in an attempt to assess objectively the integrity of the auditory pathways in 30 patients with definite multiple sclerosis (ms), an audiometric evaluation was performed and auditory brainstem responses (abrs) were obtained. stressing the auditory system by increasing the stimulation rate showed some enhancement in the identification of ms. 24 (ro%) patients had an abnormal abr along with clinic...

results the results of ifn-γ, il-4 production against antigens, epitopes, and recombinant catalase by t-cells were compared for better understanding of epitope efficiency. conclusions the current research demonstrated that epitope sequence stimulates cellular immune responses effectively. in addition, increased safety and potency as well as a reduction in time and cost were advantages of this m...

risk response planning is one of the main phases in the project risk management and has major impacts on the success of a large-scale project. since projects are unique, and risks are dynamic through the life of the projects, it is necessary to formulate responses of the important risks. the conventional approaches tend to be less effective in dealing with the impreciseness of risk response pl...

In multiple sclerosis (MS) beneficial effects have been assigned to the interferon (IFN)-I subclass IFN-ß, making its administration a first-line disease-modifying treatment in MS. IFN-I responses can be induced by cyclic-dinucleotide (CDN) triggered activation of Stimulator-of-interferon-genes (STING) and have essential immunomodulatory effects. A beneficial effect of STING activation on...

conclusions our study suggests that the personality traits of patients with ms and healthy individuals are not significantly different. patients with ms are likely to use the same coping strategies as healthy individuals, except in the subscale of distancing. results no significant differences in personality characteristics were observed between patients and healthy controls (all p > 0.05). onl...

In this paper, vibrations and bifurcation of a damped system consists of a mass grounded by linear and nonlinear springs and a nonlinear damper is studied. Nonlinear equation of motion is derived using Newton’s equations. Approximate analytical solutions are obtained using multiple time scales (MTS) method. For free vibration, the approximate analytical results are compared with the numerical i...

This quasi-experimental study aimed to compare the effect of different modes and item types of multiple-choice (MC) test items on advanced EFL learners’ listening comprehension and perception. To this end, 80 advanced EFL learners, aging 18 to 30, were selected. The participants took a listening test including dialogue-completion and question and answer multiple-choice items presented in writte...