death has been and is the most important problem of human being throughout the history. every man is innately in the pursuit of immortality, life and well-fare as they also hate destruction and annihilation. this problem as well as related views and analyses of the true nature of death, the elements of reducing the dread of death have all direct effect on meaningfulness of life. whether or not ...

fatty liver disease (fld) is the most prevalent form of liver disease worldwide. overnutrition can induce nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld), a spectrum of conditions ranging from simple steatosis [or nonalcoholic fatty liver (nafl)] to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and cirrhosis. some of the epidemiological and pathological studies have also suggested an association between the presence o...

brain death is defined as the permanent, irreversible and concurrent loss of all brain and brain stem functions. brain death diagnosis is based on clinical criteria and it is not routine to use paraclinical studies. in some countries, electroencephalogram (eeg) is performed in all patients for the determination of brain death while there is some skepticism in relying on eeg as a confirmatory te...

extractthis study explored the grief of 26 adolescents after the death of a parent during the subjects' adolescent years. data collection involved a one-time semi-structured interview. in addition, the adolescents were asked to write and draw about death. the study identified variables and themes that appeared to have possible significance for how adolescents coped. the study conclusions w...

introduction: accurate documentation of the cause of death is critical for health care planning. in this study, the most important causes of death registered on death certificates and the most important issues preventing accurate registration and access to death information in the town of rafsanjan were surveyed. methods: this was a descriptive study. all death certificates (totally 1197) issue...

to explore the abnormalities in iranian athletes' electrocardiogram and find any relation with body fat. 239 international athletes were involved in this cross sectional study. body-fat percentage and resting 12-lead ecgs were recorded from all participants. of 239 participant athletes, 212 were male and 27 female. 60% of participants had sinus bradycardia. a total of 84% of the athletes demons...