how to instill compassion in a healthcare organization? in this article, i respond to marianna fotaki’s proposals in her piece, ‘why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare?’ by drawing on insights from organization studies. following fotaki, i argue that to instill targets and formal measures for assessing compassion would be problematic. i conclude by drawing on psy...

taknar deposit is located about 28 km to the north-west of bardaskan in the khorasan-e-razavi province, which is situated in the north-eastern part of iran. this deposit is unique, formed within the taknar formation in the ordovician time. as a result, it is of much interest to many researchers working in this field. by choosing the lithogeochemical study performed to recognize new exploration ...

background: in radiation treatment of moving targets located in thorax region of patient body, the delivered dose does not match with the planned treatment, resulting in some over and under dosage in the tumor volume, as a function of motion magnitude and frequency. several efforts have been done to investigate the target motion effects on dose distribution in the target and surrounding normal ...

cancer stem cells (cscs) have been identified as rare cellular populations in many cancers, including leukemia and solid tumors. this minor subpopulation of cancerous cells is immortal tumor-initiating cells which thought to be responsible for cancer initiation, progression, metastasis, recurrence and drug/radiation resistance. low proliferative rate, high self-renewing capacity, differentiatio...

results researchers have reported that mirnas can repress the expression of important cancer-related genes and might be helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. during the past two decades, numerous studies have shown that mirnas play an essential role in inhibiting hcc via several different pathways. deregulated mirnas may contribute to carcinogenesis, indicating that mirnas can act a...

O p e n A c c e s s Apelin: A promising therapeutic target?