Transgender (trans) communities worldwide, particularly those on the trans feminine spectrum, are disproportionately burdened by HIV infection and at risk for HIV acquisition/transmission. Trans individuals represent an underserved, highly stigmatized, and under-resourced population not only in HIV prevention efforts but also in delivery of general primary medical and clinical care that is gend...

abstractacquiring vocabulary, as a significant and challenging part of language learning process, has always been consistent with reading. in this study, the researchers examined the effect of enhanced extensive reading on efl learners’ incidental acquisition of english vocabulary, with specific focus on phrasal verbs. twenty five homogenized participants were selected and divided into two grou...

introduction: previous studies have shown that vitamin a and its derivatives such as retinoid and all-trans retinoic acid have a crucial role in memory, learning and synaptic plasticity. the receptors of vitamin a are seen in different parts of the brain such as hippocampus, where vitamin a has an important role in learning. in this study, the effect of intrahippocampal (ca1) injection of all –...

In recent decades, the oil industry has changed its direction toward vegetable oil use instead of animal fats due to various reasons such as a small numbers of animal fat resources and high saturated fatty acids content in animal fats. Therefore, different modification processes have been used to alter the physicochemical properties of vegetable oils, which lack functionality and oxidative stab...

PURPOSE To determine whether maintenance therapy with carboplatin and etoposide improves progression-free and overall survival in patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer, compared to the standard four to six cycles of cisplatin and etoposide. METHODS Forty-two patient records (25 males and 17 females) were retrospectively reviewed in a single community practice. All patients were...

A preoccupation with heteronormative metrics of success in aging leaves many studies “LGBT aging” focused on the needs, failings, and vul­nerabilities older LGBTQ2IA+ people (i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, two-spirit, intersex, asexual, other nonnormative sexual gender expressions). As a result, olders are fre­quently depicted as isolated, re-closeted, or simply nonexistent. Heeding...

H. Imaoka*, G.M. Gauvreau*, R.M. Watson*, S.G. Smith*, B. Dua*, A.J. Baatjes*, K. Howie*, T. Hoshino, K.J. Killian*, H. Aizawa{ and P.M. O’Byrne* *Dept of Medicine, Michael G. DeGroot School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, and Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Dept of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, J...

INTRODUCTION The Food and Drug Administration mandated that food products list the amount of trans fat per serving on nutrition facts labels by January 1, 2006. There have been no coordinated efforts to raise awareness about trans fat since the policy went into effect, but news coverage may promote informed decisions about food purchases. This paper assesses whether news coverage influenced sal...

mRNA maturation in Trypanosoma brucei depends upon trans splicing, and variations in trans-splicing efficiency could be an important step in controlling the levels of individual mRNAs. RNA splicing requires specific sequence elements, including conserved 5' splice sites, branch points, pyrimidine-rich regions [poly(Y) tracts], 3' splice sites (3'SS), and sometimes enhancer elements. To analyze ...

background & aim: increasing of drug resistances and more attention to the hazards of side effects of synthetic drugs has caused extensive researches on medicinal plant resources. the aim of this study was to determination of the chemical composition of native silybum marianum and foeniculum vulgare extractions in ardabil, iran; and investigation of their anticancer effect on liver cancer cell ...