objective(s):cytochrome p-450 1a1 is an important enzyme in the first phase of the metabolism of some carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs), as well as estrogen. the present study evaluates the existence of cyp1a1 polymorphism in a number of breast cancer samples. materials and methods: one hundred breast cancer patients and the same number of healthy controls were analyze...

In this article, I propose new paradigm of physics. The paradigm leads to simple and unified picture of world. Such simplification and unification has cost of several key concepts of philosophy, including Being. I propose very radical hypothesis of emergent space-time-matter, in which space-time-matter are emergent properties of more fundamental entity. The hypothesis of emergent reality (ERhyp...

Psychotherapists have traditionally embraced core values and beliefs that differ significantly from many values and beliefs that pervade contemporary, commercially oriented Western cultures. With their clients, therapists often question or challenge the culture’s materialism, consumerism, appeals to vanity and greed, disdain of dependency and vulnerability, and abetment of narcissistic entitlem...

The impact of exposure to media representations of aggressive, attractive, female protagonists on audiences' gender role expectations for women was explored through a laboratory experiment with 122 undergraduates from a large university on the west coast of the United States. Participants viewed a segment of a major Hollywood motion picture that featured a female protagonist who was either high...

Background Schizophrenia is a chronic disease that requires long-term management with antipsychotics. Antipsychotic drugs are given by tapering their dose, extending the dosing interval, and so on, as part of a treatment strategy to minimize the adverse effects while at the same time maintaining efficacy. Methods We report the case of one patient with schizophrenia in whom the clinical sympto...