[Assessment of air quality in Sanandaj City and its association with cardiovascular- respiratory diseases, and preterm birth in 2015-16]

Background and Aim: over the past decades, air pollution in the urban areas has shown an increasing trend. Air pollutants have resulted in different diseases. The aim of this study was to study the air quality in Sanandaj City in 2015 and 2016 and investigate its potential relationship with cardio-respiratory disorders and premature birth

Material and Method: this was a cross-sectional [descriptive-analytic] study, in which air pollutants data [Particulate Matter [PM10], ozone, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen monoxide, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide] were collected from Department of Environmental Protection, Kurdistan Province. Data about cardio-respiratory diseases and preterm births were obtained from Tohid, Besat, and Tamin-e-Ejtemaee hospitals. Time series analysis was used to analyze the data

Result: the results showed that the levels of all air pollutants except particulate matters of less than 10 microns were lower than the annual allowed limit. Associated risk analysis showed relationship of particulate matters with increased mortality rate due to cardiovascular diseases. However, time series analysis showed that none of the air pollutants had statistically significant associtation with the mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases and number of premature births

Conclusion: the results of this study showed PM10 as the only pollutants in Sanandaj air which was outside the standard limits and showed no significant relationship with mortality rate of cardio-respiratory diseases

[ incidence and control of anger among students at Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2015-2016]

Introduction: Anger is one of the most important and influential emotions in human life and it plays a major role in life

Objective: One of the most influential natural emotions of anger that affects a person's physical and mental health. Studies have shown that chronic anger and continuous modes of expression and its control over the course of mood and anxiety disorders, as well as the negative impact of leaving. The aims of this study was determinelevel incidence and control anger courses at Kurdistan University of Sciences

Methods: This study is descriptive. The study population included 410 students [207 males and 203 females] who were selected by multistage random sampling. Spielberger state-trait anger questionnaire 2. Software and test data Spss18, Mann-Whitney Correlation, descriptive statistics, were analyzed

Results: anger and anger control, respectively, with an average of 17/43 +/- 3/29and22/01 +/- 4/62 highest averages were assigned to

Conclusion: There was no significant relationship between gender and anger, but anger control internal and external gender relations are significant