The screening of a diversity-oriented synthesis library followed by structure-activity relationship investigations have led to the discovery of an anti-MRSA agent which operates as an inhibitor of Staphylococcus aureus dihydrofolate reductase.

As listening comprehension plays an indispensable role in language learning, the way in which language instructors cover teaching listening comprehension has been controversial; the recent study selected two approaches to associate listening comprehension tactics: product-oriented and process-oriented. A quasi-experimental design was adopted to get to the objectives. Using a random procedure, 1...

BACKGROUND Advertising influences people's health behaviors. Tobacco companies have linked tobacco and alcohol in their marketing activities. We examined how depictions of alcohol were placed in lifestyle magazines produced by tobacco companies, and if these references differed depending on if the magazine was oriented towards men, women, or if it was unisex. METHODS Content analysis of 6 dif...

objective: in this study, psychometric qualities of multidimensional perfectionism scale (mps) were evaluated. methods: persian version of perfectionism inventory was completed by 48 adults (24 females and 24 males). the sample was selected by cluster random sampling from sarcheshmeh adult inhabitants. reliability of the scale was assessed by calculating cronbach's alpha coefficient. then ...

cognitive linguistics gives the most inclusive, consistent description of how language is organized, used and learned to date. cognitive linguistics contains a great number of concepts that are useful to second language learners.  if-clauses in english, on the other hand, remain intriguing for foreign language learners to struggle with, due to their intrinsic intricacies. efl grammar books are ...

Pistacia atlantica is one of the species of Anacardiaceae that grows in the wild in different regions of Iran. Traditionally, anacardiaceae family has antibacterial, fungicidal and cytotoxic properties. Therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the possible cytotoxic and anti-proliferative properties of Baneh gum. Cytotoxicity of the plant gum was determined using MTT assay on MC...