RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN REGIONAL RADIATION DOSES AND COGNITIVE DECLINE IN CHILDREN TREATED WITH CRANIO-SPINAL IRRADIATION FOR POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMORS

Relationships between Regional Radiation Doses and Cognitive Decline in Children Treated with Cranio-Spinal Irradiation for Posterior Fossa Tumors

Pediatric posterior fossa tumor (PFT) survivors who have been treated with cranial radiation therapy often suffer from cognitive impairments that might relate to IQ decline.Radiotherapy (RT) distinctly affects brain regions involved in different cognitive functions.However, the relative contribution of regional irradiation to the different cognitiv

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Islamic Modernists and Discourse on Reason as a Reconciliatory Argument between Islam and the Western Enlightenment

This article examines the debates on the relationship between Islam and reason during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.It argues that these debates were transnational but were largely influenced by similar debates in the Western tradition.It also affirms that modernists used discourse on reason to reconcile Islam with Western Enli

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