We studied the similarities and differences between Brazilian Spiritistic mediums and North American dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients. Twenty-four mediums selected among different Spiritistic organizations in São Paulo, Brazil, were interviewed using the Dissociative Disorder Interview Schedule, and their responses were compared with those of DID patients described in the literatur...

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 431 I. THE MORAL RIGHTS DEBATE .................................................... 432 A. The Origins of Moral Rights .................................................. 432 B. The Berne Convention ........................................................... 434 C. The Limited Scope of Moral Rights in t...

AIM To develop sustained release matrix tablets based on xanthan as highly water-soluble, cost-effective, non-toxic, easily available, and suitable hydrophilic systems. MATERIAL AND METHODS Xanthan and lignin epoxy-modified resin (LER) mixture were crosslinked using epichlorohydrin as crosslinking agent leading to superabsorbent hydrogels with high swelling rate in aqueous mediums. RESULTS ...

Twitter has become the de facto information sharing and communication platform. Given the factors that influence language on Twitter – size limitation as well as communication and content-sharing mechanisms – there is a continuing debate about the position of Twitter’s language in the spectrum of language on various established mediums. These include SMS and chat on the one hand (size limitatio...