religious scientists opinion about the numbers meaning in quran is different. some of them including shahab-o-ddin ebne edris reject that the numbers shall go out of their main original meaning and shall be applied in their virtual meaning and some others agree that some numbers like seven, seventy, and thousands are indicative of figurative meanings and say about them: the meaning of these num...

the present study explored the intensity level of authorial voice in relation to the quality of argumentative writing. 42 undergraduate learners of english as a foreign language (36 girls and 6 boys) spent 45 minutes to individually complete in-class position-taking writing tasks for three weeks. their overall academic writing quality scores assigned based on portfolio assessment were studied i...

background: according to quality transformation of services during the time, the quality requirements and standards also change and recognition of these requirements and transformation process can assist in recognizing the quality dimensions of services. the aim of this research was to explain the transformation process, requirements and quality dimensions of services in hospitals.   methods: t...

background and objectives: cyclooxygenese-2 (cox-2) expression in breast cancer and its correlation with tumor prognosis is unclear. we investigated the incidence of cox-2 expression in patients and assessed interactions between cox-2 and clinical features of cancer and expression of her2/neu, estrogen receptor (er), and progesterone receptor (pr). methods: cox-2 expression was investigated by...

objective: menopause is a natural part of women´s life. according to our country's age pyramid that is toward the aging and elderly, every year large number of women inter this period. during this period, due to the wide fluctuations of the hormones, it is caused unpleasant physical, psychological and sexual symptoms that affect women's quality of life negatively. because of the side effects of...

The major goal of the Chromosome-Centric Human Proteome Project (C-HPP) is to systematically map the entire human proteome with the intent to enhance our understanding of human biology at the cellular level. However, this goal may be hindered by the lack of quality observations of given proteins due to absence of expression in a given tissue, very low abundance, and expression only in rare samp...

objective(s): nitric oxide (no), a product of inducible nitric oxide synthase (inos), contributes in germ cell apoptosis. this study was aimed to evaluate the effects of aloe vera gel (avg) on male wistar rat reproductive organ, serum no level, and expression of inos gene in leydig cells. materials and methods:adult male wistar rats (n=36) were used for experiments in three groups. the experime...

background and purpose: quality of life is a ubiquitous concept, and improving quality of life plays a pivotal role in the promotion of individual and social health. this parameter requires exclusive attention in case of students since quality of life remarkably affects learning and academic achievement.this study aimed to evaluate quality of life among the students of islamic azad university o...