Leptin is a small peptide hormone that is mainly produced in adipose tissues. Leptin plays animportant role in regulating appetite and energy expenditure and may be involved in modulatingbone mineralization. This study was designed to test the association of serum leptin kidneyfunction in renal transplant recipients. We studied 72 kidney transplanted recipients. In thisstudy a significant diffe...

This study assesses the validity and reliability of the Glasgow Outcome at Discharge Scale (GODS), which is a tool that is designed to assess disability after brain injury in an inpatient setting. It is derived from the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E), which assesses disability in the community after brain injury. Inter-rater reliability on the GODS is high (quadratic-weighted kappa 0.98...

Human behaviour includes animportant component which may conveniently be called evaluative. Using postcard reproductions as stimulus materials. 10 volunteer subjects selected the two pictures most liked and the two most disliked. These were then used as UCSs with appropriate controls from the neutral category. The conditioning hypothesis-that a neutral stimulus followed by a positively or negat...

practices, then in medicine and textile industry, and over the last few decades they have become the world’s most popular and widespread drug drug. The history of cannabis consumption goes back several thousand years when it originated in Asia. The first references to cannabis can be found in Chinese and Indian writings such as Vedian hymns and Indian religious songs, dated back to the first mi...

map is the most important tool for cognizance in the field of geography and is the best instrument for presentation of geographic information. the study of ecology in general, which means the study of relationship between man and his environment, is only possible by means of maps. as a tool for ecology and manifestation of human sovereignty over environment, the map has served political power-h...