BACKGROUND Portal hypertension has a broad differential diagnosis. POEMS syndrome is an uncommon cause of it. POEMS syndrome is a rare disease involving multiple organs. In differential diagnosis of portal hypertension, POEMS syndrome should be considered especially when other symptoms such as numbness, organomegaly, endocrine alteration and skin changes also present, as it is highlighted by ou...

It is known that studies with statistically significant results have a higher probability to be published (publication bias). Therefore, studies with no statistically significant differences (or not favoring the investigational drug) may not be found in commonly accessed databases and remain unpublished. Moreover, unpublished data may also refer to information that are not included in study rep...

Due to the increasing popularity of websites specializing in nature documentation, there has been a surge number people enthusiastic about observing and documenting over past 2 decades. These citizen scientists are recording biodiversity on unprecedented temporal spatial scales, rendering data tremendous value scientific community. In this study, we investigate role science knowledge global thr...

poet does not use prefabricated or preplanned words in his or her mid but he uses too much care in selecting and using his words or language. afterwards, s/he reorders it in terms of his or her chosen symbolic indications and he might innovates new scheme for him or herself, after a long reflection and rethinking so that he achieves his or her reader’s hope and interest in reaching the unforese...

This article examines Herman Melville’s poetry collection Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866) using theories concepts from sphere disability studies. Mobilizing evidence letters as well close readings poems, I argue that Melville presented a complicated relationship to questions bodily wholeness autonomy in his written work, particularly response political existential stresses U.S. Civi...

introduction acute respiratory infections (aris) continue as the leading cause of mortality in under 5-year-old children worldwide. we decided to review available data about the incidence and prevalence of all diseases included in this category in iran. methods a systematic review was designed to obtain related data from english and farsi sources, published or unpublished. an internet search of...