Background. Coherence is considered one of the most important qualities written discourse. Despite its fundamental importance, it still a fuzzy and abstract concept in English Second Language (ESL) contexts. Consequently, many ESL learners struggle to produce coherent text. Morphological, phonological, orthographic awareness, vocabulary knowledge, grammatical competence have been identified as ...

Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo Egypt, Departments of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Neurology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo Egypt, Division Mental Health and Wellbeing, Medical School , University of Warwick, Coventry UK, Mental Health Division, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sandwell UK and Department o...

1579. Reduction of Antimicrobial Resistance among GramNegative Pathogens after Antimicrobial Stewardship in Three Tertiary Egyptian Hospitals Amani El Kholy, MD; Samia A. Girgis, MD.; Mervat A.F. Shetta, MD.; Arwa Ramadan, MD. and Dalia H. AbdElhHamid, MD.; Clinical Pathology, Cairo University Medical School, Cairo, Egypt, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Clinical Pathol...

BACKGROUND Hedgehogs are small, nocturnal mammals which become popular in the world and have important role in transmission of zoonotic agents. Thus, the present study aimed to survey ectoparasite infestation from April 2010 to December 2011 in urban and suburban parts of Urmia and Tabriz Cities, Northwest of Iran. METHODS A total number of 84 hedgehogs (40 females and 44 males) were examined...

CD36 in Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease: Correlation with Angiogenesis and Inflammation Enas A. El-Hussieny1, Amira M. Gamal Eldeen2,3*, Roba M. Talaat4, Ahmed F. Tamara5, Mohamed S. Salama6 and Nadia M. El-Beih1 1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt 2Department of Cancer Biology Laboratory, Center of Excellence for Advanced Sciences, National Re...

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between HEXACO personality traits and Iranian EFL learners’ speaking ability. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, among all the language institutes (fifteen institutes) in Amol, Mazandaran Province, 8 were selected randomly (four institutes for female and four institutes for male language learners). Then, two classes were selected rando...

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between HEXACO personality traits and Iranian EFL learners’ speaking ability. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, among all the language institutes (fifteen institutes) in Amol, Mazandaran Province, 8 were selected randomly (four institutes for female and four institutes for male language learners). Then, two classes were selected rando...

BACKGROUND An emerging concept is that a neuronal isoform of nitric oxide synthase (NOS1) may regulate myocardial contractility. However, a role for NOS1-derived nitric oxide (NO) in heart failure (HF) has not been defined. METHODS AND RESULTS Using a model of myocardial infarction-induced HF, we demonstrated that cardiac NOS1 expression and activity increased in HF rats (P<0.05 and P<0.001 v...

Background: This study aimed to investigate different methods used to provide necessary supplementations for pregnant women and obtain reliable data about the general status of health promotion during pregnancy. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 401 pregnant women referring to different women’s hospitals of Tabriz, including Alzahra, Taleghani, 29-Bahman, Zakariy...