With the emergence of the phenomenon of "Arab revolutions", the Middle East has entered a new era. The investigation of the goals of the Arab revolutions requires their pathology. The developments of the Arab world, although occurred with the self-immolation of a young Tunisian and its widespread reflection in the global media, but these events origins returns to the previous years. These count...

background : suicide has become an increasingly widespread form of morbidity in the developing countries. there has been an increasing trend in morbidity and mortality due to suicide in iran over the past few decades. this study surveyed attempts and completed suicide over a 5-year period. methods : through a cross-sectional study, overall identified suicides by systematic registration suicide ...

This study focuses on the disassembly-behavior of self-immolative pro-fluorescent linkers under physiological conditions and through an enzyme-initiated domino reaction. The targeted linkers are based on para-aminobenzylalcohol (PABA) or hemithioaminal derivatives of para-carboxybenzaldehyde or glyoxilic acid. We found that a fine tuning of the kinetic properties could be obtained through the m...

The representation of the practice of sati, the immolation of widows on their husbands’ funeral pyre, has garnered interest for long from postcolonial and feminist discourses among others. While advocates of Western modernity perceive sati as a murderous ritual, the proponents of orthodox Hinduism, on the contrary, claim sati to be a courageous cult of “wifely devotion”. In both bigoted beliefs...

ilam civilization is the most important ancient and indigenous civilization of iran prior to the formation of aryan rule and the achaemenid empire. the capital of this civilization, susa, joinedurbanization in 3200 b.c. and was put aside from history in 646 b.c. by assyrian empire. one of the most significant part of this civilization was  ilamidreligion and worldview as represented in their te...

Introduction Homicide is the most serious, radical and irreversible criminal act. It arouses a multitude of questions fears. Committed by women, homicide seems more unusual weird. Objectives Our objective to describe circumstances committed Tunisian women Methods This study was retrospective descriptive. focused on files psychiatric expertise involved female accused subjects.We have collected a...

background and aim: one of the most important subjects in the study of suicide is the methods used to it. there are not accurate statistics relating to employed physical methods for suicide in our country. studies conducted in different provinces provided different results. this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of physical methods used in attempted suicides in iran. materials and methods:...