17th November: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost

Abstracts of 23rd Iranian Nuclear Medicine Annual Congress, November 27-29, 2019, Tehran, Iran

Sunday Holidays

. Sir, Will you please find .1 little space for my proposal 111 your valuable paper and oblige. It is rather curious that the medical department should have no holiday unlike other departments, and it is sometimes a matter which causes great inconvenience to its employs. Some years back the work of the Indian dispensaries was light as most of the people were used to the eastern methods of treat...

Growth variation, final height and secular trend. Proceedings of the 17th Aschauer Soiree, 7th November 2009.

Growth and body height have always been topics interesting to the public. In particular, the stupendous increase of some 15-19cm in final adult height during the last 150 years in most European countries (the "secular trend"), the concomitant changes in body and head proportions, the tendency towards early onset of sexual maturation, the changes in the age when final height is being reached, an...

Pentecost: Paul the Pastor in 2 Corinthians

Explaining Sunday shop policies

Dutch municipalities have the right to decide on Sunday shop opening hours since 1996. Despite positive effects on economic growth and employment, many municipalities restrict Sunday trading in one way or another. Based on 2003 data we show that especially religious and political affiliation, regional differences and the size of the municipalities explain the variation between municipalities. T...