introduction and aims: occupational burnout is a syndrome including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, self-efficacy and involvement. medical staff are susceptible to occupational burnout due to physical, mental and emotional stress. the present research aims to investigate the operation room staff’s burnout in shahid mohammadi hospital of bandar abbas. methods: in this descriptive/analyt...

Machine milking, like a good marriage, is an exercise in compromise. Obsession with one goal at the expense of the others is seldom the optimal solution. The main goals of machine milking are to remove the available milk from each cow's udder quickly and completely, without slipping or falling, with minimum discomfort to the cow and minimum damage to her teats. Balancing these goals requires co...

Obsession with a youthful appearance has become commonplace in modern society and has resulted in an upswing in cosmetic procedures trying to reverse the aging process. We selectively review the literature on aging and cosmetic surgery, with particular regard for the aging face. We pay attention to psychosocial aspects of response to such cosmetic procedures, both in terms of outcome and with r...

In Bottled & Sold, Peter Gleick offers a broad indictment of the bottled water industry, which Gleick asserts has successfully pulled the wool over the eyes of a generation of Americans who would be better off drinking from the tap. Criticism of bottled water is not new; for more than a decade, environmental organizations and others have observed that the water in the bottle is often of no bett...

In the 1960s it was shown that a rare type of tumour called a teratocarcinoma contains cells that are both pluripotent and self-renewing (Kleinsmith & Pierce, 1964). Pluripotent means the capacity of an individual cell to give rise to all other cell types of the body and the germline. This property is normally restricted to a brief window in early development. Selfrenewal is the production of i...

The enormous media obsession with nurses on strike over the past few weeks has thrust Trevor Clay into the eye of the storm. His relaxed yet forceful media style, well polished after five years as General Secretary of what he likes to call 'the world's largest nursing organisation,' has been tested to the full. His relentless work schedule has intensified daily and he is anticipating no let-up ...

Huntington's Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant, neurodegenerative illness. It is characterized by involuntary or abnormal movements, disorganization, and depression symptoms. A clinical diagnosis of HD requires that a patient exhibit severe motor and cognitive symptoms. However, cognitive, motor, and psychiatric decline have been detected in prodromal individuals. Our goal was to identify w...