Preliminary evidence

Ramadan fasting: Evidence or expert opinion? Results of preliminary studies

Each year, over a billion Muslims fast worldwide during the month of Ramadan.  Through this religious practice, not only will one have spiritual growth, but can improve his/her diet, which is of pivotal importance in this month. Conversely, the available evidence regarding the health benefits of Ramadan fasting is scarce and highly contentious. Although Islam exempts patients from fasting, many...

Preliminary Evidence of Superhuman Tetrachromats

The human eye can normally resolve millions of colours, though we use only three colour sensors. This three-dimensional colour vision system is unique to humans and Old-world primates, and is known as trichromacy (3-colour). Elsewhere in the animal kingdom, other types of colour vision abound. Insects exhibit some of the more impressive systems: bees are tetrachromats (4-colour) and can see mor...

ramadan fasting: evidence or expert opinion? results of preliminary studies

each year, over a billion muslims fast worldwide during the month of ramadan.  through this religious practice, not only will one have spiritual growth, but can improve his/her diet, which is of pivotal importance in this month. conversely, the available evidence regarding the health benefits of ramadan fasting is scarce and highly contentious. although islam exempts patients from fasting, many...

recent evidence on investors’ behavior in the tehran stock exchange: preliminary evidence and future insights

in this study, provided preliminary evidence on a comprehensive program of study focusing on investors’ behavior in the tehran stock exchange (tse) in 2014. using a survey-based methodology, 561 investors from the tse representing individual investors, mutual fund experts, funding institutions experts, institutional investors, and stock brokers have been randomly selected to respond to a set of...

Laboratory management: preliminary analysis of narcotics evidence.