different political, economical, cultural factors and religious status of safavi period have influenced on the presence of women in society of that ages. in new structures, women roles were based on their social position and class. also, children who were near their mothers received more calm, safety and also education. these factors encouraged painters to draw the pictures of women and childre...

The ancient Vedic texts Provides us with valuable information and guide lines on various multi-faced aspects of human life. The present discussion is limited to the medical treatment and medicinal charms mentioned in the Atharvanic literature with specific consideration to Kausikasutra for better understanding of the rites and actions mentioned in Atharvanaveda.

Objectives The aim was to identify theoretically expected as well as actually reported benefits from drug development and the importance of individual patient benefits compared to the collective benefits to society in general. Background Ethical guidelines require that clinical research involving humans offer the potential for benefit. A number of characteristics can be applied to define rese...

BACKGROUND Self-rated health (SRH) is widely used to measure subjective health. Yet it is unclear what underlies health ratings, with implications for understanding the validity of SRH overall and across sociodemographic characteristics. We analyze participants' explanations of how they formulated their SRH answer in addition to which health factors they considered and examine group differences...