SYNOPSIS. Drying to equilibrium with the air is lethal to most species of animals and plants, making drought (i.e., low external water potential) a central problem for terrestrial life and a major cause of agronomic failure and human famine. Surprisingly, a wide taxonomic variety of animals, microbes, and plants do tolerate complete desiccation, defined as water content below 0.1 g H2O g21 dry ...

The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy Vol. 14 No. 1 (2006), E1 E10 Approximately 90% of the people in the US will experience significant low back pain (LBP) at some point in their life1. Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is identified as one of the primary causes of back pain in the elderly1 and is the most common diagnosis requiring lumbar spine surgery for patients over 652. It is estimated...

abstract background: human dignity, as a fundamental human right and a moral obligation, has been emphasized in different fields of nursing. the aim of the present integrative review was to explore the nature of nurses’ human dignity in educational and clinical settings. materials and methods: a literature review was conducted on quantitative and qualitative research papers in english and persi...

human dignity, based on the sadraee thought and according to his basis and philosophy, is a factual and existential but not reliable and conventional thing and because this is graded so dignity is a gradation thing. accordingly, inherently human contains dignity it means that dignity in the developmental system is a constant and unchanging thing and associated with human nature, due to the char...

Background: Ethical standards of nursing profession emphasize that taking care of patients, showing respectful behavior, and preserving patients’ human dignity are important nursing priorities. Furthermore, since time immemorial, humanistic thinkers have always paid close attention to the issues of humanity and human dignity. Despite the emphasis of nursing texts on the importance of pres...

Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is a radiographic finding that is defined as the presence of gas within the bowel wall regardless of the cause. PI is less common and has a good prognosis after the first year of life1. A large variety of underlying diseases are associated with PI in children. Among the triggering conditions, gastrointestinal infections are common. Rotavirus infection as a cause of...