abstract background: fatigue is the most common and highly disabling symptom of multiple sclerosis (ms) that has negative effects on employment, the process of socialization, compliance with the disease, and other factors effective on activities of daily living. the usage of complementary and alternative medicine methods in ms patients is higher than in the general population. however, there is...

This paper was prepared for a Research Symposium on Bad Public Goods, sponsored by Northwestern University’s Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth to be held at the Searle Center Conference Center, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago campus, September 14-16, 2008. It draws freely from Benson (2008) and a number of other previous writings on drug policy, including Bens...

We present a detailed description of the kinetic activation-relaxation technique (k-ART), an off-lattice, self-learning kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) algorithm with on-the-fly event search. Combining a topological classification for local environments and event generation with ART nouveau, an efficient unbiased sampling method for finding transition states, k-ART can be applied to complex materials...

Background: Infertility effects on psychological and emotional tension in couples and make severe stress in infertile men and women. Relaxation technique is one of the methods which reduce stress and balance human emotions. The purpose of this study was determination of relaxation effect on stress score in the infertile women and pregnancy test as outcome of their treatment. Materials and Metho...

background : chemotherapy is an important treatment for cancer, yet some of its side effects are serious and painful. many patients with cancer suffer from psychiatric disorders that most likely result from therapeutic drugs or mental strategies to cope with their illness. progressive muscle relaxation is one of the cost effective, self-help methods that promotes mental health in healthy partic...

Background: Infertility effects on psychological and emotional tension in couples and make severe stress in infertile men and women. Relaxation technique is one of the methods which reduce stress and balance human emotions. The purpose of this study was determination of relaxation effect on stress score in the infertile women and pregnancy test as outcome of their treatment. Materials and Metho...

conference Update T hose who attended the Inaugural Integrative Medicine Research Forum hosted by the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Masssachusetts, had the unique experience of viewing an interactive research network, 670 individuals representing 19 different institutions, seeing poster presentations from 38 inves...