the motive behind this study was to evaluate the iranian state university efl entrance examination test (ueeet) based on bachman and palmer’s (1996) ‘usefulness six-faceted model ‘accommodating relia- bility, validity, impact, interactiveness, authenticity, and practicality. to do so, thirty professors and one-hundred efl freshmen were selected randomly from five universities. a questionnaire c...

We evaluated the association between the stress levels and biological responses of nursing students in a clinical practicum. The subjects consisted of 28 third-year nursing students at the nursing department of College A. The degree of stress was evaluated using the Japanese version of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). As parameters of biological responses, serum estrogen, salivary cort...

Background and Objectives: Through out the history, medicinal plants have had great importance. Date palm is a species of phoenix Dactylifera and a genus of palamse. The pollen of date palm contains five chemical compounds. Quercetin, Rutin, Beta-Amyrin,Beta-Sitosterol and Uronic –Acid. Four of these compounds have biological activities. The present study aim was to determin of the effects of d...

in the present report, diagnosis and treatment of a case with follicular ovarian cysts in a 5-year-old persian queen cat is described. in response to palpation of spines, the queen cat presented herself in lordosis and danced up and down with her rear legs. trans-abdominal ultrasonography examination showed 2 cysts  in the left ovary of the queen. serum estrogen assay indicated elevated level o...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to consider the effect of eight weeks aerobic training on pth, albumin, calcium, alkaline phosphatesand estrogen levels in postmenopausal women. methods & materials: 22 postmenopause women, 55-70 years, of jahandidegan center in tehran were selected and randomly divided into two groups: (experimental (12) and control (10)) .they had aerobic training pro...

The neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a critical role in neuronal survival, synaptic plasticity, and memory. Several recent studies have demonstrated altered BDNF serum levels in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. However, the association of BDNF serum levels with the rate of cognitive decline in AD patients is still unclear. We demonstrate that BDNF serum levels are s...