Glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3 may modulate endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced apoptosis; however, the mechanism remains unclear. Our data showed that human monocytic leukemia/lymphoma U937 and acute myeloid leukemia HL-60, but not chronic myeloid leukemia K562, cells were susceptible to apoptosis induced by ER stressor tunicamycin, a protein glycosylation inhibitor. Tunicamycin caused...

The long history of racism in the United States, including racist medical practices, has strongly influenced Black people’s perceptions health care delivery for generations. Unethical practices have included performance painful procedures without anesthesia on enslaved women by J. Marion Sims 1840s, Tuskegee study that intentionally withheld effective treatment from men with syphilis 1930s thro...

how to cite this article: firoozeh sajedi f, ahmadi doulabi m, vameghi r, mazaheri ma, akbarzadeh baghban ar. relationship of mothers’ psychological status with development of kindergarten children. iran j child neurol. summer 2016; 10(3):61-72.   abstract objective given the importance of children’s development and the role of psychological status of mothers in this regard, this study investig...

In order to help readers stay up-to-date in the field, each issue of Progress Photovoltaics will contain a list recently published journal articles that are most relevant its aims and scope. This is drawn from an extremely wide range journals, including IEEE Journal Photovoltaics, Solar Energy Materials Cells, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Reviews, Applied Physics, Physics Letters. To assist re...

The pivotal role of listening comprehension in second/foreign language learning requires that researchers conduct studies which investigate factors that affect test takers’ performances. The present study was set out to examine whether item modality (i.e., written vs. oral items) affects listening comprehension test performance. In addition, it investigated whether allowing test takers to take ...