What.I will say may surprise both Muslims who "know" women's place and non-Muslims who "know" what Islam means for women. It is this: I am a Muslim, a theologian, and a women's rights activist. and while I am critical in a number of ways of the life that most Muslim societies offer to women, twenty years ot theological study, as well as my own deepest faith, convince me that in real Islam, the ...

the present study examined year-to-year variations in areas affected by drought during a period of 39 water yearsin iran. ninety-five meteorological stations were chosen to provide near-continuous long-term records, althoughsome data was missing (less than 10%). the missing data points were estimated using a linear correlation methodbetween the reference station with the missing data points and...

background & aim: glioblastoma multiforme (gbm), the highest grade glioma (grade iv), is the most malignant form of astrocytoma in adults. this study aimed at evaluating the relationship between demographic, clinical and medical factors with gbm outcome. methods & materials/patients: through a cross-sectional design, 58 patients with newly diagnosed gbm were studied from 1999 to 2015 in guilan ...

Much of the charm of the "allegorical method" lies in the fact that under its influence difficult texts that seem to evoke the deepest truths and inconsistencies turn out to point subtly to higher things. In a word, difficulties dissolve. The negative side of this is that not only the difficulties of the text dissolve, but so also does the original meaning. Applied enthusiastically, the allegor...

Notch signaling is broadly used to regulate cell-fate decisions. We have identified a gene, rumi, with a temperature-sensitive Notch phenotype. At 28 degrees C-30 degrees C, rumi clones exhibit a full-blown loss of Notch signaling in all tissues tested. However, at 18 degrees C only a mild Notch phenotype is evident. In vivo analyses reveal that the target of Rumi is the extracellular domain of...

After five long years, the Center City rapist case came to a close last Thursday when Air Force airman Troy Graves pleaded guilty to six counts of rape and the 1998 murder of Wharton doctoral student Shannon Schieber. After Graves apologized to his victims in a packed courtroom, Common Pleas Court Judge Benjamin Lerner sentenced him to life in prison without parole for the murder, plus 60 to 12...

Acknowledgment Whose hand and tongue is capable To fulfil the obligations of thanks to Him? – Sa'di I would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me in the completion of this work. Especially I am highly indebted to my advisor, Atish Dabholkar, for his guidance and stimulating suggestions throughout the work. I would also like to thank all my collaborators, Ashoke Sen, Norihiro I...

BACKGROUND Non-attended appointments have impacts on the operations of dental clinics. These impacts vary from lost productivity, loss of income and loss of clinical teaching hours. METHODS Appointment data were analysed to assess the percentage of completed, failed to attend (FTA) and cancelled appointments at an Australian remote rural student dental clinic training facility. The demographi...

Here we tested the ability to augment the biological activity of the thrombin aptamer, d(GGTTGGTGTGGTTGG), by using locked nucleic acid (LNA) to influence its G-quadruplex structure. Compared to un-substituted control aptamer, LNA-containing aptamers displayed varying degrees of thrombin inhibition. Aptamers with LNA substituted in either positions G5, T7, or G8 showed decreased thrombin inhibi...

AIM To investigate the histopathologic changes in native bladder and gastrointestinal segment, the relation between histopathologic changes, type of operation and the period passed over operation in patients with bladder augmentation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty consecutive patients were enrolled in this study. Histopathologic evaluation of the cystoscopic mucosal biopsies from native bladde...