The role of dreaming in childhood and in adulthood are still equally enigmatic fields yet to be fully explored. However, while there is a consensus at least about the typical content and formal characteristics of adult dream reports, these features are still a matter of debate in the case of young children. Longitudinal developmental laboratory studies concluded that preschoolers' dreams usuall...

• We have developed a facility that enables scientists to investigate a wide range of sound-processing schemes for human subjects with cochlear implants. This digital signal processing (DSP) facility-named the Programmable Interactive System for Cochlear Implant Electrode Stimulation (PISCES)-was designed, built, and tested at Lincoln Laboratory and then installed at the Cochlear Implant Resear...

nano materials have been widely used in laboratory and industrial scales in order to improve various properties of concrete and concrete mixture. the mainstream practice of the researches in this field is to add metallic nano-particles into the concrete mixture. the present research focuses on adding micro-nano air bubbles (mnab) into water before mixing it with aggregate and cement mixtures. i...

background priority setting in healthcare is a key determinant of health system performance. however, there is no widely accepted priority setting evaluation framework. we reviewed literature with the aim of developing and proposing a framework for the evaluation of macro and meso level healthcare priority setting practices.   methods we systematically searched econlit, pubmed, cinahl, and ebsc...

abstract background and objective: streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of acquired bacterial infections in the respiratory system. in recent years, a high incidence of pneumococcal resistance to different antibiotics has also been appeared. this study was conducted to evaluate the in vivo and in vitro resistance of pneumococcal pneumonia to ceftriaxone, azithromycin and co-amoxicl...