Background & Objectives: Ghrelin and peptide YY are orexigenic and anorexigenic peptides, respectively. They affect feeding behaviours and play a pivotal role in energy balance and glucose homeostasis. Resistance training is a key component of physical activity guidelines for weight control however, there is limited information on the effects of different intensities of circuit training on...

this study investigated the effects of three kinds of gloss conditions, that is traditional non-call marginal gloss, audio gloss, and extended audio gloss, on reading comprehension and vocabulary gain of iranian upper- intermediate efl learners. to this end, three experimental and one control groups, each comprising 15 participants, took part in the current study. in order to ensure that the pa...

abstract the purpose of this study is twofold: on the one hand, it is intended to see what kind of noticing-the –gap activity (teacher generated vs. learner generated) is more efficient in teaching l2 grammar in classroom language learning. on the other hand, it is an attempt to determine which approach of the noticing-the-gap- activity is more effective in the long- term retention of grammar...

the significance of the study of deixis was then mentioned. the purpose of the present study from the outset was to provide a comprehensive overview of all kinds of deixis in persian, describing and defining each in true while considering them structurally and semantically. chapter two consisted of two main parts. a review of the english studies in this respect, besides presenting persian liter...

Introductoin: Increased level of serum IL-6 is related to development of type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. The American Diabetes Association and the American College of Sports Medicine recommend that combination of resistance and aerobic exercise is favorable for patients with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of aerobic exercise and concu...

Background: The purpose of this study was to compare three intensities of acute aerobic exercise on plasma visfatin concentration in type 2 diabetic males. Methods: Ten men with type 2 diabetes (mean ± SD age 52.6 ± 3.6 years, height 171.3 ± 6.7 cm, Weight 87.58 ± 4.7 kg) participated in the study. In the first session, anthropometric measurements, body composition, and peak oxygen uptake (VO2p...

in recent years many researchers have been focused on interaction of small molecules with dna. dna is generally the primary intracellular of anticancer drugs, so the interaction between small molecules and dna can cause dna damage in cancer cells, blocking the division of cancer cells and resulting in cell death. the flavonoids are a large group of polyphenolic natural products that are widely ...

learning a second or foreign language requires the manipulation of four main skills, namely, listening, reading, speaking, and writing which lead to effective communication. it is obvious that vocabulary is an indispensible part of any communication, so without a vocabulary, no meaningful communication can take place and meaningful communication relies heavily on vocabulary. one fundamental fac...

the history of plant’s used for mankind is as old as the start of humankind. initially, people used plants for their nutritional proposes but after the discovery of medicinal properties, this natural ?ora became a useful source of disease cure and health improvement across various human communities. berberis vulgaris is one of the medicinal plants used in iranian traditional medicine. berberis ...

the study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...