaba Davoudi davoudi85@gmail.com Hossein Najafi Saleh fmc@thums.ac.ir Background & Aim: Industrial wastewater is one of the most important sources of hazardous pollutant emissions. Having high levels of various dyes, textile wastewater is considered as one of the major environmental pollutants. The aim of this study was to compare the efficiency of almond shell ash as a natural absorbent in comparison to commercial activated carbon in removing basic red 18 dye from aqueous solutions. Methods: Considering the parameters affecting the adsorption process, the experiments were carried out to determine the optimal conditions of basic red 18 dye removal by means of the two adsorbents. At the end, three isotherms including Langmuir, Freundlich and Bet were used to evaluate the equilibrium conditions. Results: The highest removal efficiencies of commercial activated carbon and almond shell ash as adsorbents were obtained %98.46 and %92.5 in alkaline pH and at 25 and 45 ͦ C respectively. For commercial activated carbon the adsorption process followed the Freundlich isotherm, while for almond shell ash, the adsorption process followed the Langmuir isotherm. Conclusion: The results showed that the higher efficiency of commercial activated carbon than almond shell ash in removal of basic red 18 dye. Nevertheless, almond shell ash as a food waste can be used as a low cost adsorbent to remove dyes from textile wastewaters.   activated carbon adsorption isotherm adsorption 2018 3 01 1 11 http://jms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-469-en.pdf
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Journal of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences 2716-9669 2716-9669 doi 2018 5 4 Effects of propolis extract on pain induced by formalin in male mice Nematollah Gheibi ghibi_n@yahoo.com Mohammad Sofiabadi mohasofi@yahoo.com Tara Safari safarisepide@yahoo.com Background & Aim: Propolis is a natural material that is produced by the honey bee and has a variety of beneficial properties, including an anti- inflammatory effect. In this study, the effect of oral administration of ethanolic extract of propolis was investigated on formalin-induced inflammatory pain in male mice. Methods: This experimental study was undergone in 2016 in the Qazvin University of Medical Sciences and 40 mice were divided randomly in the control, sham (vehicle) and three propolis groups (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg, respectively). One hour after gavage of the vehicle or propolis, 50 µl formalin 2.5% was injected into the right hind paw of each mice and pain symptoms were observed and recorded for 60 minutes (Acute phase, Interphase and chronic phase). Data were analyzed by using SPSS 16 software, ANOVA and Tukey test. P<0.05 was considered as significant level. Results: In the acute phase of the test, propolis reduced the pain at 200 mg/ kg dosage, compared with the control (P<0.05). Prescription of propolis in the chronic phase leads to a significant reduction of pain compared to the control at doses of 50 and 100 mg/kg (P<0.05) and especially at a dose of 200 mg/kg (P<0.01). Conclusion: Propolis administration reduces pain in the acute and chronic phases of the formalin test. Therefore, it has a central and peripheral analgesic effect. Propolis Formalin test Mice. 2018 3 01 22 28 http://jms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-417-en.pdf
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Journal of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences 2716-9669 2716-9669 doi 2018 5 4 The impact of problem base learning (PBL) on anesthesiology students\' learning in emergency medicine course Hossein Karimi Moonaghi karimih@mums.ac.ir naser Lotfi fatemi lotfifn1@mums.ac.ir Background & Aim: Problem-based learning (PBL) is utilized extensively within contemporary medical education. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of PBL on knowledge acquirement of undergraduate anesthesiology students' taking the emergency medicine course; and to compare it with lecturing method and slide presentation. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental, two group pretest-posttest designs conducted on 68 undergraduate anesthesiology students of Mashhad Islamic Azad University. The students were allocated randomly in two groups. Similar content of emergency medicine was taught to both the groups. The case group was taught using problem-based learning, while the control group was taught by lecturing with slide presentation. Data analysis was done using t-test and descriptive statistics by SPSS 20 software. Results: this study included 68 students comprising 54 (79.4%) and 14 (20.6%) males and females, respectively. There were no significant differences in demographic parameters between the two groups. The mean of pre-test scores of the two settings did not indicate any meaningful distinction (p=0.62), while the averages of post-test scores were significantly higher in the treatment group (P<0.0001). Conclusion: Teaching emergency medicine using problem-based learning was more successful than lecturing with slide presentation method for enhancing students' knowledge; therefore this method is recommended for anesthesiology students.    Problem-based Learning Emergency Medicine Anesthesiology Students 2018 3 01 29 38 http://jms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-465-en.pdf
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Journal of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences 2716-9669 2716-9669 doi 2018 5 4 The effects of combination of honey, ostrich oil and propolis on skin wound healing in rats Nematollah Gheibi Hossain Teimouri Reza Kochaki Ali Mehri Seyedeh Roghayeh Azizi Raziyeh Kiani Neda Kianfar Mohammad Sofiabadi mohasofi@yahoo.com Background & Aim: Only natural materials were used for healing the wounds. As wax honey, ostrich oil and propolis have anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial effects, this study was launched to investigate their efficacy in skin wound healing. Methods: In this experimental study, 40 Vistar male rats were divided into 5 groups which included a control group, honey wax group, honey wax and propolis group, honey wax and ostrich oil group, and honey wax and bee wax group. In all 5 groups, wound-surface measuring continued until the 10th day and hydroxyproline of the urine was analyzed on Day 10; and the data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: The percentage of recovery was different on the sixth, eighth and tenth days of treatment among all the treated groups and the control group. An evaluation of the analyzed hydroxyproline in the urine also showed a significant difference in all treated groups on the one hand compared to the control group, on the other. Conclusion: The results of the recovery and percentage and concentration of hydroxyproline in urine, showed the restoration properties of honey not only has a synergistic effect but also accelerates the wound-healing process when used along with ostrich oil and propolis.   Wound Healing Honey Wax Honey Propolis Ostrich oil Rat 2018 3 01 39 45 http://jms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-444-en.pdf
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Journal of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences 2716-9669 2716-9669 doi 2018 5 4 The effect of relaxation and instrumental music by Arnd Stein on quality of sleep and happiness among ageing women Anahita khodabakhshi-koolaee anna_khodabakhshi@yahoo.com Mehnoush Zahmatkesh a.khodabakhshid@khatam.ac.ir Rasoul Barzeghar Khezri rasoulbrz@gmail.com Background & Aim: One of the complementary psychological approaches for dealing with problems of ageing individuals is Music therapy. The aim of the current research was to investigate the effectiveness of listening to relaxation and instrumental music by Arnd Stein on quality of sleep and happiness among ageing women in nursing home. Methods: The current study was a quasi-experimental study including pre and post- tests and control group. The statistical population of study was elderly women who lived in nursing homes in region 3 of Tehran Municipality in 2016. Thirty elderly women in the range of 65 to 75 years old were selected by a simple random sampling method and then randomly divided to control (n=15) and experimental groups (n=15). Then, the experimental group listened to relaxation and instrumental music by Arnd Stein before noon nap for 12 sessions of 45-50 minutes. The research instruments were Oxford Happiness Scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Qualify Index (PSQI. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance using SPSS software version 21 and significance level was considered P<0.05.  Results: The findings indicated significantly higher values of mean scores of happiness (P=0.01) and sleep quality (P=0.01) in experimental group, as compared to control groups in post-test (P=0.01). Conclusion: The present study showed that relaxation and instrumental music by Arnd Stein could improve sleep quality and increase happiness in elderly women. Thus, this approach is recommended as a complementary method to specialists of mental health for improvement of sleep quality and happiness of ageing people in nursing homes. Music Therapy Sleep Hygiene Happiness Elder Women 2018 3 01 46 53 http://jms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-466-en.pdf
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Journal of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences 2716-9669 2716-9669 doi 2018 5 4 Root Causes and the Ways of Rodent Outbreaks Control: case Study Javad Salimi Salimij1@thums.ac.ir Jalil ChinSari ChinsariJ1@thums.ac.ir Javid Kondori Kondorij1@thums.ac.ir Mohsen Attar AbdolAbadi Salimij1@thums.ac.ir Hosein Eshgi Salimij1@thums.ac.ir Mohamad Abbasi Salimij1@thums.ac.ir Fatemeh Barjasteh-Askari barjastehf1@thums.ac.ir Mojtaba Davoudi Davoudim1@thums.ac.ir Due to their special environments, rural areas are susceptible to rodent outbreaks. Extensive damage to agricultural produce, equipment and buildings on the one hand and outbreaks of zoonotic diseases on the other are among the health and economic impacts of a rodent outbreak. Failure in controlling such events may even result in social issues, such as, village abandonment and mass migration to suburban areas. One such rodent outbreak occurred in 2015 in a village of Torbat Heydariyeh County, Razavi Khorasan province. This report explains both the root causes of the event as well as the efforts which resulted in the control of the outbreak within a couple of weeks.     Passive defense Torbat Heydariyeh Rodent outbreak Environmental management 2018 3 01 54 59 http://jms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-455-en.pdf
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Journal of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences 2716-9669 2716-9669 doi 2018 5 4 Assessing the effect of drug tolerance due to chronic administration of morphine and salicylate on synaptic plasticity Masoumeh GHolami Gholamim3@thums.ac.ir Mehdi Sadegh msadegh1360@yahoo.com Background & Aim: Salicylates and opioids are widely used in chronic pain relief. Chronic use of these drugs reorganizes synaptic function, especially experience-dependent plasticity in brain regions. Therefore, in this study the effects of chronic administration of salicylate and morphine on synaptic plasticity were investigated. Methods: in this review, Elsevier, Science Direct, PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched for the following keywords: salicylate, morphine, drug tolerance, and synaptic plasticity. At the end, 62 of the obtained reports were included in the study. Results: In addition to induction of tolerance to anti-nociceptive effect and cross-tolerance, chronic salicylate administration as like as morphine has long-lasting effects on hippocampal neuronal networks which are manifested as excitability of neurons and ability of activity and experience-dependent plasticity. Some of these effects can be documented in the hippocampus-related functions such as spatial learning and memory. Conclusion: Considering the effects of salicylate and morphine on the nervous system and synaptic transmission, the effects of these drugs on the processing of input data and as a result on cognitive functioning would not be unlikely, thus necessitating further behavioral and electrophysiological studies.   Salicylate Morphine Drug tolerance Synaptic plasticity 2018 3 01 60 71 http://jms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-471-en.pdf
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Journal of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences 2716-9669 2716-9669 doi 2018 5 4 MALAT1 as a new biomarker in cancer biology Rahim Soleimani-Jelodar Soleimanir1@thums.ac.ir Bahareh Ghasemi immortal_bahar@yahoo.com Javad Ahmadi ahmadij1@thums.ac.ir Mohammad Sarmadi Background & Aim: Long non-coding RNAs are regulatory molecules that adjust many vital intracellular processes. MALAT1 is a long non-coding RNA playing a key role in the regulation of intracellular important processes and also involved in biology of various cancers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the functions of MALAT1 and overview of its role in cancer biology. Methods: in this review, Elsevier, Science Direct, PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched for the following keywords” “long non-coding RNA”, “MALAT1”, “cancer” and “metastasis”. The results were limited to the period of 1992-2016. Totally, 213 papers were chosen and at the end, 63 of them were included in the study. Results: MALAT1 is involved in adjusting two important biological processes including regulation of gene expression and alternative splicing. MALAT1 plays a role in the regulation of cell cycle, early stages of cancer metastasis, activation of p53 and its target genes, expression and activity of oncogenic transcription factor B-MYB, regulating the activity of E2F1 transcription factor, apoptosis pathway, regulation of hyperglycemia and many other processes. Conclusion: Discussing about effect of on regulation of cellular critical processes, this study tries to better understand the mechanisms of cancer progression by this regulatory RNA. Comprehending the role of these regulatory RNAs and exploring their influence on biology of various cancers can be helpful in prognosis, predicting response to treatment, staging of disease and treatment of malignancies. Furthermore, these molecules could potentially be proposed as novel therapeutic targets.   Long non-coding RNA MALAT1 Cancer Metastasis 2018 3 01 72 84 http://jms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-424-en.pdf