background and objective: since there are very few studies on the immunodeficiency state of the iranian survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all), we conducted this study to determine the prevalence of humoral defects in children with all at least one year after completion of chemotherapy. methods: in this study, antibody titers for mumps, rubeola, rubella, tetanus and diphtheri...

background stroke is an unexpected major life incident that effect on physical functioning and can lead to changes in lifestyle and inability to manage self care, work or leisure. to explore the everyday life situation as experienced by stroke survivors, and their family caregivers, this study was conducted 3-6 month after stroke. methods twelve stroke survivors and thirteen family caregivers w...

The third generation survivors of the World War II genocide European Jews withstand, analyse and create literary texts about Holocaust, a historical event, which was not endured by them directly but experienced through scientific papers creative literature. Thanks to Nathalie Skowronek, novelist living in Brussels, her publication Max en apparence (2013) La Shoah de Monsieur Durand (2015), we c...

The Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is currently undergoing a brutal war. Armed groups from the DRC and neighbouring countries are committing atrocities and systematically using sexual violence as a weapon of war to humiliate, intimidate and dominate women, girls, their men and communities. Armed combatants take advantage with impunity, knowing they will not be held to ...

During the 1920s and 1930s, disabled polio survivors initiated a campaign which made them active, dissenting subjects in public discourse about disease and disability. Its source was a core of Warm Springs patients who wanted more than a healing refuge. They were well aware of the need to construct a new image of the disabled, and saw the resort's high public profile as a potent weapon in a cul...

In order to provide a counter-history the predominate, monochromatic, and polarizing historiography of Martial Law in Philippines, this article investigates use testimonial narratives from Muslim Tausug witnesses survivors during early years militarization Sulu province southern Philippines (1972–1974). It focuses on war violence which have been silenced subjugated, as well role identities cult...

he Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) deals with the issue of redress for victims of human rights violations, and therefore also with the issue of denying impunity to those who have violated victims' rights. Victims have a moral and legal right to redress, the denial of which perpetuates not only moral and legal outrage but also serious emotional problems-both for individual victims an...