characterized by polyneuropathy (P), organomegaly (O), endocrinopathy (E), monoclonal gammopathy (M) and skin abnormalities (S)5. POEMS syndrome is a rare disease, since its prevalence, although still not well defined, has been estimated to be < 1% in cases of monoclonal gammopathies1,3. However, the true prevalence of POEMS syndrome may be underestimated, since no single test establishes the d...

Abstract This article discusses use of the meter mutaqārib in Persian masnavī (narrative) poetry as related to its content from a comparative perspective. One aims is demonstrate various connections between set narrative poems composed . The questions previous assumptions about form and style early verse romances contributes further discussion approaches poetry.

there is not much information about the life and the works of abū al-ma‘ālī nasrollāh munshī, and his only known work is a translation of kalila and dimna.  but he had composed poems too. there are three of his quatrains in lobab al-albab. there are also two lines of his arabic verses in his translation of kalila and dimna which had composed in praise of king bahram. it can be taken as another ...

POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes) is a paraneoplastic syndrome driven by plasma cell dyscrasias. We report a patient with novel initial manifestation of polyneuropathy, which was considered due to Sjögren's syndrome but with poor response to methylprednisolone (120 mg/d) and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg). Further investiga...

knowledge, science will be crippled and your new machines will only mean new hardships. Given time you may well discover everything there is to discover, but your progress will be a progression away from humanity. The gulf between you and humanity may one day be so wide that the response to your exultation about some new achievement will be a universal outcry of horror" (Bertolt Brecht, Galileo...

The article analyses the history of the Einfühlung concept. Theories of ‘feeling into’ Nature, works of art or feelings and behaviours of other persons by German philosophers of the second half of the nineteenth century Robert and Friedrich Vischer and Theodor Lipps are evoked, as well as a similar theory of understanding (Verstehen) by Wilhelm Dilthey and Friedrich Schleiermacher, to which Dil...

Lenalidomide is an effective therapy against malignant plasma cells and a potent agent against proinflammatory and proangiogenic cytokines. The use of lenalidomide in POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein with plasma cells, skin changes) has been reported, but its benefit in long-term use is not well established. A 55-year-old man with POEMS and debilitating po...

The present case showed M protein spike with varying type of plasma dyscarasias, ascites, gynaecomastia, impotence and mild acanthosis. POEMS syndrome is a rare multisystem disorder involving polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy and skin changes. It usually manifests in 5–6 decade of life with a mean survival period of 8 years. We report a case of a 56 years old m...