BACKGROUND Lifetime co-occurrence of violence victimisation is common. A large proportion of victims report being exposed to multiple forms of violence (physical, sexual, emotional violence) and/or violence by multiple kinds of perpetrators (family members, intimate partners, acquaintances/strangers). Yet much research focuses on only one kind of victimisation. The aim of this study was to inve...

Because of the complex and multiorgan origin of hypertension, the genetic approach is the preferred strategy for discovering genes predisposing to the disease, a strategy that was successful mostly for monogenic forms of the disease. Both linkage studies in families with informative markers and case-control studies with biallelic markers or putative functional variants on candidate genes were w...

Previous research has shown that observing others' actions can affect individual performance of the same actions. In the present study, we developed a new paradigm to investigate whether and how complementary actions at the disposal of another agent are represented and influence one's own actions. A spatial compatibility task was distributed among two people so that each participant took care o...

If you want to meet a truly tough fish, buy a ticket to Lake Magadi, Kenya. Here, the Magadi tilapia swim happily in the hot, alkaline waters of the lake, where oxygen levels soar and plummet daily and water chemistry pushes the boundaries of acid– base regulation. Few fish can survive such an extreme aquatic environment and this has attracted comparative physiologists for decades to the town o...

tradition has primary importance in modern arabic poetry, and invoking traditional elements is a remarkably invaluable poetic source. tradition has many resources among which literary tradition is a rich storehouseon whichpoets deeply rely. literary tradition contains many elements among which poetic figures are probably the most influential and inspirational. this article attempts to study the...

Nigella sativa is the miraculous plant having a lot of nutritional and medicinal benefits, and attracts large number of nutrition and pharmacological researchers. N. sativa seed composition shows that it is the blessing of nature and it contains and many bioactive compounds like thymoquinone, α-hederin, alkaloids, flavonoids, antioxidants, fatty acids many other compounds that have positive eff...