The objective of the study was to compare the whole-body and abdominal fat loss resulting from high-intensity interval training (HIIT) with that from moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) with equivalent oxygen cost in overweight women. Forty-three overweight women with matched anthropometric characteristics were randomly assigned to participate in: (1) HIIT [4 x 4-minute running at 85–...

Organically bound sulfur makes up about 90% of the total sulfur in soils, with sulfonates often the dominant fraction. Actinobacteria affiliated to the genus Rhodococcus were able to desulfonate arylsulfonates in wheat rhizospheres from the Broadbalk long-term field wheat experiment, which includes plots treated with inorganic fertilizer with and without sulfate, with farmyard manure, and unfer...

Nowadays communication in foreign language learning gain prominence. Moreover, it is revealed that the grammatical structures and vocabularies are not sufficient to obtain proficiency language. Foreign a complex process involving only linguistic content but also cultural norms of target The inseparable relationship between culture divulges mastering impossible without Consequently, course books...

the comparison of arabic literature and persian literature is the comparison between two similar literatures though the impact of persian literature on arabic literature is more profound. hossein mojib almesri, the poet under discussion in this paper has been influenced by persian literature specifically in two areas: symbolism and poetic forms. this paper is an attempt to discuss cultural inte...

BACKGROUND Advances in perinatal and neonatal care have substantially improved the survival of at-risk infants over the past two decades. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Bayley Scales of infant and toddler developmental Screening test in Persian-speaking children. METHODS This was a cross-sectional prospective study of 403 children aged...

The present qualitative research, for the first time, aimed at comparing and contrasting the extent cultural components and subcomponents are represented in the elementary levels of A Course in General Persian and Top Notch Series as foreign language teaching textbooks. The adapted checklist of Lee's Big ‘C' and little ‘c' cultural components (2009) was used for the current study.  After conten...