BACKGROUND A significant proportion of cancer patients use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) along with conventional therapies (CT), whereas a smaller proportion delay or defer CT in favor of CAM. Previous studies exploring CAM use among cancer patients in the Middle East region have shown discrepant results. This study investigates the prevalence and pattern of CAM use by Saudi canc...

one of most frequently stated phrases of sahifat al-sajjadiyya is related to repentance and asking for god’s pardon for the sins that are not only incompatible with the infallibility of imam al-sajjad (a.s.) but are inconsistent with ordinary human beings as well. this article intends to bring up and study some of the solutions for the above-mentioned enigma. on this basis, in explanation of th...

The amount of digital video has been increasing dramatically due to the technology advances in video capturing, storage, and compression. The usefulness of vast repositories of digital information is limited by the effectiveness of the access methods, as shown by the Web explosion. The key issues in addressing the access methods are those of content description and of information space navigati...

The Suicided Voice (2004) is an interactive multi-media electroacoustic music piece in five movements. The piece explores the various and fluid identities of voice, the notion of voicing and the digital embodiment of the voice beyond the larynx. In this piece the acoustic voice of the performer is processed and manipulated live on the limbs of the performer via the Bodycoder System the first ge...

dominion), is clear from the mention of the servants as distinct from the handmaid; it occurs in the sense of masters also in Jerem. xxvii. 4. The hand of the masters and of the mistress can only mean the punishing hand; and the eyes are directed to it in the attitude of entreaty and supplication that the punishment may soon come to an end, and pity be shown to the miserable. This is evident, 1...

This study was designed to identify the ways in which people present themselves online in the social network environment of MySpace, and whether self-presentation differs by the sex of the user. Content analysis was conducted on a sample of 300 public profiles from MySpace.com. Results indicate significant relationships between intimidating behaviors and the intended audience, and intimidating ...

Many manifestations of human dependency are adaptive, such as looking for proximity, care, and support when in distress, or establishing stable bonds in which others are perceived as a safe haven that can shield us against many difficulties and dangers. In spite of these adaptive manifestations, dependency can be maladaptive. Psychiatric classification has generally labelled dependency “Depende...

MARIE-CHRISTINE POUCHELLE, The body and surgery in the Middle Ages, transl. Rosemary Morris, Cambridge and Oxford, Polity Press, 1990, 8vo, pp. vii, 276, illus., £35.00. The original edition of this book appeared first in 1983. This English translation follows that of Jacquart's book on sexuality in the Middle Ages: clearly Polity Press have found a niche in the English-reading market. Ultimate...