Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) may result in cardiomyopathy which is a major cause of death in thalassemia patients. Vitamin D is associated with benefits in cardiovascular disorders. Our purpose was to study effects of vitamin D on pulmonary artery pressure in thalassemia major and intermedia patients. Materials and Methods: This randomized trial was performed on 26 patient...

Human tumor cell death during radiotherapy is caused mainly by ionizing radiation (IR)-induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSB), which are repaired by either homologous recombination repair (HRR) or nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ). Although siRNA-mediated knockdown of DNA DSB repair genes can sensitize tumor cells to IR, this approach is limited by inefficiencies of gene silencing. In this study...

This paper reviews the case that Bangladeshi artist Ahmed Kabir Kishore was arrested for publishing caricatures. Based on case, it analyses explicitly human rights of freedom expression and sorts out political ethical difficulties contemporary artists' expression. hopes to provide theoretical norms realistic approaches protecting by returning artistic expression's essence analyzing its legal lo...

One of the main objectives of the top asphalt layer is to provide a protective surface against water penetration and other harmful liquids such as chemicals. However, current construction equipments do not provide finished asphalt surfaces that meet this quality and therefore, allowing the intrusion of several liquids through the asphalt layers and deeper into the underlying soils. Subsequently...

The novel Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini shows how the main character Amir reflects a sense of self through views other characters. At some point in story, Amir’s self-conceptualization changes radically. Thus, paper wants to make psychological interpretation emotional traumas affect self-perception, moral-development, and planned behavior scrutinizing plot, conflicts, view Amir. Additionally, ...

This paper aims to understand spiritual leadership from the personal point of view, power, and authority. The central concept in this landscape is how a leader can impact people who have different attitudes, motivations, origins, personality values, beliefs, course, culture sociological-anthropological perspective. In addition looking at aspects multicultural leadership, author will also enrich...

Nonhomeomorphic compact Hausdorff spaces X and Y and an isomorphism : C(X) -> C(Y) (onto) are constructed such that ||c/>|| \4>~ || = 2. Amir had asked if such a d> exists with || \\ ||cf> || < 3.