MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs which play essential roles in many important biological processes. Therefore, their dysfunction is associated with a variety of human diseases, including cancer. Increasing evidence shows that miRNAs can act as oncogenes or tumor suppressors, and although there is great interest in research into these cancer-associated miRNAs, little is known about th...

background: the reproductive and sexual health issues concerning persons affected by thalassemia major are complex. the study was planned to investigate the psychological attitudes and expectations in a group of thalassemic pregnant women attending hospital for regular blood transfusion. methods : this is a preliminary cross-sectional study involving 20 consecutive thalassemic patients and a co...

Individuals higher in eating restraint report feeling ambivalent (i.e., both positive and negative) about food, regardless of whether it is perceived to be unhealthy or healthy (Norris, Do, Close & Deswert, 2019). Given that ambivalence thought a highly unpleasant, unstable, arousing state, we sought the current study examine individuals show enhanced physiological arousal toward food (...

Textural properties, water-holding capacity, and color characteristics of alkali-extracted chicken dark meat have been studied. Alkali extraction was carried out at 4 different pH values (10.5, 11.0, 11.5, and 12.0). At higher pH of extraction, cooking loss and water loss were found to be significantly decreased (P < 0.05). The lightness (L* value) of the recovered samples treated at higher pH ...