organ donation is an integral part of the health care system. many patients who have had an accident or have undergone a progressive disease are in need of an organ transplant and if they do not receive the required organ they would die. it is important to know that the most important source of organ donation is the brain death patients. it is highly essential to determine the pivotal factors t...

conclusions there was a significant correlation between elevated lipase levels and the incidence of multiple organ failure. moreover, no significant association was found between the elevated amylase levels and organ failure. however, on admission, measurement of these enzymes coupled with routine laboratory investigations can be a powerful tool in the early detection of patients progressing to...

hydrocarbons are ubiquitous in daily life and include plant and animal fats, alcohols, solvents, natural gas, petroleum derivates. majority of intoxication reports of hydrocarbons are due to inhalation or ingestion, but there is few reports about intravenous injection of gasoline. we report a 58 year-old man who injected gasoline intravenously for suicide. he developed soft tissue necrosis of f...

background: confrontation with the consequences of diabetes causes a crisis in physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions. sometimes the spiritual crisis can be tremendous. since spiritual health coordinates different aspects of human life, this study aimed to identify the spiritual health of patients with defects caused by diabetes. materials and methods: this was a qualitative-phenomenologica...

Objective: To assess whether the quality of early childhood environments among different groups of Bangladeshi women, including migrants to the UK, contributes to variation in ovarian reserve and the rate of reproductive ageing in later life. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: London (UK) and Sylhet town, NE Bangladesh. Patients: 179 healthy women volunteers aged 35-59 divided into four gr...

The Rio Cajarí Extractive Reserve (RCER) is a sustainable use protected area located in Southern Amapá state, Brazil. This protected area is home to traditional agro-extractive families, but has been increasingly invaded by commercial agriculture producers. In this work, we test the hypothesis that the RCER implementation has distinctly affected spatial patterns of deforestation and rates of ba...

age at menopause using serum concentration of anti-mullerian hormone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013;98:729–735. Titus S, Li F, Stobezki R, Akula K, Unsal E, Jeong K, Dickler M, Robson M, Moy F, Goswami S et al. Impairment of BRCA1-related DNA doublestrand break repair leads to ovarian aging in mice and humans. Sci Transl Med 2013;5:172ra21. Tremellen K, Savulescu J. Ovarian reserve screening: a ...

Given the rapid rate of population aging, basic science and public health efforts have increasingly focused on the determinants of successful cognitive aging. In this chapter, we review the definition and biological, psychological, and environmental determinants of cognitive health in later life. Successful cognitive aging is a multi-dimensional construct that lacks a consensus operationalized ...

In recent years bilingualism has been linked to both advantages in executive control and positive impacts on aging. Such positive cognitive effects of bilingualism have been attributed to the increased need for language control during bilingual processing and increased cognitive reserve, respectively. However, a mechanistic explanation of how bilingual experience contributes to cognitive reserv...

Diminished ovarian reserve is a more common occurrence as more women postpone childbearing in modern societies due to social and demographic trends. Diminished ovarian reserve is one of the primary reasons for poor ART outcome. Due to high costs, side effects and heavy burden on patients on ART treatments, patient selection and counseling for prognosis is an important aspect before starting ART...