BACKGROUND Prevalence of obesity in children has been increasing during recent decades all over the world. Obesity, particularly central obesity, is associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. The present study aimed to assess obesity and central obesity in 6-11 year old Birjand elementary school children, East of Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular risk factors begin in childhood and adolescence. This study aimed at assessing serum lipids and prevalence of Dyslipidemia in 11-18 year old students of Birjand. METHODS The present cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study was done on 2,643 middle and high school students of Birjand aged 11-18 years (1,396 girls and 1,247 boys). Blood samples were collected...

In previous work, we cloned TaGS5 gene and found the association of TaGS5-A1 alleles with agronomic traits. In this study, the promoter sequence of the TaGS5-A1 gene was isolated from bread wheat. Sequencing results revealed that a G insertion was found in position -1925 bp of the TaGS5-A1 gene (Reference to ATG), which occurred in the Sp1 domain of the promoter sequence. Combined with previous...

Grassland loss has been extensive worldwide, endangering the associated biodiversity and human well-being that are both dependent on these ecosystems. Ecologists have developed approaches to restore grassland communities and many have been successful, particularly where soils are rich, precipitation is abundant, and seeds of native plant species can be obtained. However, climate change adds a n...

Ephrins are ligands for the Eph receptor tyrosine kinases, which play important roles in patterning nervous and vascular systems. Ephrin-A1 is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored ligand that binds to the EphA receptor tyrosine kinases. In the present study, we have identified a new ephrin-A1 isoform, denoted ephrin-A1b (ephrin-A1 isoform b). Compared with the originally described ephrin-A1 ...

Corticosterone and stable isotopes in feathers predict egg size in Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica AMY-LEE KOUWENBERG,* J. MARK HIPFNER, DONALD W. MCKAY & ANNE E. STOREY Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology Graduate Programme, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, A1B 3X9, Canada Environment Canada, RR#1 5421 Robertson Road, Delta, British Columbia, V4K 3N2, Canada Fac...

based on spi and rdi indices, changes in droughts in the semi-arid areas of west golestan province was assessed in the gis environment by incorporating data from hashemabad synoptic station and 11 climatic stations. after evaluating the ability of lars-wg5 in the simulation period (1984-2010), downscaling of hadcm3, ipcm, and gfc models was done as a group under scenarios of a1b, a2 and b1 to e...