aging has negative effects on motor and cognitive functions, therefore finding appropriate strategies to prevent the decline of these functions is necessary. it seems that cardiovascular fitness obtained by aerobic activity is a physiological mediator that explains the relationship between physical activity and improved cognitive performance. the aim of this research was to assess the effects o...

this study focused on use of bacterial extracellular enzyme activities as biochemical parameters, along with the microbiological and physicochemical characteristics, in a comprehensive assessment of water quality of four lake ecosystems in the province of vojvodina (northern serbia): provala, ludas, zobnatica and palic. water samples were collected in june and october, 2008. for assessment of ...

objective: the study was conducted to investigate the antibacterial and anthelmintic activities and to determine total phenolic contents of methanolic extract of piper betel leaves. materials and methods: the extract was subjected to assay for antibacterial activity using both gram positive and gram negative bacterial strains through disc diffusion method; anthelmintic activity with the determi...

introduction: alhagi camelorum belongs to the leguminosae family is used in iranian folk medicine to treat some gastric diseases. the present study was undertaken to evaluate the alhagi camelorum aqueous extract for anti-ulcer activity in rats. methods: male wistar rats were pretreated with the a. camelorum aqueous extract (150, 300 or 450 mg/kg of b.w., p.o.) before induction of gastric ulcer ...

regular physical activity has a positive effect on physical, mental, and social aspects of individual and community health. regarding prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as primary hypertension, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular diseases that sedentary is responsible for them; health policy makers plan to encourage people to do more physical activity. in this study, knowledge, attitude ...

background: regular physical activity has a positive effect on physical, mental, and social aspects of individual and community health. regarding prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as primary hypertension, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular diseases that sedentary is responsible for them, health policy makers plan to encourage people to do more physical activity. growth of beneficial he...

background : lack of physical activity is the fourth common cause of human death. given the increased rate of sedentary life style among employees, the aim of this study was to evaluate physical activity status of governmental employees in changing stage based on the transtheoretical model (ttm) in hamadan, iran, in 2014. methods: this descriptive-analytical study was performed on 1200 governme...

objectives the aim of this study was to identify the relation between physical activity level and the structures of trans-theoretical model (ttm). materials and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted on 423 female students of tonekabon in iran. participants completed the demographic questionnaires, the ttm’s structural questionnaires as well as the international physical activity ques...

microbial phytases were applied mainly to animal and human foodstuffs in order to improvemineral bioavailability and food processing. in addition, phytases have potentialbiotechnological application in various other fields, such as environmental protection,aquaculture and agriculture. bacillus sp. dm12, an isolate from a hot spring, produces phytase,which catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid...

background drug resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobial agents is on the rise. therefore, an alternative route to overcome drug resistance of various microorganisms is needed. objectives this study was conducted to assess antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles (agnps) produced by satureja hortensis extract against bacillus cereus isolated from soil of sistan plain (zabol, southeas...