BACKGROUND Growth failure in children less than five years old can lead to the serious complications such as increased mortality, learning difficulties or physical disability. The aim of this study was to investigate the nonorganic factors affecting the growth trend in less than two years children living in Zanjan, Iran. METHODS This longitudinal study was conducted on a sample of 3566 childr...

Nicotine is an addictive alkaloid in cigarette smoke and is responsible for tobacco dependence. It is important to consider the bloodto-liver transport of nicotine to understand the nicotine elimination from the body because most of the nicotine is converted to inactive metabolites by cytochrome P450 localized in the endoplasmic reticulum of the hepatocytes. In this study, the blood-to-liver tr...

Nicotine is an addictive alkaloid in cigarette smoke and is responsible for tobacco dependence. It is important to consider the bloodto-liver transport of nicotine to understand the nicotine elimination from the body because most of the nicotine is converted to inactive metabolites by cytochrome P450 localized in the endoplasmic reticulum of the hepatocytes. In this study, the blood-to-liver tr...

Evidence is presented that the first images of maize in Europe are to be found in the festoons painted by Giovanni Martini da Udine about 1515–1517 that surround the frescoes designed by Raphael Sanzio in the fabulous residence, now known as the Villa Farnesina, of the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi. Additional representations of maize by the same artist painted in 1517–1519 are included in fest...

Utopia and satire would seem, superficially at least, to be closely related genres. They both reject present forms of human society, and they sometimes make use of similar devices (e. g., the voyage, the stranger's eye). They would seem to differ only in emphasis. Whereas the satirist focuses on criticism, the utopian writer offers an ideal alternative. The implicit social censure embedded in u...

A multicenter, observational cohort study was performed from January 2008 to March 2019. total of 92 consecutive Afro-Caribbean patients (57% women; mean age, 50 years) had first-ever ipsilateral cerebral ischemic events (79 strokes; 13 transient attacks) associated with an carotid artery web diagnosed by computed tomography angiography. The symptomatic bulb stenosis only 36%. During a follow-u...

As primary caregiver to under-five children in Ethiopia, mothers' knowledge, perception, and management skills are important to minimize the effects of morbidity and mortality associated with diarrhoeal diseases. A community-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in Abramo and Megele 37 kebeles (the last administration division) in Assosa district of western Ethiopia in July 2010...