Objective(s): This study aims to investigate joint association between cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) polymorphisms and body mass index (BMI) or birth weight with the risk of dyslipidemia in Iranian children and adolescents. Materials and Methods:This study was conducted as a sub-study of the “school-based nationwide health survey” (CASPIAN-III). We randomly selected 750 samples from...

safflower as an original crop in iran has high adaptability to different environmental conditions. iran is one of the original areas of safflower as a drought and salinity tolerant crop. therefor, safflower can be a suitable alternative crop for cultivation in marginal areas. the aims of research were studying the late season drought effects on seed and oil yields and its components of fall saf...

Treating and utilizing vegetable residues may reduce waste improve rhizosphere soil. This study explored the effects of tomato plant residue compost growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on physicochemical properties microbial community ginger field Four treatment procedures were adopted: no or PGPR (CK), (TC), + Bacillus subtilis (TC-BS), +Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SQR9 (TC-BA). The results s...

Abstract To investigate the effects of water withholding on 17 tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) landraces collected from different climatic zones Iran and two commercial hybrids, polyphasic OJIP fluorescence transient, relative content (RWC), electrolyte leakage (EL) vegetative growth parameters were analyzed. Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT) for all studied drought factor index (DFI) based...

This study was conducted in order to investigate the effect of drought stress and Azomite fertilizer on some physiological traits of two tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum M.) cultivars (izmir and Izabella). A randomized complete design with factorial arrangement with three replications was used. Treatments consisted of three levels of irrigation including FC (control), FC (mild drought stress), a...

This study evaluated the role of gibberellic acid [GA 3 ; (0, 100, 200, and 300 ppm)] in modulation growth, physiology, yield, quality traits two varieties (BARI Mung-6 BARI Mung-8) mungbean ( Vigna radiata L.). Irrespective Mung-8), ppm GA differentially modulated tested parameters (relative water content, RWC; photosynthetic pigments: chlorophyll a, b, carotenoids; growth parameters: fresh dr...

Two firing modes of thalamocortical (TC) neurons, tonic and burst firings, are thought to reflect the divergent states of sensory signal transmission from the thalamus to the cortex. However, the behavioral consequences of changes in the thalamic firing between the two modes have not been well demonstrated. Moreover, although the firing modes of TC neurons are known to be affected by corticotha...

We tested the hypothesis that testosterone and estrogen modulate apoA-I gene expression and metabolism by different mechanisms that may be influenced by genetic factors. Male and female C3H/HeJ (atherosclerosis-resistant) and C57BL/6J (atherosclerosis-susceptible) mice (n = 5/group) were castrated (Placebo). Castrates were given 17 beta-estradiol (E2) at 0.16 microgram/g (E2L) or 5 micrograms/g...