objective: in developing countries, nutritional deficiency of essential trace elements is a common health problem, particularly among pregnant women because of increased requirements of various nutrients. accordingly, this study was initiated to compare trace elements status in women with or without pre-eclampsia. materials and methods: in this study, serum trace elements including zinc (zn), s...

background: the objective of this study is to optimize the effective dose of heparin and ligustrazine hydrochloride injection (lhi) for drug combination. materials and methods: the animal clinical study of lhi was performed by the rat’s model of induced arteriovenous shunt thrombosis. experimental animals were grouped into several groups and separately treated with both lhi (20, 40, 80 mg/kg, i...

background: designing intervention based on health-care settings resources and patient acceptability is potentially important in the prevention of high blood pressure (bp) and other risk factors of cardiovascular disease. to explain a multicenter randomized controlled trial that is designed to examine the effects of the multicomponent lifestyle modification program on bp. materials and methods:...

As someone who routinely confronts creationists of all stripes, where do you think this debate is headed? Oddly, those of us who study human evolution are not usually thought of as biologists within biology, and not usually thought of as paleontologists within paleontology. And I won’t even guess how most anthropologists view us these days... Maybe all of our various colleagues are just happier...

The paper examines tenor in electronic media discourse in Nigeria. Tenor is one of the register variables identified by Systemic linguistics. The paper looks at how preachers use their social role to relate with their audience in such media discourses as radio, television and the Internet. The preacher is usually the dominant speaker so he determines how his imaginary audience will respond to h...

M. Christopher Boyer 5/16/2010 1 This is one of those wonderful and beloved old stories that many of us learned in our earliest days in Sunday School, at least in part. The image of Paul and Silas, bravely and joyfully singing hymns while chained in a dreadful dungeon, awaiting who knows what kind of awful fate, is one that has inspired artists and songwriters over the ages. You can’t for examp...

Smock told of his evangelical ministry and warned students against sins. He plead with students to become bOrn-again Christians by stoppffii all sinning. The preachers also dist~lmti!d · Smock's pamphlet entitled ''Oii Christian Perfection." Smock's wife, Cindy, be{Iaft her appeal around 1 p.m. AB Mrs.· Smock spoke, crowds grew as did student responses. Cindy Smock told students that tobacco ch...

The Protestant emphasis on proclaiming God's word resulted in the rejection of the medieval form of the sermon and the development of new styles of preaching. The two models used by Protestant preachers were the classical oration, endorsed by Philipp Melanchthon, and the patristic homily, which was a greater influence for the Swiss reformers. The differences between the two styles of preaching ...