although it is not often thought of, elderly abuse is a frequently occurring phenomenon. especially when an older patient dies, maltreatment is low on the list of possible causes of death. there are, however, signs that may point in the direction of abuse. these can either be on the patient’s body, in the surroundings, or within the story as to how the patient died. attention should be paid to ...

Objective Abortion is a sensitive issue surrounded with social, cultural and religious stigma. Therefore, estimation of its prevalence involves methodological challenges. The aim of this manuscript is to estimate the abortion prevalence, stratified by type, using direct and two indirect methods. MaterialsAndMethods : In a cross-sectional study in 2016, we recruited 1020 women aged 18-49 years. ...

In this paper, I propose a developmental explanation of the reliability of the intentional stance as an interpretive strategy, and by doing so counter an objection to Dennett’s intentional stance theory (i.e. the ‘If it isn’t true, why does it work?’ objection). Specifically, young children’s use of the intentional stance enables them to learn from and thereby to become more similar to the adul...

though, in intentional murder, blood-money which should be received depends upon agreement between him and heirs of the murdered person (in other words, it is reconciliatory), according to abi basir’s hadith, if a murderer escapes and cannot be found, blood-money should be taken from his properties and, if this is not possible, in the next stage from his relatives, and finally from public treas...

Substances may enter the economy and the environment through both intentional and non-intentional flows. These non-intentional flows, including the occurrence of substances as pollutants in mixed primary resources (metal ores, phosphate ores and fossil fuels) and their presence in re-used waste streams from intentional use may have environmental and economic consequences in terms of pollution a...