zellweger syndrome (zs) is a peroxisomal disorder with a multiple congenital anomalies, characterized by stereotypical facies, profound hypotonia, organ involvement including cerebral, retinal, hepatic, and renal. herein, a 3-month-old female with zs is presented who was referred because of increased liver enzymes (subclinical hepatitis), which was detected in work-up of her neck cyst, severe h...

background menopause is a unique event in a woman’s life which has many symptoms. frequency and severity of these symptoms vary, and they are based on the woman’s epidemiological characteristics. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and severity of menopausal symptoms and related factors among women, 40-60 years in kashan, iran. patients and methods in this cross-sec...

The aim of this paper is to develop a theory and taxonomy of auditory signs, based on semiotics. For more than two decades, the discourse on non-speech audio interfaces has been dominated by a dichotomy between auditory icons, which are based on everyday hearing, and earcons, which are based on musical hearing. The corresponding theory behind these concepts has to be revised for several reasons...

Recent research on signed as well as spoken language shows that the iconic features of the target language might play a role in language development. Here, we ask further whether different types of iconic depictions modulate children's preferences for certain types of sign-referent links during vocabulary development in sign language. Results from a picture description task indicate that lexica...

The writing-image association is one of the fundamental characteristics art in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. This combination was particularly developed and used by Maya for almost 20 centuries. Far from constituting only an artistic process, joint use these two modes visual communication allowed transcription a very complex symbolic thought main tools propaganda (political) power elites. In this ...

zellweger syndrome (zs) is a peroxisomal disorder with a multiple congenital anomalies, characterized by stereotypical facies, profound hypotonia, organ involvement including cerebral, retinal, hepatic, and renal. herein, a 3-month-old female with zs is presented who was referred because of increased liver enzymes (subclinical hepatitis), which was detected in work-up of her neck cyst, severe h...

This paper explores a unique relationship between iconicity and metaphor: that seen in creative sign language, where iconic properties abound at all levels of linguistic representation. We use the idea of ‘iconic superstructure’ to consider the way that metaphoric meaning is generated through the iconic properties of creative sign language. We focus on the interaction between the overall contex...

This study will consider the semantic behavior of the temporal negators not yet and never in English. In this paper, I show that not yet, by default, uses the stereotypical intervals connected with certain events to determine the time span of its negation, while never systematically ignores these stereotypical intervals. I show that in order to correctly distinguish between these two lexical it...

background & objectives: streptozotocin (stz) is used for induction of type-1 diabetes mellitus in animal models. its beta-cytotoxic action results in sudden release of insulin leading to severe hypoglycaemia and even mortality. however, its sensitivity varies with species. present investigation was aimed at studying stz induced acute clinical effects in rabbits. methods: streptozotocin@ 65...