introduction: evidence suggests that neuronal apoptosis in neurodegenerative diseases is correlated with inflammatory reactions. the beneficial or detrimental role of apoptosis in neuroinflammation is unclear. elucidating this question may be helpful in management of neurodegenerative diseases. since tnf-α is able to induce apoptosis as well as increased viability of the cells by activation of ...

a simple and reproducible method for the rapid extraction and determination of trace amounts of copper(ii) ions using octadecyl-bonded silica membrane disks modified by 1-(2-pyridyl azo)2-naphtol(pan) and atomic absorption spectrometry was presented. the method was based on complex formation on the surface of the envi-18 disk tm disks followed by stripping of the retained species by minimum amo...

the most conveni ent me thod f or d e t ermining bone dose duri ng ext ra-oral . radi ogr aphy is ph o togr aph~c r adiation desimetry.this met hod was used bec ause, it is cheap,srnall l i ghtweight a nd adequately sens itive a nd i t a l s o prov i des a p e rmanent r ecor ds ( l o}. i t i s evident f r om thi s r eport tha t a r e l a tionsh i p e xist s between the bone and s k i n dose , a...

background: breast cancer is one of the main life-threatening diseases which a woman may face during her life. several lifestyle factors such as weight gain, obesity, fat intake and decreased level of physical activity are associated with breast cancer risk.   in vitro and vivo studies showed that, linoleic acid (la) is one of the main fatty acids composition of nigella sativa. the objective wa...

this research was conducted to evaluate alteration of growth performance, nutrition, carcass and some serum biochemical parameters of common carp fed the diets supplemented by different levels of meal and alcoholic extract of alfalfa (medicago sativa). in this research, 300 fish (mean weight: 20.4 ± 0.19 g and mean length: 11.78 ± 0.64 cm) were fed by nine nutritional diets for 8 weeks. nutriti...

background and purpose:the tasks of faculty members and their weights particularly in integrated system of iran are not well defined. methods:to address this issue, in a comprehensive project, we explored all rules, regulations and officialdocuments in national level, collected the opinion of experts around the country using in-depthinterview and defined the weights of main tasks in a group dis...

few studies use modern approaches to develop a quality of life (qol) questionnaire with acceptable construct validity, especially in iran. our main objective was to construct a new validated and uni-dimensional questionnaire, based on whoqol-100, using the rasch analysis.in a population-based, cross-sectional study in 2007, 500 tehran residents aged≥18 were randomly sampled. the persian version...

consequences of divorce, specially the negative ones, affect different sectors of society generally and become specifically important in gender development analysis and social policy, because of their especial influence on women’s lives. this article reviews the previous studies and published literature on after-effects of divorce in iran in a period between 1997 and 2011. based on an initial s...

basil (ocimum basilicum l.) belongs to the lamiaceae family as a medicinal plant used in traditional medicine in iran. the purpose of this test is to evaluate the effect of nano fe-chelate under salinity levels on the plant physiology and morphology characteristics. in this experiment  investigated the effect of nano fe-chelate and salinity stress on growth parameters, photosynthetic leaves rat...