abstract aim and background: parenting styles are particular methods that parents use of them in nurturing of their children.the aim of this study was comparing parenting styles of mothers of pre-school children with and without intellectual disabilities. method and material: this is a causal-comparative research.the statistical population of this research includes the whole mothers of pre-scho...

Introduction Cordyceps sinensis is the complex of fungus Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc. (Clavicipitaceae) growing on the larva of Hepialus armoricanus Oberthur (caterpillar) that lives afew inches underground. It is also commonly known as Cordyceps, or “Dong Chong Xia Cao” (winter-worm and summer-grass) in Chinese, because of its appearance during different seasons. Cordyceps has been used in...

The epicardium is the mesothelial outer layer of the vertebrate heart. It plays an important role during cardiac development by, among other functions, nourishing the underlying myocardium, contributing to cardiac fibroblasts and giving rise to the coronary vasculature. The epicardium also exerts key functions during injury responses in the adult and contributes to cardiac repair. In this artic...

vib, into which the probe passes to the extent of 13 inches in a direction to the right upwards, outwards and forwards towards the front of the thorax and in front of the right axilla. On passing the probe a discharge of dark foetid pus oozes out through the sinus. The impact of the probe in the front of the thorax can be felt against the third rib just in front of the right axilla. Has slight ...

The vasa vasorum consist of blood vessels that vary in size from vessels with single or multiple smooth muscle cell layers to simple endothelial channels. In all but large and/or atherosclerotic vessels, the vasa vasorum are confined essentially to the adventitia of the blood vessel wall.1 This microcirculatory system presumably exists for the purpose of nourishing large and medium blood vessel...