OBJECTIVES The Sst-I polymorphic site on the 3' untranslated region of the apo CIII gene, has been previously reported to be associated with hypertriglyceridemia. The aim of the present study was to explore the association between Sst-I polymorphism with plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels in hyperlipidemic (HLP) patients from Semnan province, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS Genomic DNA was prepa...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of trematode Aspidogastrea in the freshwater mussels in the Yangtze River basin within Anhui province, China. METHODS We initially harvested the freshwater mussels living in the Yangtze River running through Anhui area, and labeled them with corresponding number. Then the samples were dissected for isolating the flukes, which were identified by conventi...

Mohammad Hadi Almasi 1, Ali Sadollah 2, Seungmo Kang 1,* and Mohamed Rehan Karim 3 1 School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, 136-713 Seoul, Korea; [email protected] 2 Strategic Center for Energy and Sustainable Development, Semnan branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran; [email protected] 3 Center for transportation research (CTR), F...

The Basin and Range Province of the western United States is one of Earth’s most studied regions of continental rifting, and yet the timing and character of the onset of Cenozoic extension are still controversial. Some structural studies have concluded that extension in the Great Basin part of the Basin and Range Province is as old as 41–37 Ma (Rahl and others, 2002) or 32–30 Ma (e.g., Axen and...

Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini, Hamidreza Sadeghiyan1, Neda Adibi2, Mohammad Reza Shokrollahi3, Mohsen Pourazizi4 Department of Dermatology, Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 1Department of Dermatology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2Department of Dermatology, Psychosomatic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, ...

objectives: regarding the type of service receivers as well as the technicality of the services provided, these services often bear high complexity and difficulty which can eventually lead to job burnout and shortage of motivation in the staffin this study, the factors affecting job motivation from the viewpoints of staff and managers of semnan welfare organization have been identified and poss...

Undiscovered, conventional oil and gas resources were assessed in the Senegal Province as part of the U.S. Geological Survey World Petroleum Assessment 2000 (U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Assessment Team, 2000). Although several total petroleum systems may exist in the province, only one composite total petroleum system, the CretaceousTertiary Composite Total Petroleum System, was defined...

Article history: Received 5 January 2014 Received in revised format 8 March 2014 Accepted 11 March 2014 Available online 12 March 2014 Measuring the relative efficiency of banking industry has been a popular subject among both practitioners and academicians. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been widely applied for different purposes. This paper presents an empirical investigation to measure ...