abstract this study scrutinized the interaction between linguistic and strategic variables in reading comprehension test performance of iranian efl learners. to this end, the interaction among the participants’ reading comprehension test performance, use of test-taking strategies, and level of language proficiency was analyzed. the participants comprised 286 students who answered a reading comp...

PURPOSE Oligodendroglial neoplasms with chromosome 1p deletion are chemosensitive, and stratified adjuvant therapies have been proposed on the basis of 1p status. In this study, we evaluated expression of hypoxia-related factors and its influence on survival in oligodendroglial brain tumors with chromosome 1p aberrations. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Forty-four primary and 16 recurrent oligodendroglia...

objective: to evaluate the predictive value of some biochemical markers in the outcome of extremity vascular trauma. methods: this study comprised 30 patients with traumatic arterial injury and acute limb ischemia referred to namazi hospital affiliated with shiraz university of medical ssciences, over a period of 8 months, from sep 2009 to jul 2010. venous blood samples were drawn from distal i...

BACKGROUND Vascular calcified plaque, a measure of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD), is unlikely to be limited to a single vascular bed in patients with multiple risk factors. Consideration of vascular calcified plaque as a global phenomenon may allow for a more accurate assessment of the CVD burden. The aim of this study was to examine the utility of a combined vascular calcified plaqu...

Melanocytic nevi represent a benign neoplastic proliferation of melanocytes. The level of vascular endothelial growth factor expression in these proliferations is low in most cases; whereas an increased expression of this factor may be an indicator of pre-neoplastic changes in melanocyte lesions. We performed a semi-quantitative assessment of the level of vascular endothelial growth factor expr...

Hypertensive pulmonary vascular disease is characterized by abnormal proliferation of vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells, leading to occlusion of pulmonary arterioles, pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular failure, and death. Compounds with antiproliferative effects on vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells, such as 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase i...

BACKGROUND Management of patients with acute non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) depends on risk evaluation. The recommended approach involves the use of risk stratification tools such as TIMI and GRACE risk scores. However, these clinical scores do not include variables derived from coronary angiography which is currently performed in most patients. AIM To evaluate the pr...

Colorectal neoplasia has an increasing incidence among the population, and this fact compels in achieving an early diagnosis and treatment protocols. The extramural vascular invasion (EMVI) score is a method used for staging cancer. It defines the presence of malignant cells in the blood vessels, outside its own vascular tunic. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the extramural vascular inv...

BACKGROUND Severe stroke patients have poor clinical outcome which may be associated with development of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Therefore, the aim of our study was to investigate independent risk factors for development of MODS in severe stroke patients. METHODS Ninety seven severe stroke patients were prospective recruited from Jan 2011 to Jun 2015. The development of MO...

BACKGROUND Vascular risk is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV infected patients. AIM To study the value of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) in vascular risk stratification in a cohort of people with HIV infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS Vascular risk was calculated in all the patients that agreed to participate in the study and clinical reports were reviewed retrospectively. ...