ibn sina speaks repeatedly of the distinction between the specific (khas) being and the positive (ijabi) being; a distinction on the basis of which is his distinction of being and essence. thence, the famous problem of the distinction of being and essence is applicable to this distinction too. the difficulty is this: if the specific being is 'being'? this is indeed a problem about ess...

The Vicarious Learner project is investigating the roleof dialogue in learning and, more specifically, how learners benefit fromopportunities to ’overhear’ other learners. A direct challenge to thisconcept comes from a study by Schober and Clark which claims that only direct participants can learneffectively from dialogue. We dispute this claim both on grounds thattheir own data indicate otherw...

Suppository diclofenac instead of intravenous meperidine for postoperative management

Objective: This study investigated the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship of perceived stress with physiological well-being and self-care behaviors among patients suffering from type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Materials and Methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, 369 patients with T2DM were selected through purposive and consecutive sampling from the cities of...

The general aim of this research is the study of transitions from education and into the labour market among youths under a simultaneous framework in order to control for the interdependency of such relevant events. An extended version of the human capital model has been applied using the European Community Household Panel. The empirical strategy has aimed at reflecting the independent and simu...

This paper investigates the gender wage gap in Denmark, the Netherlands, France and Spain by boostrapping the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. The boostrap method is used to compute confidence intervals and to perform hypothesis tests for the (disaggregated) explained and unexplained components of the national earnings differentials between men and women. From the subset of paid employees selected...

Goats provide an essential food supply in the form of milk and meat. Goat has distinct qualities, but it shares many similarities with human bovine regarding its nutritional therapeutic benefits. Because their different compositions, goat cow products could have tastes, nutrients, medicinal effects. Modification composition aid determining viability processing methods. Comparatively, goat's hig...

Database integration is currently solved only for the case of simple structures. Semantics is mainly neglected. It is known but often neglected that database integration cannot be automated. System integration is far more difficult. Both integrations can only be performed if a number of assumptions can be made for the integrated system. Instead of integrating systems entirely cooperation or col...