This paper examines the added worker effect (AWE), which refers to the increase of labor supply of individuals in response to a sudden financial shock in family income, that is, unemployment of their partner. While previous empirical studies focus on married women’s response to those shocks, I explicitly analyze the spillover effects of unemployment on both women and men and I also differentiat...

BACKGROUND A valid assessment of spirituality and religiousness is necessary for clinical and research purposes. We developed and assessed the validity of a French-language version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Spirituality, Religiousness and Personal Beliefs Instrument (WHOQOL-SRPB). METHODS The SRPB was translated into French according to the methods recommended by the WH...

The increasing dominance of English has elevated the need to develop an ability to effectively communicate in writing, and this has put a strain on second language education programs worldwide. Faced with timeconsuming and copious commenting on student drafts and inspired by the promise of computerized writing assessment, many "educational technology enthusiasts are looking to A WE [automated w...

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity”

Groundwater quality is an important thing to be determined; because it commonly used as a source of clean water for domestic, agricultural and industry purposes. Fifty three groundwater samples (seventeen from wells, five springs thirty one boreholes) were sampled this research work. Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrophotometer (ICP-MS) was analyze the major cations while titration SO4 HCO...

Genetic manipulation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) is instrumental for tracing lineage commitment and to studying human development. Here we used hematopoietic-specific Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome gene (WAS)-promoter driven lentiviral vectors (LVs) to achieve highly specific gene expression in hESCs-derived hematopoietic cells. We first demonstrated that endogenous WAS gene was not express...

Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) programs have emerged as the latest trend in EFL writing classes. AWE act a supplementary to teacher feedback and offer automated suggestions corrections students' linguistic errors such grammar, vocabulary, or mechanics. As there is need for better recognition of different brands utilized levels students, this research sheds light on identifying six universit...