Epidemiologic data suggest a strong association between low birth weight and increased risk of metabolic syndrome in adult life. However, the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. To test the hypothesis that mitochondrial changes may serve as a link between poor nutrition in early life and insulin resistance in later life, we investigated the effect of protein malnutrition during gestation...

the purpose of the present research was to study the effect of cooperative methodology on the social skill development of the primary students. the methodology was quasi-experimental, with pre-test, post-test, and control group. the population of the research was all 486 ‘laleh’ primary school male students in the year of 2009-2010, among whom, 61 four-grade participants were finally chosen. th...

This study examined the impact of Augmented reality (AR) use on Jordanian 6th grade students' attitudes towards science and their learning outcomes. A quantitative quasi-experimental is preceded with Pre-test Post-test control group design model, where 24 students who identified to have special needs participated in this were randomly divided into two groups. Two groups, 12 taught conventionall...

This study aimed to probe whether using the backward summary technique led reading comprehension enhancement among non-English major university students at Islamic Azad University of Babol, located in Babol city, North Iran. 120 B.S. level nursing and microbiology were randomly selected from a population majors enrolled for General English course, divided into four groups 30, assigned two exper...

background: in some areas of ramsar, a city in northern iran, residents receive a much higher annual radiation exposure than is permitted for radiation workers. induction of adaptive response in residents of ramsar has been reported previously. in this study induction of such a response in short term exposure to high background levels of gamma radiation is investigated. materials and methods: f...