The 11th edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine welcomes Anthony Fauci to its editorial staff, in addition to more than 85 new contributors. While the organization of the book is similar to previous editions, major emphasis has been placed on disorders that affect multiple organ systems. Important advances in genetics, immunology, and oncology are emphasized. Many chapters of the book have been rewritten and describe major advances in internal medicine. Subjects that received only a paragraph or two of attention in previous editions are now covered in entire chapters. Among the chapters that have been extensively revised are the chapters on infections in the compromised host, on skin rashes in infections, on many of the viral infections, including cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus, on sexually transmitted diseases, on diabetes mellitus, on disorders of bone and mineral metabolism, and on lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly. The major revisions in these chapters and many

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine

Clinical Trials: A Practical Approach

This article suggests that while mental health problems affect 10—20% of children and adolescents worldwide, the mental health needs of children and adolescents are neglected, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. The authors review the evidence and the gaps in the published work in terms of prevalence, risk and protective factors, and interventions to prevent and treat childhood and adolescent mental health problems.

Child and adolescent mental health worldwide: evidence for action

Survival Analysis: Techniques for Censored and Truncated Data

Analysis of Longitudinal Data (2nd ed.) (Book)

1 Nutrition Health Research Center, School of Public Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. 2 Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. 3 Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. 4 Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. 5 School of Public Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.

Dietary patterns associated with metabolic syndrome: The Khorramabad Study

Background: Height and weight growth failure are among the most important health disorders affecting children less than two in the developing countries. Failure to treat this disorder can lead to the development of serious conditions including increased mortality and types of disability. The aim of the present study is to investigate the factors affecting the height and weight growth of children less than two years old. Materials and Methods: This historical cohort study was conducted on a sample of 2030 children less than two in Khorramabad who were selected using stratified and cluster sampling methods. Based on household records, data related to the height and weight were recorded as quantitative variables and finally were modeled using a longitudinal marginal model, identity link functions and the R software. Results: Based on the marginal model, the effect of such variables as child's age, child's gender and mother's educational attainment were significantly related to the child's height and weight. Moreover the child's birth order had significant relationship with only the child's height. However, the variable of exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months was no significantly related to weight and height growth of the children. Conclusion: Given the results, it seems that monitoring the growth of the children of the illiterate mothers, specially the girls and the children with first birth orders are the most important approaches to deal with growth disorders among this population.

Application of a Marginal Model for Assessing Some Determinants of Height and Weight Growth Among Children Less Than Two Years Old in Khorramabad

بررسی علل شکست تغذیه انحصاری با شیر مادر در 6 ماه اول زندگی شیرخواران در مراجعین به مراکز بهداشتی – درمانی شهری خرم آباد درسال 1385

Abstract Background In the recent era, nursing needs employees with moral intelligence, cultural competence, and self-compassion skills more than ever. This study aimed to determine the predictors of moral intelligence and its relationship with self-compassion and cultural competence in nursing students. Methods This cross-sectional and multi-center descriptive study was conducted in 2022. With convenience sampling, 250 nursing students from three Iranian universities participated in this study. Data gathering included the Moral Intelligence Questionnaire, Self-Compassion Scale (short form), and Cultural Competency Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the correlation between variables, and hierarchical regression. Results The results showed that nursing students had good moral intelligence (72.63 ± 11.38), moderate self-compassion (37.19 ± 5.02), and poor cultural competence (50.06 ± 13.15). No statistically significant relationship was observed between self-compassion and cultural competence ( r = 0.11, p = 0.07). Moral intelligence with marital status ( r = 0.16, p = 0.01), academic year ( r = 0.14, p = 0.03) and self-compassion ( r = 0.33, p &lt; 0.001) had a significant relationship in such a way that these variables explained 15% of moral intelligence and self-compassion had the highest impact ( p &lt; 0.001). Conclusion Considering the moderate level of self-compassion and the poor level of cultural competence reported in the undergraduate nursing students, and also that self-compassion was known to be a predictive factor for moral intelligence, planners and educators must pay more attention to promoting self-compassion and cultural competency in the curriculum and conduct studies to find ways to improve them. 

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Predicting moral intelligence in nursing students and its relationships with self-compassion, and cultural competence: a cross-sectional study

Introduction Google Trends (GT) is an important free tool for online search behavior analysis, which provides access to Internet search patterns in Google. In recent decades, this database has been used for predicting the outbreak of epidemics and pandemics in different regions of the world. The present study aimed to evaluate Iranian users’ COVID-19-related online search behavior. Methods This longitudinal study was conducted in 2021. The data of Iranian users’ COVID-19-related online search behavior (trend) were collected from the GT website, and the epidemiological data of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran from 16 February 2020 to 2 January 2021 were sourced from the Iranian ministry of health and medical education, as well as the World Health Organization. The data were analyzed in SPSS using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results All the COVID-19-related search terms in Iran gained their highest popularity value (relative search volume = 100) in the first 8 weeks of the pandemic, and then this value assumed a decreasing trend over time. Based on factor analysis, relative search volume (RSV) of factor 1 terms (related to corona [in Persian] and corona) have a low significance relationship with COVID-19 epidemiological data in one-, two-, and three-week time lags. Although, RSV of factor 2 terms (related to COVID [in Persian], COVID-19, and coronavirus) correlated with the total weekly number of COVID-19 cases in mentioned time lags. Conclusion COVID-19-related search terms were popular among Iranian users at the beginning of the pandemic. The online search queries and the key terms searched by Iranian users varied during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study provides evidence in favor of the adoption of GT as an epidemiological surveillance tool but, it is necessary to consider that mass media and other confounders can significantly influence RSVs.

Farzad Ebrahimzadeh

Papers

Dietary patterns associated with metabolic syndrome: The Khorramabad Study

Application of a Marginal Model for Assessing Some Determinants of Height and Weight Growth Among Children Less Than Two Years Old in Khorramabad

بررسی علل شکست تغذیه انحصاری با شیر مادر در 6 ماه اول زندگی شیرخواران در مراجعین به مراکز بهداشتی – درمانی شهری خرم آباد درسال 1385

Predicting moral intelligence in nursing students and its relationships with self-compassion, and cultural competence: a cross-sectional study

Assessing the online search behavior for COVID-19 outbreak: Evidence from Iran