The fast progress in information technology brings us to the point where we should analyze the position of a commercially printed paper book in the near future. One may state unequivocally that the printed book created by Gutenberg (1398-1468) has finished its role as a carrier of ideas and now it has no future, just as it was with the wonderfully illuminated fables written by monks in the mona...

this article is a review of the book “health in all policies: seizing opportunities, implementing policies” edited by kimmo leppo, eeva ollila, sebastián peña, matthias wismar, and sarah cook. this book (printed and online publication) was published by the finnish ministry of social affairs and health, finland in 2013 (1). the book is freely available at http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pd...

This article is a review of the book “Health in All Policies: Seizing opportunities, implementing policies” edited by Kimmo Leppo, Eeva Ollila, Sebastián Peña, Matthias Wismar, and Sarah Cook. This book (printed and online publication) was published by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland in 2013 (1). The book is freely available at http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pd...

background royal jelly (rj), a food item secreted by worker honeybees, is a mixture that contains protein, glucose, lipid, vitamins, and minerals; it is widely used as a commercial medical product. previous studies have shown that rj has a number of physiological effects, such as anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antiallergic and antioxidant activities. objectives in the present study, the anti-inf...

conclusions it seems that rj does not appear to have significant immediate effects on glycemic factors in patients with type 2 diabetes. however, further studies with larger sample sizes and different doses of rj are needed to achieve more precise results. background type 2 diabetes is the fourth major public health problem worldwide. royal jelly (rj) insulin-like activity and blood glucose mod...

i hp; medical man who wishes to gain a clear idea of the broad foundations upon which modern medicine and surgery are based should read two great books which are almost twin classics; Rene Vallery Radot's Life of Pasteur" (English translation by Mrs. Devonshire), and Sir Rickman Godlee's "Lord Lister," the re-appearance of which in a third edition we cordially welcome. Both are finely written s...

book social media are reading communities primarily developed as online social networks. this study aims to find precise criteria and indicators for evaluation of book social network and examine and rank the most popular book social networks. the sample population included 10 english and two persian book/reading social networks publicly available on the web. a checklist containing 9 main criter...

Curiosity has a tumultuous past. Originally curiosity was considered a vice of excess leading to misconduct and disaster. Recently, curiosity has transformed into a virtue of self-expression resulting in success and better performance. In classrooms, educators try to find ways of eliciting curiosity from their students: allowing them to pick their own research topics and books, including pop cu...