Introduction:Introduction: Mycotoxins leave severe harmful effects on human beings' and animals' organs and huge economic damages. Different Mycotoxin contamination in cereals, especially in rice, is an important issue in the field of food hygiene and public health of the society. Due to the particular position of rice in the food basket of Iranian households and the high consumption of rice and its derivatives, the present study was conducted to examine the mycotoxin contamination of the imported consumer rice and its producing fungi in Zabol City. Materials and Methods:In this research, 123 rice samples were collected using a non-probability convenience sampling method. After measuring the moisture of the rice grains, the samples were examined with regard to fungal contamination. In this study, 4 common rice mycotoxins, including aflatoxin, ochratoxin, zearalenone and deoxynivalenol were examined with the HPLC method. The resulted data were statistically analyzed with the SPSS software. Results:The mean moisture of the rice grains was 11.59±0.53. Laboratory analysis showed that of the examined 123 samples, 34 (27.6%) had deep contamination with the fungal invasion of the tissues of rice. The highest contamination was related, respectively, to aspergillus niger (7 cases, 5.7%), aspergillus flavus (5 cases, 4.1%), and penicillium and candida (each 4 cases, 3.3%). Neither of the samples showed mycotoxin contamination over the allowable limit. Conclusion:The findings showed that despite the fungal contamination of the samples, mycotoxin contamination was null or close to null in all cases. This result was compatible with the reports of the country's Standard Organization about the mycotoxin contamination of the imported rice.

Background: The aim of the present study was to assess readiness to become or stay physically active according to the Stages of Change Model.Methods: The present quasi-experimental study was conducted on 100 women working in the healthcare centres of Bandar Abbas, Iran. The sampling method is clustering in type. The subjects were assigned into two groups of intervention and control. The collected data were analysed by SPSS-16 software using descriptive and inferential statistics, including independent-sample t-test, paired-sample t-test and Chi-square test.Results: Before the educational intervention, 19 subjects (0.38%) from the intervention group showed to have regular physical activity (4-5 stages). This number changed to 29 (0.58%) and 25 (0.50%) after three months and six months of intervention. A statistically significant difference was found before the intervention and 3 and 6 months afterwards (P˂.001). In the control group, no statistically significant difference was found between the pre-intervention and post-intervention (three months (P=.351) and six months (P=.687).Conclusion: The educational intervention based on the stages of behaviour change model showed to be effective in promoting the physical activity of employed women. These findings may benefit health education researchers and practitioners who tend to develop innovative theory-based interventions and strategies to increase the level of physical activity in women.