REPORTING QUALITY OF SHAM NEEDLES USED AS CONTROLS IN ACUPUNCTURE TRIALS: A METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION


Leadership as Idolatry

This study explores how an extended Guitars view of idolatry can be used to analyze leadership in organizations.Beginning with the theological anthropology of James K.Smith, it develops a model of idolatry and then moves on to explore the cases of Stalinism and Enron.The ultimate concern promoted by personality cults in these cases, it is not only

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The effect of feedstock, knife wear and work station on the exposure to noise and vibrations in wood chipping operations

Industrial chipping is becoming increasingly popular, as the result of a growing demand for woody biomass.Industrial chippers are large, powerful End Table machines that generate much noise and vibration.This study explored some factors that may affect exposure to noise and vibration, namely: feedstock type (branches vs.logs), work station characte

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In situ evaluation of podocytes in patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and minimal change disease.

Podocyte injury in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and minimal change disease (MCD) results from the imbalance between adaptive responses that maintain homeostasis and cellular dysfunction that can culminate in cell death.Therefore, an in situ analysis was performed to detect morphological changes related to cell death and autophagy in re

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