Background and Purpose: Due to adverse effects of cancer on children's mental health, relaxation, chemotherapy side-effects and positive effects of music therapy on stress, this study was performed with the goal to determine the effect of music therapy on children's stress after chemotherapy. Methods: The present study is a randomized clinical trial done on 32 children undergoing cancer chem...

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In treating the subject of musical language, a Persian musician would be intrinsically drawn to the structural similarities between the Persian music and language. Indeed Persian music and language are extremely related in their metrics, intonations and structural phrases (syntax). Although we will draw upon this relationship, our aim in this article is to present “music as a language,” c...

ABSTRACT From its historical origins as a resistant and violently repressed bundle of music, dance martial arts practices the African diaspora in Brazil, capoeira has travelled, becoming global phenomenon with groups networks diverse sites around world, including London, Cape Town Hong Kong indeed Leeds where this research was based. We focus on linguistic, cultural embodied ensemble capoeira, ...

comparison of the effect of instrumental music and voices of holy quran on anxiety of woman before cesarean.     sharifi a [1] *, alipour a [2] , baharloei s [3]     received: 24 aug, 2012 accepted: 20 nov, 2012   abstract   background & aims : fear and anxiety before surgery characterized with the stress with arousal of the autonomic nervous system that causes physical and psychological change...

     There are several reasons for usage of music and musical activities. Music is part of artistic activities of human beings. Perhaps people are exposed to music more than other artistic works in their daily lives. Due to the necessity of considering music as a part of human identity, we tried to study the amount of music used by young people in Zanjan based on four hypothesis: cultural li...

Del Vecchio, Hirata, and Franchini (2011) studied the effort: pause ratio of mixed martial arts by analyzing 26 bouts in two separate mixed martial arts events in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They referenced research identifying effort:pause ratios from other combat sports ranging from 10:1 (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu), 2:1 (judo and wrestling), and 1:3/1:4 (taekwondo). The authors identified an effort:pause ra...

The Conference was organized and supported by: Nei Dan School (European School of Internal Martial Arts), NIB (Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Stem Cell Bioengineering, National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, Institute of Cardiology, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna), WACIMA (Worldwide Association Chinese Internal Martial Arts), Arti D'Oriente(Magazine of Eastern culture and ...