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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54087#.VO1zHizQrzE Author(s)   Ayala Yahav 1 , Chaim Kaplinsky 2 , Miguel M. Glatstein 3* , Yaakov Shachter 1 , Aryeh Simmonds 1 , Yakov Shiff 1 , Dennis Scolnik 4 , Nechama Sharon 1,5   Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Pediatrics, Laniado Hospital, Netanya, Israel . 2 Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Sheba Hospital, Tel Hashomer, Israel . 3 Divisions of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dana-Dwek Children Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel . 4 Divisions of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada . 5 Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Laniado Hospital, Netanya, Israel . ABSTRACT Background: Iron deficiency anemia in i...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53237#.VLh23cnQrzE Author(s)    Ahmed Chirmata 1* , Ihya Ait Ichou 1 , Thierry Page 2   Affiliation(s) 1 AQUAMAR Laboratory, Photocatalysis and Environment Team, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco . 2 Odotech Inc., Montreal, Canada . ABSTRACT The city of Agadir is one of the best tourist destinations in Morocco, considered as one of the most beautiful bay in the world, which has a port infrastructure and strong industry based on the processing of seafood which often implicated as the source of odors. In order to identify in real time the sources responsible for the odors experienced in the city center and to act quickly in conjunction with industry, the Wilaya of Souss Massa Draa Region has implemented a continuous odor monitoring and tracking system using electronic noses. The treatment of meteoro...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53143#.VLXZKMnQrzE Author(s)    Roger Kurlan 1* , Roye Evans 2 , Sandra Wrigley 1 , Shannon McPartland 1 , Rami Bustami 3 , Ann Cotter 2   Affiliation(s) 1 Atlantic Neuroscience Institute, Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ, USA . 2 Integrative Medicine, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ, USA . 3 Biostatistics, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ, USA . ABSTRACT Background: Given the limited benefits of current treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD), inter-ventions that might provide supplementary benefits would be of value. The traditional Chinese medicine practice of Tai Chi has been said to improve some aspects of PD, particularly imbalance. Methods: Preliminary randomized, controlled, and rater-blinded clinical trial of Tai Chi, focusing on its effects on global motor, daily function, mood and quality of life. Subjects continued their ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=49383#.VI53x8nQrzE Author(s) Ray Marks Affiliation(s) School of Health & Behavioral Sciences, York College, City University of New York, New York, USA . ABSTRACT Background: Osteoarthritis is a widespread highly painful disabling age-related disease with no known cure. Although novel strategies for ameliorating osteoarthritic damage abound, it is likely that none will be successful over time if the entire spectrum of the disease and the effects of joint biomechanics on joint tissues are not carefully considered. Objectives: 1) To detail the structure of healthy articular cartilage, the key tissue affected by osteoarthritis. 2) T...