Cell adhesion to endothelial cells stimulated by tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF) is due to induction of surface receptors, such as vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1). The antiaxidant pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) specifically inhibits activation of nuclear factor-KB (NF-KB). Since *B motifs are present in VCAM-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) promoters, we used PDTC t...

Retention of faculty in academic medicine is an increasingly hot topic. Although retention has long been a challenge, the financial costs of replacement are becoming less sustainable due to the economic environment that medical schools and academic health centers find themselves in today. Women faculty provide a ripe target of opportunity to turnaround this retention trend since the AAMC and ot...

the old elamite documents are indeed rare, but from susa in the sukkalmah period there are some 550 legal documents in akkadian which provide an excellent opportunity to study elamite society and culture. the present paper edits and translates a unique and very interesting will made by gimil-adad, a man from susa in the 17th century bc. in order to provide the historical context for the proper ...

canola has industrial applications as well as edible usage. in regard to 15.8 kg oil per capita usage and vast oil importing, cultivation development of oil seeds is a major issue. this study was performed to determine the best sowing date and cultivars for canola as means of seed yield and oil percent improvement in dehloran region of elam province. 25 treatments were used in a split plot expe...

objective(s):from the ancient era, emergence of agriculture in the connecting region of mesopotamia and the iranian plateau at the foothills of the zagros mountains, made iranian gene pool as an important source of populating the region. it has differentiated the population spread and different language groups. in order to trace the maternal genetic affinity between iranians and other populatio...

aim: injury from needle is one of the main ways of transmitting blood diseases in the medical staff. prevention and reduction of such diseases' side effects have been emphasized by the health ministry. this study aimed to investigate factors influencing the behavior of the elam city medical staff when working with sharps instruments. methods: in a cross-sectional study, using a census method, a...