background: drinking a high amount of tea, cooking methods, dietary habits and different spices used during the cooking process could be associated with different chronic diseases such as overweight and hypertension. this study was conducted with regards to the prevention importance of these disorders from an early age. methods: a representative sample of 110 young females aged between 18 and 2...

background quality of life (qol) stands for to the general well-being of the populations in the societies. quality of life should not be confused with the concept of standard of living, which is based primarily on income. instead, standard indicators of the qol include not only wealth and employment, but also built environment, physical and mental health, education, recreation and leisure time ...

once severely rejected, first language (l1) use is no more considered to be inherently detrimental in foreign language pedagogy. recent research within sociocultural framework has come up with numerous facilitative roles for l1 use (anton and dicamilla, 1999; swain and lapkin, 2000; storch and wigglesworth, 2003). also, studies from humanistic perspectives that deal with the teachers’ and learn...

the process of poetry in kuwait has always been progressive during the past centuries as well as the present century. this progression has raised remarkable questions such as is the good economical situation because of the foundation of petrol in this country and so on. the last question is about the time of formation of rticulate poetry in kuwait. the poets of kuwait do not care about the publ...

anxiety may negatively affect the course of coronary artery disease (cad). the aim of this study was to assess which factors are associated with anxiety in young adults with cad. a cohort of individuals with premature coronary artery disease was formed between 2004-2011, as the tehran heart center's premature coronary atherosclerosis cohort (thc-pac) study. patients (men≤45-year-old, and women≤...

ABSTRACT        Background and Objective: Doxorubicin (DOX) is an effective anticancer drug. It has been shown that  a short-term exercise performed prior to DOX-treatment has no effect on cardiotoxicity in young rats. In the present study, old and young rats were evaluated to determine the protective effects of pre-treatment with short-term exercise on D...

Obesity in children and young people is a significant public health issue. It can be associated with adverse health, economic and social implications. It is argued that preventing obesity needs adaptation to a healthy lifestyle, which includes behavioral modification, reduction in sedentary behavior, changes in nutrition, managing stress and increased...

Background and aim: There are an increasing number of studies showing an association of adult attachment styles to psychopathology. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relation between attachment style and depression among students of Bu-Ali Sina University in Iran. Methods: This descriptive correlational study was conducted on 157 girl students who were randomly ...

This study examined the barriers and facilitators of HIV counseling, testing, and referral service (HIV CTR) acceptance among 278 youth aged 12-24 years old. Participants completed a questionnaire before health education sessions with trained counselors. Information was collected on individual characteristics, HIV testing acceptance, risk behaviors, reasons for having never been tested, and wha...