We examined 70 abnormal psychology textbooks published from 1920s to the present to identify consistent cross-cultural themes with regard to human depressive experiences over time and across regions of the world. The cultural and cross-cultural literature on abnormality and depression, in particular, has contributed to widening the scope of abnormal psychology textbooks over time. However, the ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of using the atelocollagen honeycomb-shaped scaffold with a membrane seal (ACHMS-scaffold) for the culture of annulus fibrosus (AF) cells in tissue engineering procedures of intervertebral disc repair. AF cells from the intervertebral discs of Japanese white rabbits were cultured for up to 3 weeks in the ACHMS-scaffold to allow a high den...

A total of 217 specimens submitted for routine smear and culture from three different sites within the western United States were used to evaluate the GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay (for research use only) (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA). Overall agreement compared to culture was 89% (98% for smear positives and 72% for smear negatives) for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

iraninan women coverage status has cheng  and in some cases, been transformed after the constitutional “mashroteh” dealing with the iranian culture adopting western culture(modernity). with the islamic revolution and the islamic values ​​and roots of iranian culture, regeneration and culture and chastity were again in the country's cultural policy agenda. nevertheless, also raised concerns...

It has long been debated which aspects of music perception are universal and which are developed only after exposure to a specific musical culture. Here, we report a crosscultural study with participants from a native African population (Mafa) and Western participants, with both groups being naive to the music of the other respective culture. Experiment 1 investigated the ability to recognize t...

Background: Human CD34 is a transmembrane glycoprotein which is expressed in human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and the small- vessel endothelial cells of a variety of tissues. CD34 plays a critical role as a marker for diagnosis and classification of leukemia. Anti CD34 antibodies are used for isolation and purification of HSCs from bone marrow, peripheral blood and cord blood. Objective: ...

Hong Ke’s The Tree of Life is a novel with the story that rooted in middle and western land our country. By tracing homology human life, it reflects process collision, interaction integration among different cultures along Silk Road. time-crossing plots scenes fully reflect close similarity harmony Road culture. analyses Culture Cognate Consciousness this inclusiveness Chinese culture grand vis...

The modern Olympics are not only the largest sports phenomenon to date in the history of human society, but also a great social culture phenomenon in the history of human civilization [1]. A broad sense of Olympic culture is the sum of material and spiritual wealth created by the Olympics in practice. Material wealth, namely material culture, mainly refers to the transformation and development ...

Doctors and clients sometimes experience interactive clashes during hospital meetings in South-western Nigerian hospitals because of their divergent culture-constrained orientation to politeness cues. The goal of this paper is to unpack the discursive elements that characterize interactive confluence and divergence in selected consultative encounters in the hospitals. The findings indicate that...