nuṣayrī-‘alawī is a shiite sect that the extremist-esoteric approach among them is highly visible. due to the mysterious nature of such these esoteric movements, a little work of nuṣayrī heritage is available to the public. a collection entitled silsilat al-turāth al-‘alawī has published in recent years which includes an abundant works of  nuṣayrī heritage. ḥaqāiq asrār al-dīn is one of them th...

In this article, we analyze the arterial pulse in the spectral domain. A parameter, the spectral harmonic energy ratio (SHER), is developed to assess the features of the overly decreased spectral energy in the fourth to sixth harmonic for palpitation patients. Compared with normal subjects, the statistical results reveal that the mean value of SHER in the patient group (57.7 ± 27.9) is signific...

The unfolded protein response (UPR) counteracts stress caused by unprocessed ER client proteins. A genome-wide survey showed impaired induction of many UPR target genes in xbp-1 mutant Caenorhabditis elegans that are unable to signal in the highly conserved IRE1-dependent UPR pathway. However a family of genes, abu (activated in blocked UPR), was induced to higher levels in ER-stressed xbp-1 mu...

F.M. Abu-Taleb1, H.M. El-Zawahry2, Z.K. Zekri2, R.M.M. Gaafar2, N.M.A. Al Lahloubi2, N. Zakhari3, O. Elfarargy1, A. Abdel Raheem Alnagar1 Medical Oncology, Zagazig University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Sharkia, EGYPT Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute Kasr El AiniCairo University, Cairo, EGYPT Biochemistry and Tumour Biology, National Cancer Institute Kasr El AiniCairo University,...

Abu Raihan Al-Biruni (973 1048) is considered one of the intellectual giants of humankind. He was an astronomer, physicist and geographer, that distinguished himself as linguist and historian too. Here we discuss his major contributions to the mathematical geography of Middle Ages.