background objective: to evaluate the utility of specific cut-off values for c- reactive protein (crp) and immature-to-total neutrophil ratio (i/t) as screening tests for meningitis in culture negative early onset sepsis (eos). materials and methods retrospective chart review of 97 newborns with culture negative sepsis who had lumbar puncture performed as part of the sepsis evaluation in a leve...

meningitis, pneumonia, and sepsis in newborns and young infants (age < 60 days) are the main causes of childhood mortality in developing countries. even though streptococcus pneumonia is the most commonly detected microorganism in pediatric bacterial meningitis, it is rare in newborn infants. the following article reports a case of pneumococcal meningitis that was detected early in a newborn in...

Background: Isfahan, with a history of several thousand years, is a unique treasure of folklore and culture, and oral stories among its people are one of the oldest examples of thinking and imagination of the people of this province, which shows their quality and mental issues and sorrow. It is a valid and useful document of the social history of these people. This study aims to investigate the...

How can we more formally define good and evil? My esteemed colleague Stanley Krippner PhD has suggested to me “that something is ‘good’ if it is life-potentiating and helps people manifest the potentials with which they entered this world. Something is ‘bad’ if it is life-depotentiating and blocks their potentials. Of course, culture plays a critical role and often what is ‘good’ in one culture...

How can we more formally define good and evil? My esteemed colleague Stanley Krippner PhD has suggested to me “that something is ‘good’ if it is life-potentiating and helps people manifest the potentials with which they entered this world. Something is ‘bad’ if it is life-depotentiating and blocks their potentials. Of course, culture plays a critical role and often what is ‘good’ in one culture...

the dissemination of western culture in the world has promoted a type of consumer culture which corresponds with the capitalist system. this has not only affected on urbanites, but has also made dramatic changes the life style of rural people. so nowadays contentment is not deemed valuable and many people believe that these values are outmoded. in this article, hesar khorvan village has been se...