The relationship between modernity and religiosity has been in the center of many scholarly debates. Among others, Charles Taylor presents in his works a general picture of the elements that shape the secular age. He starts with the question why people used to be faithful, while they are not easily so in our age. To answer, he explores the past five centuries in the West and coins some terms to...

Blood pressure (BP) is controlled by several mechanism, (i.e nitric oxide, (NO), neural mechanisms, renal-endocrine mechanisms. Many antihypertensive agents, such as diuretics, β-blockers, calcium-channel blockers, and blockers of the renninangiotensin system, such as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers among others are used separately or in combination...