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Why Can We See a Local Spread of Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) Infection?

Discrete Pathophysiology is Uncommon in Patients with Nonspecific Arm Pain

  Background: Nonspecific symptoms are common in all areas of medicine. Patients and caregivers can be frustrated when an illness cannot be reduced to a discrete pathophysiological process that corresponds with the symptoms. We therefore asked the following questions: 1) Which demographic factors and psychological comorbidities are associated with change from an initial diagnosis of nonspecific...

Reconceptualising Religion : A Philosophical Critique of Religious Studies as Cultural Studies

The aim of my argument (1) is to reconceptualise what is now called religious studies as the study of institutionalised values, and the relation between values and the legitimation of power in a specific society. Though I do not talk much about power here, it is always a fundamental issue in the study of specific social groups.The first assumption which I make in this paper is that the way anal...

بررسی نقش متادون به‌عنوان یک مخدر مناسب در عمل جراحی و پیوند عروق کرونر در معتادان به تریاک

Todays coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is the most frequent among open heart surgeries. In our country some of people that are candidate for coronary artery bypass graft, are addict and they use opium daily, that cause multiple complication during intraoperative and postoperative periods. Inspite of several studies that methadone is used to anti-addiction therapy and for reducing th...

The Effect of Autogenous Fascia Relaxation and Spinal Mobility Exercise on Pain and Range of Motion in Elderly Female Patients with Chronic Back Pain

Background. Band exercise can also reduce back pain by reducing unnecessary movement of the thoracic and cervical vertebrae adjacent to the lumbar spine. Looking at previous studies, activation of the deep lumbar muscles of the lumbar spine and restoration of mobility of the adjacent skeleton have a positive effect on pain relief. Objectives. This study was to investigate the effects of self-f...

Why we need to read and understand literature: literariness and Hans Rosling’s Factfulness (2018)

My article addresses the qualities of “good” literature and how an understanding of the nature of literary devices, so-called “literariness”, can enhance the reading experience. Focusing on Hans Rosling’s Factfulness (2018), I discuss some of the most important features of good writing. Six literary devices have been selected for special attention: point of view, tone, amplification, anecdotes,...