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A Study of the Commentators` View on the First Verses of the Chapter Rum

As viewed by a group of Sunni commentators according to Ibn Abbas's narration, the first verses of the chapter Rum: "Alif. Lam. Mim. The Romans have been defeated In the nearer land, and they, after their defeat will be victorious …" revealed between two war of Iran and Rome. In the first war the Iranians won and a verse carrying the message of the Romans` victory revealed They were victorious,...

Education and employment status: a test of the strong screening hypothesis in Italy

We apply the comparative techniques originated by Wolpin, K.I. (1977, Education and screening, American Economic Review, 67, 949–958) and Psacharopoulos (1979, On the weak versus the strong version of the screening hypothesis, Economics Letters, 4, 181–185) to discriminate between the ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ screening hypotheses. Controlling for sample selection, we find evidence for weak but not s...

Psychosocial stress in pregnancy and its relation to the onset of premature labour.

A modified life events inventory was presented over a four-month period to 132 consecutive women going into spontaneous labour in Hull and Manchester. Three study groups were identified according to the duration of pregnancy. The levels of psychosocial stress in pregnancy were found to be particularly high in the mothers whose babies were born preterm. Stressful events may precipitate preterm l...

Winning the Turf Game Second Edition

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Pollutants and high risk groups. Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, June 5-6, 1978.