in this paper attempts have been made to study the discourses dominating political islam to answer these questions: how can one categorize these diverse political islam discourses? what are the similarities and differences among these discourses in general, and with the islamic revolution discourse in particular? the research methodology employed for this study is historical-comparative and the...

Synthetic aperture radar with multiple channels separated in along-track direction allows for GMTI such as detection of road traffic [1]. With TerraSAR-X two receive channels separated in along-track direction can either be realized through switching between the fore and aft antenna halves from pulse to pulse, or with the dual receive antenna (DRA) mode [2]. While the switching in the single ch...

The lengths of the digital bones of the fore- and hind-limbs obtained post mortem from 40 cattle of different ages were measured using digital radiographs. The lengths of the individual digital bones and the overall length of the digit were determined using computer software. The lateral metacarpal/metatarsal condyle, and lateral P1 and P2 were significantly longer than their medial counterpart...

International trade and in particular global value chains have provided many economies with new opportunities to participate international access technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the fore specific vulnerabilities some supply ignited a discussion about future lessons be learned from these events. This paper reviews patterns of integration into among Latin American economies, trace...

Hubris has been characterized as exaggerated pride, overwhelming self-confidence and contempt for others (Owen, 2006). It is often taken to indicate a loss of contact with „reality‟ (as reflected in the lived experience of others) and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities. It is especially thought to come to the fore when the person exhibiting these characteristics is in a f...

Modeling nonlinear system has come on the fore in the last decades; some results are now available, even if precision and simplicity of application characteristics of linear problems do not hold anymore. One of the most important issues to face in structuring a nonlinear model is the identification of the rules that govern its evolution. This paper collects some of the results achieved for solv...

Wage and income surveys covering the period 1989-1999 are used to display changes in inequality of earnings and main factors of disparities. In the first part, increasing differences in the Czech Republic and the decreasing weight of demographic characteristics in wage structure are observed. In the second part, available evidence on cross-national comparison is gathered in order to demonstrate...

AIM To compare absolute values of regional cerebral tissue oxygenation (cStO2 ) during haemodynamic transition after birth and repeatability during steady state for two commercial near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) devices. METHODS In a prospective observational study, the INVOS 5100C and FORE-SIGHT were compared on 12 term newborns delivered by elective caesarean section. During the 10 min fo...