The future of date palm cultivation in the Lower Jordan Valley of the West Bank.

High water consumption and specific soil requirements warrant a long-term planning for date palm cultivation. Hence, this study presents a detailed procedure to calculate water and land balances that assess the suitability for date palm cultivation in three districts of the West Bank. It applies crop response functions to relate spatially explicit land suitability and salinity levels to net revenues.

Hypnotherapy in radiotherapy patients: a randomized trial.

Purpose: To determine whether hypnotherapy reduces anxiety and improves the quality of life in cancer patients undergoing curative radiotherapy (RT).

Methods And Materials: After providing written informed consent, 69 patients were randomized between standard curative RT alone (36 controls) and RT plus hypnotherapy (33 patients). Patients in the hypnotherapy group received hypnotherapy at the intake, before RT simulation, before the first RT session, and halfway between the RT course.

Hypoglycaemia induces emotional disruption.

Unlabelled: This study investigated how hypoglycaemia affects mood, whether psychological characteristics mediate an emotional disturbance during hypoglycaemia. Ten IDDM patients (1 female) were studied, aged [mean (range)] 28 (20-37) years, body mass index (BMI) 23.4 (19.