OBJECTIVES To identify the experiences, training, and opportunities that directed and influenced the career paths of women clinical laboratory scientists that transitioned to higher education administrators. METHODS A multi-site case study design was selected for this qualitative research involving a purposive sample of eight research participants. Data collection was guided by ten open-ended...

The nonholonomy exhibited by kinematic systems consisting of bodies rolling on top of each other can be used to the purpose of building dexterous mechanism with a minimum hardware complication. Previous work concentrated on manipulation of objects possessing a regular surface. On the other hand, industrial parts are most often irregular, possessing ver-tices and edges. In this paper we present ...

The Bitcoin has emerged as a fascinating phenomenon in the Financial markets. Without any central authority issuing the currency, the Bitcoin has been associated with controversy ever since its popularity, accompanied by increased public interest, reached high levels. Here, we contribute to the discussion by examining the potential drivers of Bitcoin prices, ranging from fundamental sources to ...

Abstract The paper provides a socio-political context analysis to outline Al-Azhar’s discourse on transgender identities and its influence law policy in Egypt. Transgender Egypt represent an issue governed by Islamic Sharia more than anything else. Scholars at Al-Azhar, Egypt’s highest authority, viewed as danger the fabric of society if not regulated. Thus, 1980s, several Fatwas were issued ex...

New techniques for superscalar instruction issuing are presented. It is shown that the data dependency check for both in-order and out-of-order issuing can be performed in O(logw) gate delay using O(w2) primitive gates, where w is the size of the instruction buffer. Furthermore, we present a new counting based technique for assigning instructions to resources. It requires a delay of O(logw+logm...