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Volume 3, Issue 4 (12-2017)
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Background: Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacterium and a part of the natural microflora of gastrointestinal tract in human body. K. pneumoniae has been known as one of the most common cause of nosocomial infections and multi-drug resistance pathogen. The aims of this study was to examine the detection of antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic relatedness among K. pneumoniae strains isolated from hospitals in Borujerd in western Iran using Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus (ERIC)–PCR technique.
Materials and Methods: A total of 100 K. pneumoniae isolates were collected from Borujerd hospitals from April to September 2015. After detection and confirmation of K. pneumoniae isolates by conventional laboratory methods and differential tests, antibiotic susceptibility was detected by disk diffusion method. Also, genetic relatedness of 34 selected MDR K. pneumoniae isolates were investigated by ERIC - PCR technique.
Results: Antibiotic susceptibility testing showed that among K. pneumoniae isolates, the highest antibiotic resistance was observed in ampicillin (91%) and the highest susceptibility was detected in imipenem (5.5%). More than 45% of isolates showed multi resistant phenotypes. Based on ERIC-PCR results, 31 different ERIC types were detected.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate the increase of multi resistance K. pneumoniae in hospitals under study. The results of ERIC PCR showed high genetic diversity among K. pneumoniae strains, which indicated the poly clonal distribution of K. pneumoniae isolates in Borujerd hospitals.
Volume 7, Issue 2 (Spring 2019)
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Aims: Due to the complexity of various factors threatening the health of nurses and the influences of their activities on patients’ well-being, their lifestyle promotion is of great importance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the determinants of health-promoting lifestyle behaviors among Rasht hospitals medical staff in Guilan, Iran.
Instruments & Methods: This descriptive cross sectional analysis was conducted to study health-related lifestyles of 244 hospitals staff of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2015. Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) Questionnaire was completed by the respondents. The samples were selected through classified random sampling method. The data were analyzed, using Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman correlation coefficient, and logistic regression method via SPSS 20 software.
Findings: The mean HPLP-II score was 137.82±5.20. Among the aspects of health-promoting lifestyle behaviors, physical activity and stress management had the lowest score. There was a significant relationship between work experience and stress management (r=0.171; p=0.012). Gender and educational level showed a significant relationship with the level of physical activity (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The present study showed a low level of physical activity and stress management as two important healthy lifestyle behaviors. It is recommended that training programs focus more on these two aspects.
Volume 12, Issue 2 (9-2022)
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Considering the importance of the key contribution of managers' competencies and performance in the success of organizations, especially in the public sector, the current research deals with the pathology of the current situation of the appointment system in the country's government organizations and tries to introduce the factors that lead to the establishment of an effective selection and appointment system. This research was done with a mixed approach (qualitative-quantitative). The data collection tool in the qualitative part is a semi-structured interview and in the quantitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire. For data analysis, Max QDA11 software was used in the qualitative part and SPSS23 software was used in the quantitative part. Participants in the qualitative part of the research were 18 public managers and in the quantitative part, 303 public sector employees. The findings of the research show that in terms of the factors affecting the appointment of managers, relationships prevail over criteria, giving priority to party affiliations, convergence of the person with the manager and exerting political pressure for the appointment, and Factors influencing the preparation of the list of candidates for management positions are party and factional affiliations, exerting influence from outside the organization, orders from superiors, and having political and executive experiences are of the highest importance. It was also found that the commitment to the indicators of the positions in the appointments, passing the training courses before the appointment and being required to go through the organizational hierarchy as more important factors among 13 other factors play a role in creating a merit-based appointment system.
Volume 13, Issue 4 (11-2024)
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The dramatic increase in heavy metals, their stable nature, and high toxicity, is gradually becoming a global crisis. In a recent study, a comprehensive assessment of the spatial distribution of heavy metals including Cd, Pb, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Cr was performed in industrial and commercial areas, including the sediments of 32 stations located in the area of Jask, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, and Bandar Lange during the 2021to 2022. In this area, the concentration of heavy metals showed significant spatial variations between the areas. The maximum concentration of Cd was 0.55 μg/g in the first station of Gasheh. The second station of Khor Langeh had the highest Pb concentration with an average of 10.25 μg/g. The maximum concentration of Cr was 2420.33 μg/g in the second Shahid Bahonar station. The highest Zn concentration of 268.56 μg/g was observed in the first station of Suru beach. In the first station of Shahid Rajaei port, the highest concentration of Cu was observed at 18.36 μg/g. The maximum concentration of Ni was 519.02 μg/g in the second station of Shahid Bahonar.The stations located in Shahid Bahonar port, Suru beach, and Khor Gorsouzuan had a higher pollution intensity than other places and significant pollution risks, especially in terms of Cr, Ni, and Zn. In these areas, Cr was identified as the most dangerous metal. It is necessary to consider comprehensive strategies to control and reduce these heavy metal pollutions, to identify and manage the sources of these pollutions.
Volume 15, Issue 4 (1-2016)
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A new image encryption algorithm is proposed, in which a novel chaotic map is introduced to generate the random sequence. The mentioned sequence is employed to produce gray level values. The original image is encrypted by applying the XOR operator to every pixel using the mentioned values. Our chaotic map provides a large degree of randomization compared to existing approaches and therefore, the correlation between adjacent pixels in the encrypted image is reduced substantially. The security analysis demonstrates that the new algorithm is highly secure. As it is shown in the experimental results, our algorithm improves entropy, key sensitivity, and correlation. Specifically, the amounts of entropy and correlation measures are very close to the optimal values. It is also very robust against the noise. The PSNR of decrypted images are degraded slightly with the increasing noise strength. Additionally, the suggested approach leads to smoother histograms in comparison to the previous algorithms.
Volume 17, Issue 8 (10-2017)
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In this article the effect of using ejector on the thermodynamic performance of the hybrid heat pump is evaluated. With simulation of the new hybrid-ejector heat pump in the EES software, first the effect of the ejector mixing section diameter on the results is analyzed and it is concluded that a diameter of about 15mm makes the primary energy ratio (PER, the ratio of useful thermal energy output to the total initial heat energy input) and second law efficiency of the heat pump to be maximum and the exit temperature of the compressor to be minimum. Next, PER, second law efficiency and the compressor exit temperature of new heat pump are compared with those of the conventional hybrid heat pump at the same amount and temperature of the input heat. The results showed that the PER and second law efficiency of the new layout is maximum 10 percent and about 18 percent higher than those of the hybrid cycle respectively. It is also observed that with considering the restriction in compressor exit temperature, in new system, it is possible to increase the temperature of input heat 35C more compared to the increase that can be occurred in the hybrid system. Finally, the analysis of the relative exergy losses in the components of the systems revealed that in the new layout, the relative exergy losses of throttling valve, desorber, compressor and absorber were reduced and improved the performance of this cycle.
Volume 18, Issue 121 (March 2022)
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One of the reasons of the bakery products poor quality and quality defection in the country is the low quality and the impropriety of wheat. Regarding the uncontrollability of so many effective factors in wheat quality. Using of improving agents in wheat flour has been highly considered. In this study, the effect of tow improving agents, ascorbic acid in three levels (20, 40, 60 ppm) and α-amylase enzyme in three levels (25, 50 and 75 ppm) over dough was investigated. Rheological tests results showed that increasing level of ascorbic acid from 20 ppm to 60 ppm is effective in dough stability time and dough developing time increment, reduction in dough softening degree, increasing elasticity, improving gluten structure and increasing the usage level of α-amylase enzyme from 25 ppm to 75 ppm is effective in the collapse of polymeric structure of starch, dough softening, stability, developing time and reduction elasticity characteristics. In simultaneous use of additives in constant amount of α-amylase enzyme, increase of ascorbic acid from 20ppm to 60ppm causes rheological individually betterness. Dough stability time, developing time and dough elasticity as well. This effect in constant amount of ascorbic acid shows a diverse relationship specially with high amount of added α-amylase (50 and 75 ppm). Generally, in addition to ascorbic acid containing treatment on its own using of α-amylase enzyme in 50 ppm level with 60 ppm ascorbic acid in improving the rheological and quality specialty of dough is suggested.
Volume 19, Issue 124 (June 2022)
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Rice bran can be a suitable compound for bread enrichment due to its considerable amounts of fiber and protein. However, the addition of rice bran due to impaired textural and sensory properties as well as the presence of phytic acid in it should be further investigated. On the other hand, when bread bakes at temperatures above 120 °C through millard reaction, a carcinogenic compound called acrylamide is produced which can be minimized by removing the effective factors in its production. In this study, ordinary rice bran and hydrothermaled rice bran were used in different percentages of 3, 6 and 9% to enrich wheat flour and molded bread. Then, color changes, acrylamide levels and textural properties were measured. The results showed that with increasing the use of bran in bread, the amount of discoloration and acrylamide concentration increased and the samples containing hydrothermal bran had higher acrylamide levels. Hardness, adhesiveness, gumminess and chewiness had an increasing trend with increasing bran percentage, while cohesiveness and springiness showed a decreasing trend with increasing bran percentage. According to the results obtained based on the ADI of acrylamide and due to the reduction of phytic acid in bread samples, treatment containing 3% hydrothermal bran not only had the lowest acrylamide content and at the same time had the lowest amount of phytic acid, but also had acceptable tissue and appearance characteristics.
Volume 19, Issue 132 ( February 2023)
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Adding the fiber sources in food formulation is one of the best methods for enriching and improving nutritional value of food. Cereal bran is one of the best and most economical sources of dietary fiber supply. In this study hydrothermaled wheat and rice bran in optimum condition and in different content (0, 4, 8%) were added to wheat flour. The result of Rheological experiment indicated that increasing in the content of wheat and rice hydrothermaled bran in dough leads into significant decrease of dough quality number and significant increase in water absorption. On the other hand, increasing the amount of rice and wheat bran was also associated with an increase in dough development time. Evaluation of texture and color changes also indicated a direct relationship between biscuit hardness, color and content of wheat and rice bran. Sensory evaluation performed by evaluators on biscuit samples also indicated a significant decrease, in case of increasing the amount of wheat and rice bran and replacing the hydrothermal rice bran in the formulation. According to the results, the use of 4% hydrothermaled wheat and rice bran is suitable for enrichment of nutritional value of biscuits and it is suggested.
Volume 20, Issue 6 (12-2020)
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As a result of progressing of industries and population growth, new chemical contaminants have entered to natural water resources that in order to protect the environment and promote hygiene, they should be purified. Acetaminophen is the most widely used chemical pharmaceutical compound. In this study has been tried to omit acetaminophen from water solutions by cyclic biologic procedures. This kind of procedures are friendly environment. The CBR process is a modification of the sequential split reactor (SBR) process. However, instead of the wastewater being injected into the reactor, the contaminant is injected into the process using a continuous drip pump, thus the possibility of shock to the reactor. The purification process is reduced. This treatment system can be used for treatment of various types of municipal and industrial wastewater. In this study synthetic sewage includes acetaminophen, in laboratory scale, has been treated. The first phase of the test involved the adaptation of acetaminophen-degrading microorganisms that lasted for 50 days. Secondary settling sludge from a pharmaceutical company was used for primary seeding. Then the effect of cycle time (6-24 hours), hydraulic retention time (10.03-27.30 hours), density of inlet contaminant (100-1000 mg/L), density of inlet COD (360-7600 mg/L), and temperature (14-30°C), on the reactor's performance was investigated. The pH value has been checking and setting on 7 at all stages. At the end of study, the performance of the two CBR and SBR reactors was compared. During the tests, the concentration of ACT was measured by UV-Vis set. The other parameters were measured based on the standard procedures. The results showed the reactor had the best performance in 18 hours' cycle. The average of removal efficiency of COD and ACT in during this period was 94.70% and 94.97%, respectively. In the phase of control of the concentration of inlet contaminant, the result showed in density of inlet acetaminophen 500 mg/L, hydraulic retention time 44.38 hours, and the 16 hours' aeration cycle, the reactor can remove more than 99% of acetaminophen and 97% of COD in the contaminants. In the same condition and concentration of inlet acetaminophen up to 1000 mg/L, removal efficiency of ACT and COD was more than 96% and 94%, respectively. Also temperature changes had a great effect on the reactor performance, so that with increasing temperature up to 30°C, COD removal efficiency decreased by 16% to 78%. Whereas with the change of temperature from 14° to 30°C the ACT mean removal was 97.8%. The results of comparing the performance of the two CBR and SBR reactors were also significant, so that, in the same condition, in the SBR, the removal efficiency of COD and ACT were decreased 15% and 10%, respectively. Since the cyclic biological reactor is injected by stepwise process, the results show foodstuffs are more rapidly absorbed by microorganisms, because microorganisms are more than foods. This feature increases the removal efficiency of organic matter in this system over continuous flow systems. Also, due to this feature, the reactor is highly resistant against of load shock. Given that all the phases, settling and discharging processes, take place in one storage, without worrying about leaving MLSS through the effluent, it can be greatly increased.
Volume 21, Issue 156 (February 2025)
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Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder which can cause serious damage to the mucous membrane of the small intestine due to the consumption of gluten, and as a result, there is a decrease in the absorption of nutrients, which can lead to weight loss, anemia and malnutrition. Removing gluten from the diet of the affected person is suggested as a solution to control and curb this abnormality. Therefore, the aim of this research is to investigate the possibility of producing cookies using rice flour, quinoa, carboxymethyl cellulose gum (1.5-3-5 percent) and gum extracted from the quince seed (1.5-3-5 percent) alone and evaluating its effect on the rheological characteristics of dough and textural properties of cookies. Based on the obtained results, it was determined that with the addition of gums, the viscosity increases compared to the control sample. Also by adding gums, Peak and Final viscosity increased and the setback viscosity decreased compared to the control sample. It was observed that the seed gum performed more effectively than showed carboxymethyl cellulose gum. So that the treatment with 5% quince gum has the highest viscosity among the samples. Furthermore the addition of both types of gum resulted in reduced hardness, increased springiness and improved sensory characteristics. Based on the overall evaluation of the results of the present study, sample number 7 containing 450 g rice flour, 50 g quinoa flour and 5% quince gum is recommended as the best treatment.
Volume 24, Issue 2 (3-2022)
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This study aimed to investigate the residue levels and dissipation rates of chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and their oxon derivatives in greenhouse-grown tomatoes and to evaluate the acute and chronic Hazard Quotients (HQ) for consumption of these products. The quantification analyses of chlorpyrifos and diazinon and their degradation products were performed using Gas Chromatography Coupled with Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). The Monte Carlo simulation technique was used to evaluate the variability and uncertainty of the data and to achieve more accurate results in the health risk assessment process. The chronic HQ values of chlorpyrifos and diazinon residues ranged from 0.24 to 0.85 and 0.06 to 1.09 for adults, 0.45 to 1.34 and 0.12 to 1.66 for adolescents, and 0.71 to 1.80 and 0.21 to 3.78 for children, respectively. After five days of storage in room and refrigerator temperatures, the HQ values of diazinon and chlorpyrifos were higher than the acceptable limits. According to the Monte Carlo simulation, the HQ and the estimated daily intake (EDI) values were more affected by the consumption rate followed by pesticide concentration and body weight. Therefore, due to the high frequency of tomato consumption, it is necessary to reduce the concentration of pesticides in this product in order to reduce human health risk.
