Recognizing the arterial variations of human upper extremities is of potential clinical practice because this area is involved in arterial handling and invasive medical procedure. During dissection of the left upper limb of a 35-year-old male embalmed cadaver, we saw brachial artery bifurcation in the middle third of proximal portion of the arm. Its medial branch descended along the medial side...

"The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes. A Conceptual Framework." Europe-Asia Studies, 73(7), pp. 1385–1386

A method is presented to quantify thermal fatigue in the CPV die-attach from meteorological data. A comparative study between cities demonstrates a significant difference in the accumulated damage. These differences are most sensitive to the number of larger (ΔT) thermal cycles experienced for a location. High frequency data (<1/min) may be required to most accurately employ this method.

like other religions, there are various currents in imami shiite in the first centuries. this article, relying on discourse analysis and by concentrating on oppositions, attempts to identify the internal shiite currents in iraq and iran in the second and third centuries. according to historical evidences, the opposition between school of hisham ibn al-hakam and majority of shia, which was schoo...

BACKGROUND To assess the short-term impact of a comprehensive, community-based multilevel intervention on knowledge, beliefs and practices with respect to smoking, physical activity and diet in Hangzhou, China. METHODS A non-randomised, controlled, before-after quasi-experimental trial was conducted in two intervention areas and one comparison area. The intervention built on a socioecological...

Immune complexes (IC) 1 are thought to play a major role in the pathogenesis of many human glomerulonephritides (1). This has been suggested by immunofluorescence studies showing glomerular deposits of immunoglobulins and complement and by observations of electron-dense deposits around or within the glomerular basement membrane. In addition, glomerulonephritides are a common feature of some aut...

Abstract In the mid-sixteenth century, there were many parallels between political cultures of Poland-Lithuania and kingdoms British Isles, as thinkers inspired by ideals Renaissance civic humanism challenged traditional currents thought. Across Isles strong native traditions asserting liberties communities realm need to check unbridled royal authority through parliamentary assemblies. As Refor...