BACKGROUND Only few studies have examined the impact of racial differences on the age of onset, course and outcomes of diverticulitis. AIM To provide data about the epidemiology of diverticulitis in northern Israel, and to determine whether ethnicity is a predictor of age of onset, complications, and need for surgery. METHODS Was conducted a retrospective review of the charts of all patient...

number of errors, especially relating to Greek medical theory, indicating that Professor Nasr is not familiar with all of the recent literature. Thus on p. 161 the faulty diagram of Galen's cardio-vascular system, first used by Charles Singer, is reproduced. Also in this section, and elsewhere, although the illustrations are numerous and dramatic, they are not described adequately nor keyed int...

freedom is one of the greatest and highest human values and of necessities of life and evolution that all nations have wanted its realization. the word freedom dates back to human history and it has found criterion and rate through indicators such as truth-seeking, justice and human's existential growth and defines its own limits and is manifested in literature of different nations in vari...

A Look at Contemporary Persian Poetry, Currents in Persian Poetry in 20th Century This book is a historical survey of literature though the writer has tried to distance himself from ancient approaches and to apply a modern look of analysis, critique and stylistics. In the first chapter the methodology is discussed followed by the second chapter which talks of text and metatext and the relation...

both iran and iraq during their countries’ histories have seen numerous political events. the most important event that can be seen in contemporary histories of both countries is war. the involvement of both nations with ominous phenomena of war has caused the formation of somewhat similar approaches in the cultures of these two countries. one of these similar approaches is the formation of res...

The description of various methods for ethnicity classification can be found in the literature, though their reliability still remains unclear. We examined inter-observer agreement in defining the ethnic identification of patients in a bi-ethnic population (Arab-Jewish) in northern Israel, using place of birth and residence in addition to given and family names. Data about 1006 consecutive pati...

purpose: the bust?ni family has an efficient role in the development of contemporary literally advance of lebanon. each member of the family did the best to work on reviving the cultural heritage and arabic civilization and old thoughts and also to teach the young generations of lebanon. bust?nis, as the dynamic heads of the contemporary literature published regularly new boos and translations ...