To my father, mother, brother iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express the deepest appreciation to my advisor, Dr. Manos Tentzeris, who has the attitude and the substance of a genius: he continually and convincingly conveyed a spirit of adventure in regard to research. Without his guidance and support this dissertation would not have been possible. I would like to thank my committee members,...

Clinical tests of the efficacy of various treatments of bluebottle (Physalia physalis) stings were conducted on 20 volunteers. Vinegar and aluminium sulphate solution (Stingose) gave a significant reduction in pain 15 minutes after application when compared with the control sites which were treated with sea water. The application of methylated spirits caused a significant increase in pain compa...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between university education and agricultural students' entrepreneurial spirit. to do this study, 150 samples were selected by using stratified random sampling methods among senior students both on graduated and undergraduates levels in bu-ali sina university. data collection tool was a researcher made questionnaire  which  its  vali...

Yu Rong Yang,*† Tao Sun,† Zhengzhi Li,† Xiuping Li,† Rui Zhao,† Li Cheng,‡ Xiao Pan,§ Philip S. Craig,¶ Dominique A. Vuitton,# and Donald P. McManus* *Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; †Ningxia Medical College, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China; ‡The Second Provincial Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia, China; § Xiji County Hospital, X...

The Madagascar seasat dataset presents a problem where data are collected along crossing tracks. These tracks are not straight, and appear to be irregular in the model space. Previous methods assumed that the data were regularly sampled in the model space coordinate system. I warp the model space to look more like the data space, so that prediction-error filters can be estimated in the more reg...

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OBJECTIVE Spirit possession is a phenomenon frequently occurring in war-torn countries. It has been shown to be an idiom of distress entailing dissociative symptoms. However, its association with trauma exposure and trauma-related disorders remains unclear. This study aimed to explore subjective disease models and the relationship between pathological spirit possession and trauma-related disord...

Cancer awakens the need to honour our spirit. The resiliency of the human spirit helps patients and families find strength and hope and move forward on their journey. As oncology nurses, we empower families by connecting with and sharing our own spirit, honouring and being present to their journey, and guiding them forward as they anticipate challenges ahead. Caring isn't about doing for, but b...