BACKGROUND Low-protein diets (LPD) are an important means of delaying the need for dialysis and attaining a stable metabolic balance in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Many authors consider a low educational level and illiteracy to be adverse features for a good dietary compliance. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 77-year old woman, illiterate, affected by advanced CKD (stage 4 accordi...

On the 10 th anniversary of the announcement of the draft sequence of the 3 billion DNA bases in the genome by the Human Genome Project, there is still a lack of molecular targeted therapies for previously intractable diseases. It has become clear that the genomes within and across species are too similar to explain the diversity of life and the etiology of all diseases, indicating that the und...

He came in for a "tune-up." He was 64 years old, with a "history of noncompliance," according to the resident, and he hadn't taken his diabetes or cardiac medications for weeks. We weren't quite sure why. He was alert, he appeared to be intelligent and interested in getting well, and he was able to get his prescriptions filled at a reduced cost. Before he went home, we explained why he needed t...

The child's ability to read the Al-Qur'an fluently is every parent's hope. Amidst widespread use of digital media and illiteracy, family environment plays a crucial role as primary source education for children eradicate illiteracy filter out harmful effects technology. This study used qualitative research, with content analysis literature review methods. research focused on: urgency teaching i...

Here I shall write about the late Bernard Stiegler (1952–2020) and contextualize this important philosopher’s work with respect to concrete, everyday pedagogical issue of language learning. To demonstrate Stiegler’s applicability education studies, address character amnesia (提筆忘字, tibiwangzi in Chinese, literally “pick up pen, forget character”), a relatively recent phenomenon experienced China...