The present study investigated the relation between academic performance and ratings of executive functioning in children aged 6–11 from four countries: Sweden, Spain, Iran, China. Ratings were made by both parents teachers using Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI). results showed that Chinese sample was generally rated as having more deficits compared to other samples. finding are exacerbated China is most likely result cultural biases. Boys poorer girls, except Iran where...

Background: We compared the density and duration of sleep spindles topographically in stage 2 3 non-rapid eye movement (N2 N3) among adults diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) healthy controls. Materials Methods: Thirty-one individuals OSAS (mean age: 48.50 years) 23 controls took part study. All participants underwent a whole night polysomnography. Additionally, those were divided into mild, moderate severe cases OSAS. Results: For N2, spindle did not significantly differ...

The data presented here had been originally collected for a research project entitled 'Sleep EEG spectral analysis in psychophysiological insomnia and normal sleep subjects'. This article describes the of 11 subjects, referred to Sleep Disorders Research Center (SDRC) Kermanshah, Iran. includes 14 EEG, 6 EOG, 3 EMG channels, with sampling ratio 256 Hz. It power features segments 30 s each channel, nonlinear parameter. Also, complete demographic polysomnography specifications are attached.

Abstract Objectives Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a major health problem that has been associated with endocrine dysfunction in the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐gonadal (HPG) and hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) axes. This study investigated cortisol, testosterone, testosterone/cortisol ratio patients OSA compared to normal sleepers. Methods Thirty‐nine diagnosed by overnight polysomnography (PSG) were divided into three groups, including ten mild patients, 16 moderate OSA, 13 severe...

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Visual sleep-stage scoring is a time-consuming technique that cannot extract the nonlinear characteristics of electroencephalogram (EEG). This article presents novel method for differentiation based on sonification sleep-EEG signals using wavelet transform and recurrent neural network (RNN). <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Two RNNs were designed trained separately database classical guitar pieces Kurdish tanbur Makams long...

In recent years, increased life expectancy has caused the emergence of aging phenomenon in Iran. This study was conducted on 79 elderly nursing homes. Data were collected by demographic questionnaire, Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTs) and Barthel Activities Daily Living (ADL) Index. The mean score AMT 4.06 (SD: 3.05) Barthel Index 66.15 33.27). Results indicated a significantly positive correlation between cognitive status activities daily living (P=0.001, r=0.354). Accordingly, can be...

Individuals with psychophysiological insomnia (Psych-Insomnia) would show raised cortical arousal through their initiating sleep. Frequent changes in the alpha activity can be indicative of visual activation, even without stimulation or retinal input. Therefore, we aimed to investigate alpha-wave characteristics Psych-Insomnia before and after sleep onset. In a case–control study, 11 individuals (age: 44.00 ± 13.27) age-, sex-, body mass index-matched healthy 41.64 15.89) were recruited for...

The present study was conducted to investigate the dissociation between some linguistic variables including Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) and Type Token Ratio (TTR) stuttering severity in both languages Kurdish-Persian bilingual people who stutter (PWS). connected speech 31 PWS (age ranges: 9 13 years old) speaking their first (Kurdish) second (Persian) were collected. results indicate that there is a significant correlation severities languages. Moreover, it seems MLU Kurdish could predict...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the second victims’ experience and its related factors among medical staff. Design/methodology/approach This research a cross-sectional study that was conducted in public hospitals Sanandaj, west Iran, 2017. sample consisted 338 staff including physicians, nurses mid-wives. A self-report questionnaire used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, cross-tabs χ 2 test were analysis using SPSS20. Findings total 51.5 percent ( n =174) had...

The causes of developmental stuttering, a neurodevelopmental communicative disorder, have not been elucidated to date. Neuroimaging studies suggest that atypical cerebral laterality could be one such causal factors. Moreover, handedness, behavioural index for laterality, has linked stuttering and recovery from it. However, findings are conflicting, possibly due sample selection procedures, which typically rely on self-reported the fact handedness is assessed with regards its direction rather...

AbstractAbstract Aims: Studies on prevalence of stuttering in bilinguals are scarce and contradictory. The aim this study was to investigate the among Kurdish-Persian bilingual students Javanroud, one Kurdish cities west Iran. Method: All city participated cross-sectional descriptive study. We used teacher referral method for primary screening speech disorders. Essential information about disorders, especially stuttering, had been given teachers before step. referred were interviewed both...

There are controversial reports about association between sleep and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) activity. Studies have reported the influence of insomnia on HPA hormones. However, they usually ignored heterogeneity symptoms, so subtypes disorder not been considered in reports. The present study aimed to investigate final intermediate products system among a group psychophysiological paradoxical insomniac patients comparison normal sleepers.We investigated awakening serum level...

Background: While there is sufficient evidence that children and adolescents who stutter reported more impaired sleep compared to did not stutter, findings among adults (AWS) were scarce. Furthermore, stuttering associated with issues related verbal communication in a social context. As such, it was conceivable AWS higher scores for anxiety, do (AWNS). In the present study, we tested whether complaints AWNS. We further anxiety independently predicted disturbances. Methods: A total of 110...

Background: Nurses often have to care for the patients of opposite gender. This can be challenging both nurses and in Iran due Iranians' cultural religious beliefs. Objectives: The aim this study was compare nurses' nursing students' attitudes toward provision opposite-gender patients. Methods: cross-sectional conducted 2018 on a random sample 107 who worked four teaching hospitals, 95 bachelor's master's students from Hamadan University Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. A 21-item...

Objective: Stuttering is a type of communication and fluency disorder that hurts mental emotional health. It also associated with significant increase in both trait social anxiety. Studies on stuttering adults have indicated the nature impact this phenomenon. In addition, some psychological aspects phenomenon remain vague need further investigation. Therefore, present study aimed to compare emotion regulation difficulties, repetitive negative thinking, experiential avoidance between people...

Background: Although recent findings suggest that stuttering as a chronic disorder has substantial negative impact on quality of life (QOL), few systematic research been conducted in this regard. The aim study was to compare the aspects perceived QOL people who stutter (PWS) and normal individuals. Methods: In case-control pilot study, comparative done on  physical health, psychological social relationship environmental between 59 Kurdish-speaking PWS 73 fluent speakers Kermanshah, Iran....