background: we have previously reported multiple health benefits in individuals following the christian-based fasting protocol known as the daniel fast (df). however, our prior work has involved only short-term (21-day) assessments. for dietary modification to have a profound impact on health, compliance to the dietary plan must be established for the long-term. materials and methods we determi...

Acute hypokalemic paralysis is a rare cause of acute weakness. Morbidity and mortality associated with unrecognized disease can occur and include respiratory failure and possibly death. Common causes of hypokalemic paralysis include thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) which is a disorder most frequently seen in Asian males. TPP is characterized by sudden onset of hypokalemia and paralysis that ...

background god quotes and words in quran verses and infallibles hadiths is under consensus of all believers as recognition, knowledge and understanding source, but changing them to applicable concepts for field investigations is the most important point of the present study. objectives the aim of this study is to compare spiritual intelligence and happiness of fasting and non fasting persons. m...

conclusions fasting in the month of ramadan in two consecutive years, and during the hottest months, in riyadh, saudi arabia, did not adversely affect kidney graft function. objectives to investigate the effect of repeated ramadan fasting during the hottest months of the year on renal graft functions. patients and methods this was a prospective cohort study comparing two groups of renal transpl...

In order to investigate the effects of non-linear springs in vibrating behavior of vehicles, the independent suspension of conventional vehicles could be modeled as a non-linear single degree of freedom system. The equation of motion for the system would be a non-linear third order ordinary differential equation, when considering the elasticity of rubber bushings in joints of shock absorber. It...

A plate periodically bonded with piezoelectric patches on its surfaces is considered. The differential quadrature element method is used to solve the wave motion equation for the two-dimensional periodic structure. The method is very simple and easy to implement. Based on the method, band structures for in-plane wave propagating in the periodic piezoelectric plate are studied, from which the fr...