abstract the feminist movement in the united states like other countries has tried to establish equality for women. from the first attempts to gain constitutional right for vote, up to the current radical demands, feminists have struggled to make changes in the u.s. party politics and obtain their rights within the parties. one of the important issues in which women played a key role in party p...

Epidemiological studies of chronic diseases often use data gathered individually from many persons, rather than remaining restricted to pre-recorded data. Generally this is done by personal interview, an expensive, time-consuming procedure. The increasing educational level and social consciousness of the population suggest that a carefully designed, highly objective postal questionnaire could s...

In order to compare the efficiency of morphological traits and molecular markers in distinguishing the Consolida species, molecular analysis using nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnL-trnF with maximum parsimony and Bayesian methods were done in a total of 34 species and forma representing 28 species of Consolida, 6 species of Aconitella, plus two species of Delphinium and two species of Aconitum as out gr...

Transient expression of proteins in plants has become a choice to facilitate recombinant protein production with its fast and easy application. On the other hand, host defensive mechanisms have been reported to reduce the efficiency of transient expression in plants. Hence, this study was designed to evaluate the effect of cap analog and Potato virus A helper component proteinase (PVA HC-Pro) o...

Based on an analysis of the articles in this special issue, the authors propose five operating principles for systems change work. These principles are: clarifying the purpose of the systems change; identifying whether the change is one to an existing system or the change is to create a new system; conceptualize the work as systems change from the beginning; use an eclectic approach; and be ope...

La recidiva es un escenario ineludible para el especialista; en la práctica ortodóncica varias recomendaciones han sido establecidas para prevenirla, mencionando entre éstas: mantener la forma de arco original, de manera particular la forma de arco inferior, no modifi car la distancia intercanina, no modifi car la inclinación buco-lingual de los incisivos, obtener un buen engranaje oclusal, rea...

In complex conversation tasks, people react to their interlocutor’s state, such as uncertainty and engagement to improve conversation effectiveness [2]. If a conversational system reacts to a user’s state, would that lead to a better conversation experience? To test this hypothesis, we designed and implemented a dialog system that tracks and reacts to a user’s state, such as engagement, in real...

Methods Indepth, semistructured, tape recorded interviews were conducted in the women’s homes and lasted 45–90 minutes. The interview schedule was broad based and wide ranging, and was designed to allow women to tell their own stories. The interview schedule had open ended questions with prompts and follow up questions. Data were transcribed using simple orthographic notation, and analysis reli...