Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi 780-850 AD The word " algebra " is taken from the title of one of his books.

BACKGROUND Ventilator practices in patients at risk for acute lung injury (ALI) and ARDS are unclear. We examined factors associated with choice of set tidal volumes (VT), and whether VT < 8 mL/kg predicted body weight (PBW) relates to the development of ALI/ARDS. METHODS We performed a secondary analysis of a multicenter cohort of adult subjects at risk of lung injury with and without ALI/AR...

subh al-&apos;a&apos;sh? f? san?&apos;at al-insh?&apos; is one of the greatest encyclopedias produced in the islamic civilization before the ninth century after hegira. the book addresses a plethora of historical, scientific and literary issues in which the writer explains the administration mechanism of d?w?n al-insh?&apos; (a secretariat keeping the records of non-financial and non-military c...

Abu-al-Hassan, Ala-a`Ddeen Ali Ibn Abe`l-Hazm Ibn a`Nnafees al-Qurashi a`Ddimashqi (607-687 A.H.) was born in Damascus, wherein he grew up and was occupied studying sciences as syntax, jurisprudence, medicine, theology, tradition, logic, etc. His most well known masters in medicine were Muhadhdhib a`Ddeen a`Ddakhwar and Umran Israeli. After completing his studies, he left Damascus for Cairo, wh...

Abu-al-Hassan, Ala-a`Ddeen Ali Ibn Abe`l-Hazm Ibn a`Nnafees al-Qurashi a`Ddimashqi (607-687 A.H.) was born in Damascus, wherein he grew up and was occupied studying sciences as syntax, jurisprudence, medicine, theology, tradition, logic, etc. His most well known masters in medicine were Muhadhdhib a`Ddeen a`Ddakhwar and Umran Israeli. After completing his studies, he left Damascus for Cairo, wh...

BACKGROUND The prognostic value of inflammation indexes in esophageal cancer has not been established. Recent studies have shown that the advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) is a useful predictive factor. The purpose of the current study was to determine whether the ALI is useful for predicting long-term survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). PATIENTS A...

nahj-ol balaghah is of many values in several aspects. the objective of this paper is to introduce the literary arts involved in this sacred book written the master of eloquence and declamation, the commander of the faithful, imam ali ibn-abi talib (may god honor him) the present paper intends to clarify one of the literary elements cast in most of the sermons and orations in n ahj-ol balaghah ...

The univariate conditioning of copulas is studied, yielding a construction method for copulas based on an a priori given copula. Based on the gluing method, g-ordinal sum of copulas is introduced and a representation of copulas by means of g-ordinal sums is given. Though different right conditionings commute, this is not the case of right and left conditioning, with a special exception of Archi...

Implication for health policy makers/practice/research/medical education: This editorial emphasizes the importance of abiding by universal protocols of medical ethics when undertaking clinical research. As a researcher with several affiliations and commitments , I am often asked to assess clinical research studies , and approve student dissertation proposals prior to their initiation. One of th...