This paper examines the effect of gender and type of stem on Iranian test takers’ performance on the grammar section of a nation-wide language proficiency test. In so doing, the scores of 2931 examinees (1107 female and 1824 male) who sat Tarbiat Modares English proficiency test were obtained. The examinees’ scores on three types of MC grammar items with different kinds of stems (i.e., blank fi...

BACKGROUND Currently, the most recent MELD score available for each waiting list patient is used to prioritize organs. AIM The aim of our study was to identify the predictive value for death on a waiting list (WL) for the variation of MELD scores at specific time intervals. METHODS During 2004-2006, 208 consecutive adult patients were listed for liver transplantation in our Center. To ident...

To determine the relationship between the genetic and environmental risk factors for externalizing psychopathology and mental wellbeing, we examined detailed measures of emotional, social and psychological wellbeing, and a history of alcohol-related problems and smoking behavior in the last year in 1,386 individual twins from same-sex pairs from the MIDUS national US sample assessed in 1995. Ch...

The genetic history of Europe has been the focus of many studies looking at the relative influence of geography, language, and prehistoric and historic population movements on genetic differences between populations. Two groups of researchers have had a major impact on the evolution of these studies—Luca Cavalli-Sforza and colleagues (e.g., Cavalli-Sforza et al. 1994; Menozzi et al. 1978) and R...

The relationship of first score and length of life in the herd was measured in Holstein females two or three years of age at first classification. The regression of herd life (number of times classified) on the first over-all type score (nearly all values were between 65 and 90 points) was 1.7 months. Correlation between first classification score and herd life was approximately 0.2, indicating...