Neurotoxicity of beta-amyloid peptide (A beta) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is usually thought to arise from the nonspecific effects of high concentrations of A beta on vulnerable neurons, resulting in membrane destabilization and increasing intracellular calcium concentration. This review advances the hypothesis that at early stages of AD, when A beta is present in lower amounts, its ability to...

eulogizing mohammad (pbuh), with the long history as we know it, has always been in the center of attention for poets since his birth. as we know, one of the most notable poems, categorized as religious poems, is that of bordeh bosiri which was written in 7th century and revitalized the eulogy of the prophet. since then, following bosiri’s style, many have portrayed their genuine affections on ...

biodiversity refers to all forms of living animals, plants and microorganisms and agro-biodiversity is a component of biodiversity that represents diversity in arable lands. the aim of this study was to determine the biodiversity status of agro-ecosystems of shahr-e-rey city located in south of tehran, through calculating species richness index using rarefaction method. to the collect required ...

A disproportionate emphasis on the work of Western European and North American scholars has been a feature investigations into development academic study religion. This article seeks to examine how non-European intellectual, Syrian Muḥammad Kurd ʿAlī (1876–1953), produced transmitted knowledge about religions in his encyclopedic historical topography ‘Greater Syria’—the Khiṭaṭ al-Shām (1925–192...

BACKGROUND Specific alleles present at the HLA-DR/DQ loci seem to be associated with disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis. AIM In the present study, our aim was to investigate the distribution of HLA-DR/DQ alleles among Kurd patients with rheumatoid arthritis and to ascertain their relationship with disease activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty five patients with rheumatoid arthritis (R...

As the performance of a processing system is to be significantly enhanced, on-chip manycore architecture plays an indispensable role. Since there are fast growing numbers of transistors on the chips, two-dimensional topologies face challenges of significant increases in interconnection delay and power consumption (Hennessy & Patterson, 2007; Kurd et al., 2001). Explorations of a suitable three-...