Chemical contamination of aquatic environments to EDCs has become a major focus of environmental toxicology research. The exposure of fishes to estrogenic EDCs in aquatic environments is most frequently assessed by analyzing Vitellogenin (Vg) (the egg yolk precursor protein) expression. Therefore, characterization of Vg gene is of high priority for EDCs bio-monitoring. So, we prepared liver tis...

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the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of domestic marketing on the organizational innovation through mediation of the staff self-efficacy. the statistical population of this study includes 150 members of emersam company where the sample members were selected randomly. in order to collect the research data, three questionnaires have been used. these include the questionnaire of...

years. Books and journals have had almost no rivals as vehicles of scientific progress and practical instruction. From Darwin’s On the Origin of Species to Sir William Osler’s The Principles and Practice of Medicine and the peer-reviewed periodical, this mode of knowledge dissemination has served us remarkably well. But the tradition of publication requires continuing support, and the next gene...

BACKGROUND Considering both diet and energy expenditures possess some influence on weight status, research into dietary determinants of obesity is challenging but essential to rational planning of well-organized interventions to avoid obesity. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine whether dietary factors were predictive of overweight and obesity in adolescents in the Iranian population. ...