objective: the purpose of the present study was to compare response inhibition and cognitive appraisal in clients with acute stress disorder, clients with posttraumatic stress disorder, and normal individuals . method:  this  was a comparative study. the sample consisted of 40 clients with acute stress disorder, 40 patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, and 40 normal individuals from maza...

background: recently, it has been revealed that tyrosine kinase inhibitors (tkis) act through inducing both oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum (er) stress in chronic myeloid leukemia cells. however, er stress signaling triggers both apoptotic and survival processes within cells. nevertheless, mechanisms by which tkis avoid the pro-survival effects are not clear. the aim of this study was to ev...

this study was aimed at investigating the effectiveness of training of pivotal response treatment (prt) to mothers with 6 to 12 year old autistic children on reducing the autism symptoms. also, the impact of prt on reduction of parenting stress was addressed in this study. in a clinical trial work, 14 mothers of autistic children in a rehabilitation clinic for autistic children in tehran city, ...

Cyanobacteria are an important source of natural products. In this article, we briefly review the responses of cyanobacteria to different stresses. Abiotic stresses (temperature, salt, heavy metals, metalloid and ultraviolet (UV) influence cell growth and metabolism in cyanobacteria. Salt stress is a major abiotic factor that decrease...

trifolium spp. are native plants in iran exhibiting good ground cover po-tential. salinity is a major environmental stress and today, 20% of the world cultivated areas and nearly half of all irrigated lands are affected by salinity. the main aim of this research was to study morphological and physiological adaptations of these native species under different salinity levels for urban landscape u...

sericulture has played a very important role in the socio-economic empowerment of rural and semi-urban population. the eco-friendly nature of the industry, in addition to its employment generation potential, low investments and frequent returns, has rendered the industry as one of the most suitable land based economic activity, particularly in the context of global movement against environmenta...

this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of silver sulfate (agso4) as a toxicant in goldfish (carassiusauratus). one hundred and forty-seven live specimens of c. auratus were obtained and exposed to 1, 10, 100, 500, 1000 and 2000 ppm of agso4for 96 hours. there was one control group (no agso4) and three replicates. the physicochemical properties of water and the following parameters were const...

this experiment was conducted to determine the effect of vitamin c (vc) and coenzyme q10 (coq10) onimmunity response of broilers in cold stress condition using 500 male chicks in a completely randomizeddesign with 5 treatments and five replicates. treatments were: positive control (pc, normal conditionsgrowth without antioxidants), negative control (nc, cold stress without antioxidants), cold s...