Background: A common Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) class II allele, DQβ1*03:01, seems to be associated with Bullous pemphigoid (BP) in Caucasians whereas previous studies in other ethnic groups showed other HLA class II alleles as genetic predisposing factors for BP. Objective: To investigate the association of HLA class II alleles and haplotypes with BP in Iranian population. Methods: Fifty pa...

Learner autonomy has been described as the ultimate objective in many language teaching programs since the third quarter of the twentieth century and educators have highlighted the significant role of promoting learner autonomy in the process of language learning and teaching. However, only limited number of studies has been awarded to what leaner autonomy mean to teachers. This study addressed...

For the first time during the survey of entomopathogenic nematodes in north of Iran, a geographical isolates of Heterorhabditis recovered from soil using Galleria baiting technique. Based on morphological and molecular characterization this isolates was identified as Heterorhabditis bacteriophora NIR1. Morphometric and morphological comparisons of the new isolate with type species and other des...

The focus of the present study is on financial markets Iran. In fact, purpose to examine critical state Iranian stock market and compare it with one famous American called Dow Jones. crisis effect interaction companies within a market. According modern theory, phenomenon orientation finding negative preferred direction among companies. data 180 this that were active during period 2008 2019 used...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency of prostatic involvement in pathologic samples of the patients who had undergone radical cystectomy due to transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder. MATERIALS The files of the patients who had been subjected to radical cystectomy due to bladder TCC between 1998 and 2004 were evaluated retrospectively. A total of 164 radical cystectomies had been don...

Employing the appraisal framework in discovering the way ideology is crystalized through discourse, the present study attempts to investigate how journalistic ideologies and political positions are manifested through attitudinal terms. Referring to White’s (2012) distinction of attitude types, inscribed vs. invoked, based on Martin and White’s (2005) appraisal theory, journalistic ideology toge...

awareness of the concept of god is very important for human beings especially when he is only a child. because this notion can change his attitude toward god when he is younger and leads him to a kind of religiosity. if his concept of god in earlier ages were a positive attitude and take him as a beneficent, omnipotent and almighty, the conclusion would be essentially different. this article is...

The concept of meaning has undergone many changes in the course of scientific study of language, thought and behavior. At first, it was explained as something which happens in the mind and then is changed to a product of association of ideas. Today, however, new meaning of meaning has emerged with the emphasis on the experiential basis as has been formulated in the concept of metaphoric express...