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BACKGROUND Durkheim's seminal historical study demonstrated that religious affiliation reduces suicide risk, but it is unclear whether this protective effect persists in modern, more secular societies. AIMS To examine suicide risk according to Christian religious affiliation and by inference to examine underlying mechanisms for suicide risk. If church attendance is important, risk should be l...

To cite: LeMaire WJ. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/jfprhc-2014101013 BACKGROUND In daily practice, obstetricians and gynaecologists, family practitioners, midwives, nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants frequently deal with family planning issues. They commonly advise, prescribe, inject, insert and operate with ...

There are several neuromuscular disorders affecting the human being. Most of these are poorly understood and lack and effective treatment. Due to the limitation of experimental manipulation in "anima nobili", inherited neuromuscular diseases in laboratory animals constitute a valuable source of scientific information. Amongst several animal species affected by neuromuscular disorders the house ...

Complete List of Authors: Zöhrer, Evelyn; Medizinische Universitat Graz Alisi, Anna; Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS Jahnel, Jörg; Medizinische Universitat Graz Moscla, Antonella; Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS Della Corte, Claudia; Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS Crudele, Annalisa; Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS Fauler, Günter; Medizinische Universitat Gra...

The essential oils of water-distilled aerial parts of Anthemis pseudocotula and Anthemis cretica subsp. pontica (Asteraceae) were analysed by GC-MS. As a result thirty-five and forty compounds were identified representing 93.1% and 89.0% of the oils, respectively. The main compounds of A. pseudocotula were 1,8-cineole (39.40%), camphor (9.36%), artemisiaketone (5.68%), filifolene (5.15%), and a...

The identity of the common lowland freshwater crab in western Sarawak, Borneo, East Malaysia, Parathelphusa oxygona Nobili, 1901 (family Gecarcinucidae), is clarified. The species is redescribed and figured, and its taxonomy discussed. Specimens from western Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, which have been referred to P. oxygona are here referred to a new species, Parathelphusa nobilii. The new s...