In the last decades, there has been a far-reaching debate about whether reason is natural power of human animal or socio-historical achievement. This paper brings out and criticizes two paradigmatic views entangled in that dilemma: substantive view which construes as primitive possessing basic forms intelligibility; derivative traces back to non-rational, natural-historic processes. I approach ...

Nations around the world have banned lead in petrol [1]. The primary reason for removing lead additives from petrol is its adverse effect on human health. In response to evidence that blood lead concentrations approaching toxic levels in children and traffic policemen in Sri Lanka, tetraethyl lead was removed from petrol in the year 2002. Following this change a reduction in roadside atmospheri...

We carried out a retrospective cross-sectional study on 500 women in Isfahan who started taking combined oral contraceptives (COCs) during the period 21 March 1995-20 March 1997. The cumulative continuation rate fell from 77% to 12% over 60 months. The most common reason for discontinuation was side-effects. There was a significant correlation between side-effects and cumulative COC continuatio...

Drug-eluting stents (DES) have reduced the rate of repeated revascularization of target lesions. For this reason, DES are considered to be superior to bare-metal stents in reducing the restenosis rate. However, some problems have been reported after implantation of DES. One of them, stent thrombosis, has arisen as a fatal complication. Dual antiplatelet therapy is recommended for at least 12 mo...

In a retrospective study we assessed the outcome of oxcarbazepine (OXC) monotherapy in a naturalistic setting. We identified all adult patients who had been treated with OXC at a single neurological outpatient center. A total of 175 patients were identified, 97 of them used OXC as their first AED (Group I), and 78 as second monotherapy (Group II), after failure of a previous AED. The 1-year ret...

BACKGROUND Almost one in five contraceptive users in India uses a temporary method. It is important to understand user profiles and method use patterns for optimal program targeting.This analysis examines differences in demographic characteristics, discontinuation and use patterns of temporary method users among a representative sample of urban women from four cities in Uttar Pradesh, India. ...

Abstract Background This multi-center, retrospective study aimed to clarify retention rates and reasons for discontinuation of either tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) or interleukin-6 (IL-6i) in patients with elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA). Methods Patients (RA) enrolled a Japanese multicenter observational registry between 2011 2020 were included. EORA was defined as RA onset...