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Preschoolers who display extremely inhibited behavior are at risk for the development of anxiety disorders. However, behavioral inhibition (BI) is a multifaceted characteristic. Some children with BI are fearful when confronted by unfamiliar adults, peers, and objects; others are fearful when separated from their parents. In the present study, we examined specific features of BI that predicted observed friendship formation among preschoolers who are behaviorally inhibited. We also examined whether teacher ratings of classroom behaviors predicted friendship formation. Sixty highly inhibited children (35 female, M[subscript age] = 52.57 months) were observed during eight weekly free-play sessions with initially unfamiliar inhibited peers. Free-play periods occurred before weekly intervention sessions for children with BI and their parents. An observational protocol was developed to identify children who made a friend during the eight weekly sessions. Before the first session, different subtypes of BI were assessed by parents; preschool teachers assessed the children's classroom behaviors with familiar peers. Twenty-six children met the criteria for having made and kept a friend. Probit regression analyses revealed that parent ratings of BI among unfamiliar peers and teacher ratings of children's social anxiety before the intervention were associated with a decreased probability of making a friend. No evidence was found linking children's responses to the intervention and friendship formation. Results suggest that extremely inhibited preschoolers are capable of making friends. Implications for future research and intervention efforts that focus on individual differences of children with BI are discussed.

Background: Routine Doppler study is a common tool for early diagnosis of Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR) and Small for Gestational Age (SGA) patients. It aimed to determine the role of the Foramen Ovale Pulsatility Index (FOPI) study beside routine Doppler study among patients with FGR and SGA fetuses.Methods: This prospective study was conducted on 35 FGR, 32 SGA, and 33 Appropriate for Gestational Age (AGA) fetuses. Demographic data, amniotic fluid index, neonatal outcome, and Doppler velocimetry, including Umbilical Artery Pulsatility Index (UMAPI), Uterine Artery Pulsatility Index (UTAPI), Middle Cerebral Artery Pulsatility Index (MCAPI), Ductus Venosus Pulsatility Index (DVPI), and FOPI were documented. Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test, one-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, non-parametric pairwise comparisons adjusted for Bonferroni correction, Pearson correlation test, Chi square, Fisher’s exact test, and Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (ROC) analysis with Youden’s Index (sensitivity+specificity-1) to estimate cut-off point were used to analyze the data at significance level

Purpose: Among female athletes, dynamic knee valgus (DKV) is one of the most common injuries, especially anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. This study aims to compare lower limb coordination in athletes with and without DKV during walking. Methods: In this case-control study, 32 recreational female athletes were recruited in two groups, 17 with DKV and 15 without DKV (WDKV). A motion analysis system was used to gather kinematic data at 200 Hz. The participants were educated to walk barefoot on an 8-meter pathway comfortably. The segmental angles in each motion plane were then calculated using MATLAB software, version 9.14. The mean absolute relative phase (MARP) and deviation phase (DP) were extracted for the pelvic-thigh, thigh-shank, and shank-foot segments. A two-sample t-test was used to compare the mean values ​​of the MARP and DP ​in the gait stance and swing phases. The significance level is 95% (P

Abstract Background Dietary patterns play a crucial role in the development and management of metabolic syndrome (MetS). The Healthy Beverage Index (HBI) is a novel tool that assesses the quality of beverage choices in the diet and provides insights into their potential impact on metabolic health. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the HBI and the MetS. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted using data collected at baseline from the Ravansar Noncommunicable Disease Cohort Study. A total of 9,025 participants aged 35 to 65 years were included in the analysis. HBI was calculated using food items from the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). MetS status was defined according to established criteria, and logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the association between HBI scores and MetS, adjusting for potential confounding variables. Results In our study, 41.13% of the population was found to have MetS, with a significant association between MetS and tertiles of HBI. Furthermore, the logistic regression model showed a significant inverse association between HBI scores and the odds of developing a MetS (OR = 0.90; 95% CI: 0.86, 0.94), even after adjusting for confounding factors, emphasizing the potential protective effect of higher HBI scores. Conclusion Increased HBI scores were associated with lower risk of MetS, emphasizing the importance of choosing health-promoting beverages in controlling MetS. These findings support the association between dietary habits and metabolic health and provide practical guidance for individuals and public health initiatives aimed at improving metabolic outcomes.

Objective Albinism is a genetic disease that causes vision limitations and skin and hair problems as a result of a disorder in melanin conversion. This disease can have wide psychosocial consequences among the sufferers. This study reviews and investigates the psychosocial experiences of people with albinism. Materials & Methods This study is a review type and a thematic synthesis. This review examined the qualitative articles published until February 2023 in Persian and English in the field of psychosocial experiences of people with albinism. Articles related to extensive search were selected in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, SID, and Magiran databases, as well as the Google Scholar search engine. Results In the first stage of the search, 868 articles were obtained, after removing duplicate and unrelated items and checking the titles and abstracts of the articles, 365 articles were omitted and 102 articles remained. By combining the codes of qualitative articles related to the psychosocial experiences of albinism, two main themes were obtained with the titles of psychosocial challenges of people with albinism (PWA) and support resources and coping strategies in people with albinism. Conclusion PWA experience many challenges in life and they are equipped with some support resources and coping strategies to deal with these challenges, which reduces the difficulty of the mentioned challenges. Knowing these psychosocial challenges and support resources can help professionals and individuals who deal with PWA to make policies and plan and develop treatment and rehabilitation programs to create favorable and effective conditions.

Objective After the COVID-19 pandemic, providing health care has changed and telehealth services have expanded rapidly. Telemedicine in most sciences, including speech therapy, has become more and more popular throughout the world. However, in Iran, many families still hesitate to use telepractice in speech. The purpose of this study was to design and psychometrically evaluate the satisfaction questionnaire of families of children with stuttering or speech sound disorders from telepractice in speech therapy services. Materials & Methods This study is a methodological tool-making study. The statistical population of the research consisted of 142 parents of children with stuttering and speech sound disorders who used telepractice in speech therapy services living in Tehran Province, Iran, in 2022. The samples were chosen by available sampling. The content validity of the questionnaire was assessed by 11 speech therapy professors and specialists, and the face validity was assessed by 10 families that used telepractice in speech therapy services. The structural validity and reliability (factor analysis) were evaluated based on a questionnaire completed by 142 parents of children with stuttering and speech sound disorders. Internal consistency and reproducibility were used to assess the reliability of the questionnaire. To check the reliability (reproducibility of the tool), 30 participants completed the questionnaire over a time interval of two weeks. Data analysis was done using SPSS software, version 24. Results The average content validity ratio (CVR) in accepted items was 0.903 and the average content validity index (CVI) in accepted items was 0.935. The result of the factor analysis showed 3 factors: Effectiveness, user-friendliness, responsibility and responsiveness of the therapist, which explained 57.1% of the total variance. The Cronbach α coefficient of the whole questionnaire was 0.94 and three factors exceeded 0.7. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) value for all three factors and the entire questionnaire was >0.9. Conclusion The findings of this research indicate that the questionnaire on families’ satisfaction with telepractice in speech therapy services is an acceptable questionnaire with good validity (face, content and structure) and reliability (internal consistency and repeatability). Speech therapists can use this questionnaire to evaluate families’ satisfaction with children with stuttering or speech sound disorders. Also, families can use it to assess remote sessions more accurately.

IntroductionThe combination of the effects of drought stress and soil salinity causes a severe limitation in the production of agricultural crops. Irrigation with saline water has caused the expansion of more saline lands. Salt tolerant genotypes are very important in the development of agricultural systems suitable for saline lands. Soil salinity through soil amendment and or the cultivation of tolerant crops can be adjusted. Of course, soil amendment is a costly process and the cultivation of tolerant species and varieties is the most practical solution in conditions where soil salinity is low. It is clear that the genotypes show a significant difference in response to salinity stress. One of the ways to deal with salinity is to select and find salinity-tolerant cultivars through the use of breeding methods. It is also possible to select and modify salinity-tolerant species in some fodder plants of temperate regions. This research was modified, with the aim of evaluation of selected barley genotypes from past years' experiments, under salinity stress conditions and identification and introduction of tolerant genotypes and direct and indirect use of them in breeding programs.Materials and methodsIn this experiment, the genotypes were evaluated during two crop years in the form of a rectangular lattice design with three replications at the research station of South Khorasan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center, Birjand. The experiment was conducted under normal conditions and salt stress separately. In order to compare these genotypes with modified cultivars, six cultivated barley cultivars, including two salinity-tolerant controls, including Mehr and Khatam cultivars and the semi-sensitive Yusuf control, were also included in the experiments (Table 1). In addition to evaluating the phenological traits of days to flowering and days to maturity, the traits of plant height, seed yield, and 1,000-seed weight were recorded. Stress indices including stress tolerance index (STI) were calculated based on grain yield in barley genotypes.Results and discussionThe combined analysis of phenological, morphological and agronomic traits in the evaluated genotypes in two cropping years and two normal conditions and salinity stress showed that the interaction effect of year, salinity stress and genotype on the traits is significant. This showed that the reaction of genotypes was different in different years and different salinity conditions, so the results in different years were analyzed separately. In the salt research station in the first year of the experiment, genotypes number 31 (TN4006), 30 (TN3947), 50 (TN5008) and 28 (TN3646) along with Yusuf, Nusrat and Gohran cultivars, in terms of agronomic traits and stress indices were superior. While in the second year, the top genotypes were genotypes No. 44 (TN4904), 25 (TN3477), 23 (TN3470) and 32 (TN4104) along with Nimroz and Mehr cultivars.ConclusionThe information related to the trend of temperature changes and rainfall in different months in Birjand showed that the amount of rainfall was significantly higher in the first year of the experiment. In addition to reducing the salinity of the soil by adjusting the temperature, it reduces the amount of evaporation and transpiration and the intensity of the salinity stress. Therefore, it seems that the level of salinity stress was milder in the first year and more intense in the second year, and this was also observed in the stress intensity index. Based on this, the difference in the results in the two years of the experiment can be justified, in other words, in the first year, tolerant genotypes were introduced in mild stress and in the second year, tolerant genotypes were introduced in severe stress. Overall, these results showed that climate changes in different years have a great impact on the response of genotypes to salinity stress.

Swearing uses language forms that are taboo and potentially offensive. These are often used for emotional expression. Multilingual research shows that because the first language retains most emotional force (Dewaele [2004]. "The Emotional Force of Swearwords and Taboo Words in the Speech of Multilinguals." "Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development" 25 (2/3): 204-219; Pavlenko [2012]. "Affective Processing in Bilingual Speakers: Disembodied Cognition?" International Journal of Psychology 47 (6): 405-428), it is often the language of choice for swearing. Furthermore, swearing frequency and language preference are associated with different personality traits (Dewaele [2017a]. "Self-Reported Frequency of Swearing in English: Do Situational, Psychological and Socio-Biographical Variables Have Similar Effects on First and Foreign Language Users?" "Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development" 38 (4): 330-345). This study draws together these multilingualism research areas to investigate Persian immigrants' language choice for swearing, with reference to personality traits and socio-biographical factors, and in light of the Iranian cultural context. A mixed methods approach was adopted combining questionnaire and interview data. 204 Persian-English multilinguals residing outside Iran participated. Key findings revealed nuanced gender and personality dimensions. Specifically, women with higher Social Initiative (Extraversion) used English swearwords more frequently than Persian swearwords. Men who showed lower Emotional Stability (high Neuroticism) used Persian swearwords more frequently than English swearwords. There was also a positive relation between frequency of the use of Persian/English, self-rated knowledge in Persian/English, and Cultural Empathy and Open-mindedness. Semi-structured interviews provided deeper insight into these language choices. The study highlights how language preferences for swearing are shaped by both personality and socio-biographical factors in complex and nuanced ways.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of computer-assisted language learning on cultural adaptation and language learning in non-traditional classroom settings. Design/methodology/approach: The data of this study came from extended periods of observation, multiple rounds of semi-structured interviews and home visits. Using narrative inquiry, it analyzes an immigrant's journey of language learning and cultural adaptation within a virtual knowledge community. Findings: The findings of this study reveal the profound impact of virtual knowledge communities on enhancing second language learning and facilitating cultural adaptation. Originality/value: This study offers original insights by demonstrating the transformative power of virtual knowledge communities for the purpose of second language acquisition and cultural adaptation.