Domestic violence severely decreases women’s health and well-being, thus the question of why many battered women stay with their abusive mates is puzzling. I offer possible evolutionary logic behind battered women’s decision to stay, by suggesting hitherto unrecognized potential reproductive benefits of staying in abusive relationships. The logic suggests that battered women should have more so...

The sameness/difference approach constitutes much research in addressing the low participation of women in computer science. In this paper, I will describe the differences between these two approaches and suggest an alternative, feminist Participatory Action Research. This approach may provide clues on how to design interventions to engage women in the production of technology.

Analyses of survey results from a random sample of women bloggers (N = 298) show three motivations drive women to use social media – information, engagement, and recreation. The recreation motivation outweighs the other two motivations in predicting frequency of social media use. However, when differences between Facebook, Twitter, and other social media were considered, results show women blog...

Muñoz A. , R. Sant is teban, M. D. Rubio, C. Riber , E. I . Agüera, F. M. Castejón: Relationship between Slope of the Plasma Lactate Accumulation Curve and Working Capacity in Andalusian Horses. Acta Vet. Brno 1999, 68: 41-50. The main objective of this study was to analyse the relationship between the slope of the plasma lactate accumulation in response to exercise and working capacity in two ...

The ninth-century poet and musician, Ziryab, is synonymous with the musical cultures of Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) idea commonality between different genres across Mediterranean. While some scholars have deconstructed myth Ziryab at a historiographical level, there has been less consideration how interpreted in contemporary practice. This article examines reinterpreted present through intercultu...

Centers of Arabic culture and literature the Middle Ages were established in Spain. This is related to Arab expansion Iberian Peninsula, which lasted for almost eight centuries. During this time, Arabs together with Berbers, as well Arabized local Visigoths, able spread language Andalusia. In Spain, centers created. From eighth century, when settled area expanded. Cordova, Granada, Almeria, Val...