BACKGROUND The positive effect of breastfeeding on health is globally accepted. However, breastfeeding has not yet practiced at a favorite level. Empowerment of mothers is an important factor for continuing breastfeeding. This study was conducted to explore women's perception of empowerment in breastfeeding. METHODS The present qualitative study was conducted in conventional content analysis ...

The following article reports on a multimodal corpus study of English as if constructions. results this suggest that formulaic and insubordinate constructions are prosodically chunked clauses, with uttered significantly higher pitch lower when being compared subordinate uses. In addition, clauses occasionally accompanied by frowns. It is argued that, although both convey an ironic interpretatio...

This 'For Debate' paper starts by recognizing the growing trend towards considering alcohol dependence as a chronic relapsing disorder. We argue that the adoption of this model results from focusing on those in treatment for alcohol dependence rather than considering the larger number of people in the general population who meet criteria for alcohol dependence at some point in their lives. The ...