A Burning Desire to Understand Genetic Mutations in Gastroenterology

To what extent can children with autism understand desire?

Previous studies of theory of mind abilities in young people with autism have found that their understanding of false belief is specifically impaired, but that simple aspects of desire are understood in line with mental age. We explored the possibility that more complex aspects of desire (in which comparison of goals with outcomes is not a sufficient strategy) are not understood by children wit...

A Genetic Push to Understand Motion Detection

Two articles in this issue of Neuron (Eichner et al. and Clark et al.) attack the problem of explaining how neuronal hardware in Drosophila implements the Reichardt motion detector, one of the most famous computational models in neuroscience, which has proven intractable up to now.

Aclinicopathological survey of esophageal cancer in patients referred to a gastroenterology clinic in Tehran, 1991-2005

 Abstract Background: Esophageal cancer is one of the major malignancies, with various epidemiological aspects in recent years in developing countries, including increased prevalence and variations of pathologic patterns. This may be due to increasing rates of Barrett’s esophagus, gastroesophageal reflux, smoking and obesity. This study was performed from 1991 to 2005 in order to evaluate vario...

Using developmental trajectories to understand genetic disorders

O-15: A Qualitative Approach to Understand the Motivators of Reproduction in Couples of Reproductive Age

Background: There have been considerable changes in childbearing decision-making in Iran over the last 30 years. These changes have affected the understanding and predicting of fertility behavior changes by reproductive health policy makers and program planners. This study was conducted to explore the motivators of reproduction and fertility in couples of reproductive age. Materials and Methods...