background: human cripto-1, a member of the egf-cfc family, is involved in embryonic development, embryonic stem cell maintenance, and tumor progression. it also participates in multiple cell signaling pathways including wnt, notch, and tgf-β. remarkably, it is expressed in cancer stem cell (csc) compartments, boosting tumor cell migration, invasion, and angiogenesis. although cripto-1 is overe...

abstract introduction: standardized tests in speech therapy mostly focus onlanguage structure rather than the use of language in social context. so, there is a clear need for instruments to assess pragmatic aspects of language. children’s communicationchecklist (ccc) and its revised version, ccc-2, was developed to address this need, however, its psychometric features are unknown in iran. the c...

objective: high-intensity interval training (hit) is an efficient means of improving performance in a short period of time. the effects of hit program on performance, physiological and resting levels of growth hormone (gh) , igf-1,igfbp-3 and cortisol in elite athletes are not well known. methods: so, the present study was conducted to show the effect of four weeks hit on some functional and ho...

to determine sugar beet water requirement and the effect of changing the quantity of applied water on some production components, a study was carried out in ekbatan agricultural research station of hamedān, iran in four years (1994-1997) during which optimum water requirement, root and sugar yield, water use efficiency on the basis of root yield, sugar percentage and water use efficiency on the...

background and objectives: secreted aspartyl proteinase (sap) is one of the main virulence factors in the pathogenesis of candida. this enzyme is encoded by a family of at least ten genes. among these genes, the role of sap1-3 in mucosal infections is evident. this study aimed to investigate the expression of sap1-3 genes of candida albicans isolates after treatmentwith echinophora platyloba ex...

cu(ii) complex with l-histidine (his) ligand, immobilized within al-mcm-41, designated as cu(his)2/al-mcm-41 was prepared and characterized by powder x-ray diffraction (xrd), nitrogen adsorption desorption, ftir, uv-vis and chemical analysis techniques. the surface area and pore volume were found to decrease after immobilization of cu(ii) complex on al-mcm-41. it was found that cu(his)2/al-mcm-...

dormancy breaking of field maple (acer campestre l.) seed, by gibberllic acid (ga3) at 0, 250, 500 and 1000 ppm in 24 and 48 hours and stratification treatments in moist sand under warm (18-20 °c) and cold (2-4°c) conditions were investigated. effects of ga3 and stratification and their interaction on germination percent (gp) and germination speed (gs) were significant. the highest gp occurred ...

effect of different application rates of municipal solid waste compost (mswc) and biochars derived from rice straw (rsb) and sugarcane straw (ssb) on the nutrients concentration of rice plant leaves was studied. the mswc application rates were 0, 10, 20 and 30 g mswc per kg soil and the applied levels of the biochars treatments were 0, 3 and 6 g biochars per kg soil. the experiment was conducte...

for determination of irrigated sugar beet crop evaporation (etc) and water consumption a field experiment was conducted for three years (1991 to 1993)  in kabotar-abad agricultural experiment station. the climate was semi-arid according to gossen method with mean annual precipitation of 90 to 110 mm. the soil was esfahan series with a silty clay loam texture. the crop evapotranspiration was mea...

abstract   introduction: cervical cancer is one of the major causes of cancer and death among women aged 40 to 60 in developing countries. there is some difference, however, in the incidence of this cancer in iranian women compared to women living in western and south-east asian countries. we aimed at investigating the epidemiologic aspects and treatment results of cervical cancer among iranian...