Background: There is a rapid spurt in non-communicable diseases because of some significant changes in nutrition patterns around the globe. Controlling the main risk factors, namely lack of physical activity and smoking, might decrease more than 50% of the deaths and disabilities caused by these factors. This study aimed to investigate the effective factors of healthy food behavior based on the...

A Critical Review of Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Judgment and a Guideline on its Developmental Stages   A.R. Assaareh, Ph.D. * A. Mahdizaadeh Tehraani** A.R. Amini Zarrin*** S. Azimi****   Developmental theories describe and explain stages in which different aspects of human psyche develop. Among such theories is Kohlberg’s theory of moral judgment wherein a complex ...

barley is a kind of cereal that contains high amounts of β-glucan. β-glucan is a major component of soluble fiber implicated in hypocholesterolemia, hypoglycemia, diabetes and heart attacks. investigations show that hull-less barley has more β-glucan than hulled barley. in this study the physical and chemical properties of hull-less barley (ehds 18), wheat (zarrin) varitiese, barley flour, and ...

pishgam was selected from the progeny of a cross between barakat iranian bread wheat cultivar and chinese 90-zhong 87 winter-habit ( bkt/90-zhong 87) in 1995. the f1 generation seeds were planted in karaj station in 1995-96 cropping season. selected-bulk method was applied to segregating generations from f2 to f5 generations for characters such as winter hardiness, plant height, straw strength,...

Aflatoxins are toxic and carcinogenic secondary metabolites produced by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus. Media with simple sugars are more favorable for aflatoxin biosynthesis, media containing 0.1 M, or higher, of a suitable carbohydrate source will support biosynthesis of aflatoxin. This research is aimed at identifying genes differentially expressed and regulated in response ...

introduction mesgar iron occurrence is located in northwestern part of the central iran, 115 km south of zanjan. although there is a sequence of volcanic-pyroclastic rocks accompanied by iron mineralization, no detailed works had been conducted in the area. the present paper provides an overview of the geological framework, the mineralization characteristics, and the results of geochemical stud...

1. introduction according to the main text of shahnameh, the sasanian yazdgerd iii after awareness of defeated his armies toward arabs and to be killed rostam farrukhzad, he consults with the elders of court and says to them “he wants to go of baghdad to marv and stay near ruler there mahoe suri that he is his bred. farrukhzad one of the leaders of that community to yazdgerd says: که این را ی...