This study illuminates the size, scope, and impact of U.S. faith-based nonprofits in international affairs sector. Through analysis IRS microdata, we estimate prevalence, total revenue, direct charitable giving to Organizations with Religious Expression (OREs) within International Affairs subsector (n = 262). Our provides new language categorize religiously identified organizations seeks demons...

The origin of a rational (scientific) approach to extraction of metal values from ores with the aid of microorganisms (bioleaching) is traced. The removal by microbiological means of ore constituents that interfere with metal extraction (biobeneficiation), an outgrowth from bioleaching, is also traced. © 2004 SDU. All rights reserved.

objective: hexavalent chromium [cr (vi)] compounds are well-known environmental contaminants  generated from industrial processes. several studies have reported the harmful effects of cr (vi) on different organs, however, little is known about neurotoxic effects of cr (vi). the aim of this study is to investigate the toxic effects of cr (vi) on pc12 cells. methods: pc12 cells were cultured foll...

We present CR-Prolog2, an extension of CR-Prolog with an improved semantics, and allowing ordered disjunction in the head of both regular rules and consistency-restoring rules. The new semantics yields intuitive conclusions in cases when CR-Prolog would give unintuitive results. The use of ordered disjunction often allows for a more concise, easier to read, representation of knowledge. We also ...