In this chapter, we present standard procedures for the culture of human cells that exhibit a finite proliferative capacity (replicative life-span). The use of a cell culture model has the advantage of providing a controlled environment to study a wide variety of cellular phenomena. It also has the inherent limitation of isolating cells from the regulatory elements that might be provided by oth...

in his seminal book on the historical periods of western attitudes toward death, philippe aries describes four consecutive periods through which these attitudes evolved and transformed. according to him, the historical attitudes of western cultures have passed through four major parts described above: “tamed death,” one’s own death,” “thy death,” and “forbidden death.” this paper, after explori...

Recent increase in the number of studies on spirituality manifests growing recognition of the importance of spirituality, as well as mounting interest in studying spirituality in healthcare. Most studies on spirituality in end of life care focus on identifying specific features of spirituality and often represent an individualistic understanding of spirituality. They seldom engage in a historic...

this paper examines the factors affecting marriage and their relationship with satisfaction with married life. the sample of the study consisted of 300 persons, selected from a statistical society of 41557 couples between 25 and 45 years old in the city of birjand. the results of the study showed that the following variables had a significant relationship with satisfaction with married life: ne...

certainly, methodology of political jurisprudence (feghe seyasi) is closely related to “ejtehad”( practicing religious jurisprudence) . so, methodologically, understanding characteristics of political jurisprudence , requires understanding ejtehad. and ejtehad ,in turn, requires understanding the relations of it with “language” and “action” .therefor, understanding the two relations, clears the...

Information technology and its technologies that now- adays came to the life of the individuals and population types, can have special effectiveness in the life of the hu- man-being. We study its impact on the life security, in- struction and the training of the people, personal social relations, culture and community, health and treatment, business, sport, moral aspects and the addiction to th...

Information technology and its technologies that now- adays came to the life of the individuals and population types, can have special effectiveness in the life of the hu- man-being. We study its impact on the life security, in- struction and the training of the people, personal social relations, culture and community, health and treatment, business, sport, moral aspects and the addiction to th...