The aim of this study includes investigation into the impact of education based on Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) on educational achievement of high school students (Grade II) in mathematics from Garmsar City. The current study is of applied type in terms of nature since research is seeking for testing of some theoretical concepts in real and live situations. Whereas the presen...

Restructuring in the power industry is followed by splitting different parts and creating a competition between purchasing and selling sections. As a consequence, through an active participation in the energy market, the service provider companies and large consumers create a context for overcoming the problems resulted from lack of demand side participation in the market. The most prominent ch...

The application and success of combinatorial approaches to protein engineering problems have increased dramatically. However, current directed evolution strategies lack a combinatorial methodology for creating libraries of hybrid enzymes which lack high homology or for creating libraries of highly homologous genes with fusions at regions of non-identity. To create such hybrid enzyme libraries, ...

background: non communicable diseases (ncd) will account for 73% of deaths and 60% of the global disease burden by 2020. physical activity plays a major role in the prevention of these non‑communicable diseases. the stress involved in meeting responsibilities of becoming a physician may adversely affect the exercise habits of students. so, the current study aimed to study the practice of physic...

The Pearson-Fisher chi-squared test can be used to evaluate the goodnessof-fit of categorized continuous data with known bin endpoints compared to a continuous distribution, in the presence of unknown (nuisance) distribution parameters. Rayner and McAlevey [11] and Rayner and Best [9],[10] demonstrate that in this case, component tests of the Pearson-Fisher chi-squared test statistic can be obt...

I Cassis, a member of the Swiss National council presented the political perspective regarding mental illnesses. What is the role of drug companies and new definitions in creating a scenario wherein majority of the population are mentally ill? We do not know for sure and whether epidemiology can help in the matter. The responsibility of providing solutions is another vague area. We are not sure...

Background: Vitiligo is an acquired skin disorder that selectively destroys melanocytes in epidermis with an unknown etiology.   Objective: To investigate the exon 1 A49G polymorphism of cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (ctla-4) gene in vitiligo patients.   Methods: The A49G polymorphism was detected by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method in 101...

there are fragmentations in iran’s health insurance system. multiple health insurance funds exist, without adequate provisions for transfer or redistribution of cross subsidy among them. multiple risk pools, including several private secondary insurance schemes, have resulted in a tiered health insurance system with inequitable benefit packages for different segments of the population. also fra...