2015 declared the hottest year on record

Effect of Repeated Ramadan Fasting in the Hottest Months of the Year on Renal Graft Function

BACKGROUND Adult Moslems are required to fast during the lunar month of Ramadan every year. Although the sick and travelers, as well as some other specified groups, are exempted from this requirement. OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of repeated Ramadan fasting during the hottest months of the year on renal graft functions. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a prospective cohort study compar...

effect of repeated ramadan fasting in the hottest months of the year on renal graft function

conclusions fasting in the month of ramadan in two consecutive years, and during the hottest months, in riyadh, saudi arabia, did not adversely affect kidney graft function. objectives to investigate the effect of repeated ramadan fasting during the hottest months of the year on renal graft functions. patients and methods this was a prospective cohort study comparing two groups of renal transpl...

The hottest lavas of the Phanerozoic

The mantle plume hypothesis is widely accepted for the formation of large igneous provinces and many modern day hotspot volcanoes. Petrologic models suggest that plume-derived melts originate at high mantle temperatures (>1500 °C) relative to those generated at ambient midocean ridge conditions (~1350 °C). Earth’s mantle has also appreciably cooled during its history due to heat loss and decrea...

2015: Year of Transition

initiated a series of changes in 2015 aimed at celebrating its 30 anniversary in 2016. The most important ones were the adoption of English as the official language and the change of periodicity from quarterly to bimonthly, with two more regular annual editions. Every transition brings expectations, but despite the difficulties that crop up during this process, I believe we can follow the path ...

MCPCIL Publication Record _2004 - August 2015