PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To develop a substantive theory that explains how African American women aged 50 years and older of different socioeconomic status (SES) make decisions about mammography screening. DESIGN Qualitative, grounded theory. SETTING Churches, places of employment, or women's homes in a large city in Ohio. SAMPLE 30 women aged 52-72 years; 16 in the initial sample and 14 in the...

This thesis investigates the use of sentence final particles (SFPs) in heritage Cantonese. Heritage speakers are early or sequential bilinguals who, in adulthood, are more proficient in the dominant language of their society than in their first, “heritage” language. Heritage speakers exhibit systematic divergence from the baseline (the language they were exposed to), a number of which can be at...

Digital technologies are becoming extremely important for web-based cultural heritage applications. This thesis presents novel digital technology solutions to ̳access and interact‘ with digital heritage objects and collections. These innovative solutions utilize service orientation (web services), workflows, and social networking and Web 2.0 mashup technologies to innovate the creation, interpr...

Abstract. Within the Cultural Heritage documentation field, this contribution illustrates adopted methods for first digital of Basilica Santa Maria in Trastevere Rome.The research activity carried out included survey historic building as well direct and indirect connected with its transformations. The tested workflow relevance activities terms knowledge implementation, conservation, monitoring,...

Is it possible to talk about God without either misrepresentation or failing to assert anything of significance? The article begins by reviewing how, in attempting to answer this question, traditional theories of religious language have failed to sidestep both potential pitfalls adequately. After arguing that recently developed theories of metaphor seem better able to shed light on the nature o...

The research aims at revealing the sources of religious heritage from which Ibn al-Wardi obtained his inserted texts are available in folds collected prose particularly poetical works. They represented by Holy Qur’an and its stories, noble prophetic hadith, as well figures. adopted mechanisms that employed was highlighted directly (such quoted were mentioned author or not), indirectly disassemb...

This paper extends on recent research in digital cultural heritage by arguing for an enhanced engagement with post-processual archaeology. While recent digital heritage projects have demonstrated an effective use of high end user interaction with elements adapted from computer games and interactive new media systems, the dominant trend in digital heritage remains highly dependent on determinist...