Cosmology has been formulated with four cosmic elements Water, Earth, Air and Heat (Fire). They are really the raw materials of creation. As final products in man there is Body, Spirit. and Soul. As ino-qanic substances they would be Salt, Mercury and Sulphur. But these as forms of matter would be Solid, Liquid and Gas (potentially). Thus the Tria Prima of Paracelsus is justifiable as represent...

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of music tempo on heart rate and rate of perceived exertion of male physical education students. to this purpose, 45 male physical education students (height: 172.27 cm, sd=16.22, body mass index (bmi): 22.27kg/m², sd=3.08, weight: 68/05kg, sd=11.73, age: 21.93 years, sd=1.81) were randomly divided into control, high tempo (bpm=140)...

Results: Median maternal age at diagnosis was 33.64 years. 1 patient was classified as having clinical stage I disease, 10 as stage II, 1 as stage III, 2 as stage IV. Pregnancy was discontinued in 2 patients, for patients’ choice. Treatment was started during pregnancy in all cases. 5 women underwent surgery during pregnancy, 2 in the first trimester, 2 in the second trimester and 1 in the thir...

Traits similar to those shown in autism spectrum condition (ASC) are apparent in relatives of individuals with ASC, and in the general population without necessarily meeting diagnostic criteria for an ASC. We assess whether the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), a self-report measure, has hierarchical properties using Mokken scaling. Hierarchical scales allow the presence of a latent trait to be id...

OBJECTIVES The prognosis for patients with unresectable biliary tract cancer is poor and existing chemotherapy is relatively ineffective. Therefore, a need exists for new, effective chemotherapeutic regimens. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy and safety profile of gemcitabine plus cisplatin in patients with unresectable biliary tract cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) and gall bladde...

Objectives To evaluate survival in the first 4 years of treatment with Baricitinib (BARI) vs anti-TNF (TNFi), as biological drug (BIO-1), patients rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Retrospective study RA, treated BIO-1, BARI or TNFi, from September-2017 to December-2021. General data (current age, at diagnosis RA and start BIO-1) were collected; RA: evolution time, RF, ACPA; type BIO-1: dose r...

background: oral lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory disease with a poorly understood etiology. the role of angiogenesis in the development of different chronic inflammatory diseases is of great concern. vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) is an important regulator of angiogenesis. we aimed to evaluate the serum level of vegf in patients with oral lichen planus compared with normal in...