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Background/objective: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of fenugreek seed extract in combination with swimming exercise compared to glibenclamide consumption on type 2 diabetic rats.

Design: The acute toxicity test was carried out to choose the safe doses and identify the toxicity effects of the fenugreek seed extract. To investigate the hypoglycemic effect of the extract and its effect in combination with swimming training, 80 Wistar Kyoto male streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were divided randomly into eight groups: diabetic control (C); fenugreek seed extract 0.

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Cytokines have been introduced as critical inducers in the development of Th subpopulations.Cytokines like IL-10 are involved in inducing regulatory T cells such as Type 1 regulatory T (Tr1) cells cells. IL-22 is a member of IL-10 family of cytokines, and IL-28A is a member of IFN-γ family.

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an appropriate psychological intervention to promote the level of the public health and mental well-being of nurses has a great importance. This investigation was aimed to study the effectiveness of stress management training on the psychological welfare of nurses in Imam Khomeini Hospital. this study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest that used a control group.

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Proper psychological interventions are of great importance because they help enhancing psychological and public health in adolescents with irresponsible parents or no parents. The current research aimed to examine the impact of training problem-solving experiment on self-esteem and behavioral adjustment in teenage girls with irresponsible parents or no parents. The approach of the present research was a semi-test via a post-test-pre-test model and a check team.

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Background: Although there are considerable researches on effectiveness of social skills training, little information is available on the effects of such training on perceived competence of adolescents with deafness.

Objectives: This study was conducted in special school settings to determine the effects of social skills training on perceived competence of female adolescents with deafness.

Patients And Methods: A prepost quasi-experimental design was used to perform the study.

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Purslane Effect on GLP-1 and GLP-1 receptor in type 2 diabetes.

Electron Physician

June 2015

Master in Sport Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Mazandaran, Iran.

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of purslane seeds in glucagon-like peptide-1 concentration and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor in women with diabetes.

Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study. The population was consisted of the city of Sari where diabetic women with diabetes II who had no history of using purslane seeds.

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Glycyrrhizin (GL), a molecule of glycyrrhetinic acid (GA), is an aqueous extract from licorice root. These compounds are well known for their anti-inflammatory, hepatocarcinogenesis, antiviral, and interferon-inducing activities. This study is the first attempt to investigate the binding of GL and GA with DNA.

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