conclusions the study showed that elevator buttons could lead to transmission of pathogenic bacteria. it is necessary to clean and disinfect elevator buttons daily, especially in departments with high contamination potential such as laboratories, particularly in biological laboratories and pilot plant rooms. methods the study was a across sectional research. samples were taken from elevator but...

introduction: the current research seeks to evaluate the framework of the mentioned endeavors through the survey of the quality of the web pages of iran's medical universities and the existence of their organizational metalinks. methods: in this descriptive study, 40 web pages of the iran's medical universities were studied. the existence of the web pages, the type of the library soft wares, th...

I n the Republic , Plato recounts the myth of Gyges, who wore a ring that allowed him to become invisible simply by turning the ring around his finger. 1 Gyges misused the ring’s powers to seduce the wife of the king, kill him, and take over the country. The lesson that Plato drew from this myth was that the person of true virtue is the one who can be trusted to do the right thing, even when no...

One of the most valuable of recent efforts for the treatment of mental disease has been the establishment of the Maudsley Hospital with its pathological department for the purpose of research in psychological medicine. Started at the suggestion of Dr. Henry Maudsley, who gave altogether ?40,000 towards the cost of building, it was erected for the teaching of this subject, and for the treatment,...