background :cytotoxic t lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (ctla-4) is an important negative regulator of t-cell responses. the -1722tc polymorphism of the ctla-4 gene may be associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) risk, but related results from previous studies have been inconsistent. we carried out a meta-analysis to assess this association more precisely.   methods : a systematic sea...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa previous studies have inspected the associations between adiponectin (adipoq) 276g/t polymorphisms and atherosclerosis, but the results are inconclusive. the aim of this study was to explore the relationship between polymorphism +276 g > t (rs1501299) in adipoq and atherosclerosis. a widespread search was directed to identify all studies on the asso...

Meta-discourse markers are an inevitable part of oral proficiency which improve both the quality and comprehension of learners’ speech. While studies of oral meta-discourse have been conducted since the 1980s in a European or US context, they have remained relatively untouched in Iran. Therefore, this study aimed to seek the impact of both explicit and implicit teaching of formal meta-discourse...

This paper uses the concept of Meta-frontier to investigate the relationship between Meta Technology Ratios (MTR) and different varieties in datepalms including; Mazafati, Rabi and Zardan that are produced widely in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. We used a stratified sampling of 300 date farmers of this province in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and estimated a stochastic production frontier usi...

Aware aggregation is an important subtask of Imposition detection. The goal is to identify and to cluster different Awares produced by low-level Imposition detection systems, firewalls, etc. Belonging to a specific attack instance which has been initiated by an attacker at a certain point in time. Thus, meta-Awares can be generated for the clusters that contain all the relevant information wher...

to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on controlled treatment trials of meta-cognitive therapy (mct) for anxiety disorders, studies were included if they employed controlled methodology and treated people above 18 years with anxiety disorders. case studies (with less than 4 cases) and single case designed studies were excluded. a comprehensive literature search identified 15 trials f...