recent advances in life-sustaining treatments and technologies, have given rise to newly-emerged, critical and sometimes, controversial questions regarding different aspects of end-of-life decision-making and care. since religious values are among the most influential factors in these decisions, the present study aimed to examine the islamic scholars' views on end-of-life care. a structured int...

background: hypertension is one of the most important determinants of death due to vascular damage and is fast emerging as a high burden disease in india. however, its documentation is poor in the country. this study aims to estimate the rate and the causal pattern of mortality in a cohort of people with high blood pressure as compared to normotensives. methods: the study setting is varkkala, a...

sudden cardiac death (scd) in a young athlete is rare, but catastrophic. exercise acts as a risk factor for scd in people with cardiovascular disease. a diversity of cardiovascular disorders including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congenital coronary anomalies, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, dilated cardiomyopathy, aortic rupture due to marfan syndrome, myocarditis, valvular disease...

In this paper, which is the second in a series of papers, we analyse what parameters can determine width radio pulsar 'death valley' $P$-${\dot P}$ diagram. Using exact expression for maximum potential drop, be realised over magnetic polar caps and corresponding threshold secondary plasma production determined Paper I, detail observed distribution pulsars taking into account all possible (radiu...