bark". Dietrich provides eleven notes to Ibn al-Baitar's commentary and, as he does in all entries, attempts to identify the plant in modern nomenclature. In this instance, however, Dietrich says, "The plant's identification is very doubtful, perhaps impossible to know". And, he references his discussion of the plant in his Dioscurides triumphans. The reverse happens as well. As an illustration...

We introduce and study the partial singular braid monoid PSBn, a monoid that contains both the inverse braid monoid IBn and the singular braid monoid SBn. Our main results include a characterization of Green’s relations, a presentation in terms of generators and relations, and a proof that PSBn embeds in the semigroup algebra C[IBn].

Abstract Background Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) can cause various neurological symptoms and reduce the daily activity of patients. Many studies have shown that free physical activities exercise improve bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with osteoporosis. However, effect LSS on BMD has not been reported. The purpose this study was to investigate effects treated ibandronate for newly diagno...

This section 9.3 of Ibn Sı̄nā’s Qiyās is a commentary on sections 25 and 26 of Aristotle’s Prior Analytics i, pages 41b36–43a19. NB the parallel passage in Ibn Sı̄nā’s Burhān iii.2, p. 136ff (Badawi). The paper below is what Wikipedia would call a stub. I will add and correct as time allows. I make the paper available now because it contains a complete translation of Qiyās section 9.3, which is a...

The majority of breast cancers occur in women over the age 65, but older cancer patients are largely underrepresented clinical trials. We investigated effect adding capecitabine to adjuvant treatment with ibandronate elderly patients. multicenter phase III ICE trial enrolled ≥65 years early node-positive/high-risk node-negative and a Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) ≤2. Patients were randomized...

In the last half century Ibrahim Madkour revolutionised the study of Arabic logic by making available a modern edition of the text of the Logic section of Ibn Sı̄nā’s Šifā’. Ibn Sı̄nā’s account of logic in the Šifā’ is much fuller than any of his other surviving accounts; it runs to some two thousand pages. It is also — in my view — more radical and more independent of Aristotle than his other ac...

The nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates used for management of the patients with osteoporosis were reported to influence the function of renal tubular cells. However, how nitrogen-containing bisphosphates exert any effects on ion currents remains controversial. The effects of ibandronate (Iban), a nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate, on ionic channels, including two types of Ca2+-activated K+ (K...

Service de Médecine et Réanimation Néonatale, PV, HER, Chis Ibn Sina, Commission de Formation Médicale Continue Université Mohammed V, Faculté de Médecine et Pharmacie, Équipe de Recherche en Santé et Nutrition du Couple Mère Enfant, Unité Mixte de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation URAC 39, Université Ibn Tofail-CNESTEN, RDC-Nutrition AFRA/AIEA, Morrocco, Service des Urgences Chirurgicales...

BACKGROUND Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī, known as Rhazes in the Western world (854-925 CE), was an Iranian polymath, physician and one of the most prominent sages in the medieval period. He wrote several medical books and treaties such as "Continents", a comprehensive medical encyclopedia, treaties in smallpox and measles, "Al-Mansuri" and many other important manuscripts in the medi...

INTRODUCTION Bisphosphonates are considered as a first-line therapy for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, showing in double-blind, randomized, controlled trials a significant reduction of incidence of new vertebral fractures compared to placebo. Recently also, Denosumab has been shown to reduce the appearance of new vertebral fractures by blocking RANK. There are not head to head co...