abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

Background: Because insulin therapy cannot properly control the progression of diabetes and its complications, other alternative therapies may be desirable. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of resistance training and endothelial stem cell injection on skeletal muscle oxidant and antioxidant status in STZ-induced diabetic male rats. Method: In this experimental study, 36 male...

Background & objectives: Women undergoing cesarean section may have some difficulty in self-care and also the care of their baby due to post-operative pain. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the effect of non-pharmacological self-care training methods on pain management in women undergoing cesarean section. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 72 women c...

Background: One of the major problems in the world are Cardiovascular diseases and it is the reason of 30% of the deaths. Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of progressive relaxation and emotional regulation on quality of life of elderly heart patients. Methods: This semi-experimental research was conducted with pre-posttest design with an experimental and con...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency and the type of discourse markers used in the argumentative and expository writings of iranian efl learners and the differences between these text features in the two essay genres. the study also aimed at examining the influence of the use of discourse markers on the participants’ writing quality. to this end the discourse markers us...

Purpose: This Study evaluated the resumption of meiosis, in vitro maturtion and department of immature mouse oocytes with b- mercaptothanol. Materials and methods: Immature oocytes were recovered from NMRI mouse strain (4-6 weeks) in different 4 experiments groups: the control group, the oocytes were matured in MEM-a+ medium containing + FCS 55%; group 1: the oocytes were matured in MEM- a med...

Background and purpose: In multiple sclerosis (MS) and its murine model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), chronic inflammation damages the myelin of central nervous system. Recently, interleukin-27 (IL-27) has been recognized as a feasible choice for treatment of autoimmune diseases such as MS due to its anti-inflammatory properties. However, the underlying mechanisms have not y...