For humans, caves are dark, moist, and often dangerous places. However, also home to many animals that live strange lives: blind beetles eat bat poop appreciate it; tiny spiders spin webs catch insects, known as flying food; white salamanders swim in cave ponds without getting lost, at least not all the time. Most of these do have eyes—why would you need eyes when dark? Instead, they developed ...

Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad’s masterpiece, is one the most famous British novels 20th century. Marlow’s 
 journey to Africa can be taken as voyage growth, which was mainly embodied by his self-realization. By analyzing plot structure this paper probes into deep novel with growth a clue, helpful read theme novel.

rosa damascena has been found to act on central nervous system including the brain. several studies confirm that r. damascena inhibits the activity of the hypothalamus and pituitary systems in rat and can suppress the central nervous system. in traditional medicine hypnotic effect of rose is also suggested. in this study, the hypnotic effect of the ethanol crude extract of r. damascena and its ...

background: insomnia, which is difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep, is a very common experience for many people. considering the increasing interest in medicinal plants in the past decade, many plants such as coriandrum sativum, salvia leriifolia, salvia reuterana and stachys lavanduli folia have been used in iranian traditional medicine to abate insomnia. objective: the present stud...

Background: Various studies indicate that life style may influence serum enzyme levels. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of waterpipe smoking, immobilization and darkness stress on serum creatine kinase (CK) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels in female rats. Materials and Methods: Female Wistar rats were divided into control, waterpipe smoking, immobilized, under...

Objective: Controversies exist regarding the impact of co-sleeping on infant sleep quality. In this context, the current study examined: (a) the differences in objective and subjective sleep patterns between co-sleeping (mostly room-sharing) and solitary sleeping mother-infant dyads; (b) the predictive links between maternal sleep during pregnancy and postnatal sleeping arrangement; (c) the bi-...