ambiguity and obscurity are frequently used to indicate a similar meaning yet there are real differences between them. the ambiguity is an affirmative concept in arabic poetry, and the critics consider it as an artistic standard in best literary samples. whereas, obscurity is a negative concept which results to the lack of text's values of skillfulness. this article deals with an explanation of...

purpose the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of an eight-week progressive resistance training and vibration program on strength and ambulatory function in multiple sclerosis (ms) patients. methods twenty-four female ms patients with the following demographics: age 27-45 years, and expanded disability status scale (edss) 2-4, participated in this study. the subjects were randomly...

objectives: reading is a language skill based on visual modality which recently is addressed as a facilitator of expressive language in children with down syndrome. the aim was designing a whole word reading protocol and examining its effects on the language skills of children with down syndrome. methods: a whole word reading protocol was developed and was examined through a single-subject stud...

us damages to the ovary storage and the matrix muscle state. some of these patients may admit to infertility clinics for having pregnancy and on the other hand hormonal administration for superovulation induction is a routine procedure in assisted reproduction technology (art) clinics.objective: this study aimed to investigate fertility and fetuses of hormone treated super ovulated female mice ...

objective(s): studies have reported that whole body vibration (wbv) played a vital role in bone remodeling. circulating serotonin is also involved in negative regulating bone mass in rodents and humans. however, both wbv and inhibition of serotonin biosynthesis may suppress receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappab ligand (rankl)-induced osteoclastogenesis in vitro . the purpose of the curren...

despite the establishment of extensive and successful control programmes in some countries or regions, echinococcus granulosus still has a very wide geographical distribution. mature e. granulosus (n = 120) obtained from parasitology department, school of veterinary medicine, ferdowsi university of mashhad (iran). soluble protein of whole body of parasite was prepared by freeze-thawing in liqui...

original article   noise and vibration are the common problems in industrialized countries which can affect individual's job performance. the present study aimed to investigate the combination of the whole body vibration and the noise and their effects on the students' mental performance in the laboratory setting. twenty male students of tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran were ...

this paper argues that commercial forces have steadily encroached into our understanding of medicine and health in modern industrial societies. the impact on the delivery of personal medical services and on common ideas about food and nutrition is profound and largely deleterious to public health. a key component of commercialization is reductionism of medical services, health products and nutr...