background: early puberty is a common worldwide problem. different parameters as genetics, metabolic diseases, obesity, as well as environmental factors may affect the age of puberty. this systematic review aims to survey the related literature on the effects of environmental pollutants and especially organohalogens and phthalates on early puberty. materials and methods: a systematic review of ...

This paper presents an overview of the economics of international aid, highlighting the historical literature and the contemporary debates. It reviews the “trade-theoretic” and the “contract-theoretic” analytical literature, and the empirical and institutional literature. It demonstrates a great degree of continuity in the policy concerns of the aid discourse in the twentieth century, and shows...

breast metastasis of ovarian carcinoma is rare. to date, only 39 cases have been reported in the english-language  literature  so  far.  we  are  herewith  reporting  a  primary  ovarian  papillary  serous  cyst adenocarcinoma metastasing to breast and epsilateral supraclavicular node in a 58 year old female asthe first case in our centre, located at north-east india.  the purpose of reporting ...

Species introduced to novel regions often leave behind many parasite species. Signatures of parasite release could thus be used to resolve cryptogenic (uncertain) origins such as that of Littorina littorea, a European marine snail whose history in North America has been debated for over 100 years. Through extensive field and literature surveys, we examined species richness of parasitic trematod...

a r t i c l e i n f o Available online xxxx JEL classifications: O33 O34 O41 Keywords: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Economic growth North–south model In this paper, we develop a general equilibrium endogenous growth model that emphasizes the IPR enforcement effects on growth, in a scenario of north–south technological knowledge diffusion. The economy consists of three sectors, and firms a...

It is not uncommon for a rheumatologist to get a request for evaluating a patient with persistent elevation of serum creatine (phospho) kinase (CK) level (hyper-CK-emia) especially if this laboratory abnormality is persistent. We present a descriptive analysis of 16 consecutive adult patients seen with a condition called idiopathic benign hyper-CK-emia at a tertiary care Rheumatology Clinic in ...

â  â  â  resistance manifestations in mozafar al nawwab’s poems â  â  â  * hasan dadkhah â  naser tabe` jabery ** â  â  â  abstract â  â  a mixture of political views and resistance literature is so visible in the poems of some contemporary arab poets that they are known as resistance poets. mozafar al nawwab, the contemporary iraqi poet, is one of them. nawwab grew up in a noble and gentle s...

Ecocriticism calls for a universal concern and awakening. While the Nature births ecocentrism with as its priority, opposite stands anthropocentrism which man-centred concept. Through various writings of Temsula Ao, D. Kuolie Mamang Dai, it is evident that themes such ecological depletion exploitation, cultural shift, grief over Natures eroding state, glorification might are most common trends....

This paper proposes to undertake an analysis of the Kachari Buranji (1936), a chronicle, collated from old Assamese manuscripts, documenting Ahom–Kachari relations end fourteenth beginning eighteenth century. buranji comes under sub-genre called kataki buranjis (the others being Jayantia and Tripura Buranji), which have dealt with political other correspondences between Ahoms adjoining kingdoms...