objective: stress and cortisol increase blood glucose. considering the role of central catecholaminergic pathways on hypothalamic-pituitary adrenocortical axis, and results of some studies that alprazolam (a benzodiazepine) has inhibitory effect on catecholamines, it seems that alprazolam may reduce blood glucose. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of alprazolam on serum insulin l...

‎In this paper we prove that a finite group $G$ having at most three‎ ‎conjugacy classes of non-normal non-abelian proper subgroups is‎ ‎always solvable except for $Gcong{rm{A_5}}$‎, ‎which extends Theorem 3.3‎ ‎in [Some sufficient conditions on the number of‎ ‎non-abelian subgroups of a finite group to be solvable‎, ‎Acta Math‎. ‎Sinica (English Series) 27 (2011) 891--896.]‎. ‎Moreover‎, ‎we s...

this study intends to identify a model of local leadership for government and non-government newspapers and also, to compare the model of leadership in the government and non-government newspapers. for this purpose, first all leadership models have studied and combined with islamic leadership model and then 134 indexes were selected as optimal indexes of local leadership. these indexes were sen...

the literature has already been a basic component in teaching foreign / second languages curriculum in comparing with other materials, therefore, this forces instructors to use literature for two purposes: first, teaching literature for literature and second , use of literature as a linguistic resource in order to improving language skill of learners, and this is important issue in applied ling...

cronkhite-canada syndrome (ccs) is a rare, non-familial disorder of unknown etiology associated with alopecia, cutaneous hyperpigmentation, gastrointestinal polyposis, onychodystrophy, diarrhea, weight loss and abdominal pain.the prevalence ofâ gastrointestinal malignancy in ccs patients is about 13%, and especially is high in colorectal and gastric areas; 5 year mortality rate is 55%. in this ...

abstract background: infertility predisposes the couples to mental and psychological problems such as anxiety, depression, anger, and partner abuse. this study aimed to investigate the association between infertility factors and the non-physical abuse between infertile spouses. materials and methods: this is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 262 infertile couples (131 female and ...

background there are several studies in the literature investigating factors which can induce non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) in different populations. however, the existing literature lacks powerful studies addressing the factors which may predict the severity of nafld. objectives in the current study, we aimed to evaluate factors independently associated with liver echogenicity in a...

conclusions coccygectomy is a successful treatment in patients unresponsive to conservative treatments for coccydynia. results the patients were followed up for an average of 25.7 months. the results were good in 11 patients, excellent in 1, and fair in only 1 patient. the excellent and good rates amounted to 92.2%. no major complication was seen. patients and methods between october 2010 and d...

purpose: to evaluate the success rate of strabismus surgery with both adjustable and non-adjustable suture technique, moreover,also compared the success rate of these methods regardless of cause, type and amount of deviation is aand history of previous surgery. methods: in this study 296 patients were included (fromduring 2003 to 2011). patients divided in two groups; strabismus surgery with ad...