during last century and in a period of time called modern history of middle east, we have seen different changes in life of urban communities as whole, and urban and rural of the mentioned region in particular. the range and power of such changes has been in such a level that we can claim: it has changed the “life world” of people noticeably. among all parts of the region our field study (iran’...

Not only explicit but also implicit memory has considerable influence on our daily life. However, it is still unclear whether explicit and implicit memories are sensitive to individual differences. Here, we investigated how individual perception style (global or local) correlates with implicit and explicit memory. As a result, we found that not explicit but implicit memory was affected by the p...

INTRODUCTION: Life style disorders are one of the raising issues in present era. This is because what we do or what we think is what we are. Lifestyle disorders are set of diseases which are because of modified life style of present generation. That is why these are also known as Diseases of civilization. Obesity, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, asthma, some kinds of cancer, chronic liver di...

Androgenic anabolic steroid, physical exercise and stress induce cardiovascular adaptations including increased endothelial function. The present study investigated the effects of these conditions alone and in combination on the vascular responses of male Wistar rats. Exercise was started at 8 weeks of life (60-min swimming sessions 5 days per week for 8 weeks, while carrying a 5% body-weight l...

background: the role of individual healthy behaviors, like physical activity, nutrition and stress management, on reduction of the rate of disease mortality and morbidity is well known. the aim of this study is to determine the healthy life styles of teachers in district 4 of esfahan, iran, in 2010. methods: the participants of this cross-sectional study were 96 teachers in  district 4, selecte...

The domestication of dogs caused a dramatic change in their way of life compared with that of their ancestor, the gray wolf. We hypothesize that this new life style changed the selective forces that acted upon the species, which in turn had an effect on the dog's genome. We sequenced the complete mitochondrial DNA genome in 14 dogs, six wolves, and three coyotes. Here we show that dogs have acc...

The Malaysian government strongly promotes research and development in modern biotechnology since it has the potential to bring economic benefits nation. Modern been associated with several ethical issues related environment. This leads need for having appropriate laws guidelines governance purposes. There is a legal vacuum existing Biosafety Act 2007. focuses on scientific risk assessment conc...

This paper presents StandFit a mobile application aimed at encouraging people to lead non-sedentary lifestyles at the workplace, through simple exercises that can be executed during breaks. Results from a 3-week field evaluation demonstrated that adoption was encouraged by the users’ perception of the app as having positive impact on their health. Issues related to the intrusiveness of the noti...