beautifully adds to the evidence that simple intuitions about correlation-based plasticity may lead us astray. In Departments of Physiology and Otolaryngology Neuroscience Graduate Program the LGN of the ferret, ON-center and OFF-center inputs segregate into separate layers during the third postnatal W. M. Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience Sloan Center for Theoretical Neurobiology at UCS...

background : phacoemulsification is one of the best surgical treatments for the cataract. secondary to the technicaladvances in estimating the intraocular lens (iol) power, the refractive errors, one of the most important surgical complications after surgery, is now reduced. currently, two methods of biometry are used to calculate the iol power, ultrasound biometry and optical biometry. both me...

Two hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson asserted that no law "ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority." Since then, freedom of conscience has continued to be heralded as a fundamental principle of American society. Indeed, many current policy debates-most notably in the medical and military contexts-are predicate...

result in colonic perforation during colo− noscopy, they are always associated with pneumothorax and are always fatal [1, 2]. We report a case of colonoscopy−induced tension pneumothorax due to an undiag− nosed diaphragmatic hernia without co− lonic perforation. A 46−year−old man with no history of thoracoabdominal trauma underwent co− lonoscopy for rectal bleeding. Colono− scopic progress thou...

Editorials 666 The mental health needs of people affected by emergencies are significant, but often overlooked by health-care providers. 1 The world is facing an unprecedented number of humanitarian emergencies arising from conflict and disasters. In 2014, nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced due to conflict, the highest number on record. 2 Climatic and geological hazards continue t...

hydrosalpins (dilatation of fallpian tube that can be seen by hysterosalpingogeraphy. laparoscocpy, and in severe cases by sonography) is one of the probable confounding factors of assited – reproduction therapy (art) outcomes. this cohort study is conducted to determine the effects of hydrosalpins on ivf-et outcomes. for this, of the total number of patients who had approached the infertility ...

physical child abuse is a psycho-social and health problem that has been ignored for many years. although the official report of child abuse ignored for many years, and the official reports of child abuse cases are very limited, but there are evidences that show the significant extent of physical child abuse prevalence rate in two regions of tehran, which are completely different in socioeconom...

Venous thromboembolism is the third leading cause of vascular death,1 with a high incidence, especially among older persons. Incidence rates increase from 1 per 10,000 annually among persons less than 40 years of age to nearly 1% annually among persons 80 years of age or older2; more than one third of cases occur in persons older than 60 years of age.3 The mainstay of treatment for more than a ...