This paper devotes itself to the study of secret message delivery using cover image and introduces a novel steganographic technique based on genetic algorithm to find a near-optimum structure for the pair-wise least-significant-bit (LSB) matching scheme. A survey of the related literatures shows that the LSB matching method developed by Mielikainen, employs a binary function to reduce the numbe...

Thriving at work is an emerging phenomenon in recent times, which is defined as a psychological state in which individuals experience both the senses of vitality and learning. Researchers and practitioners are looking for ways to enhance the employee’s thriving at work, because it is associated with behavioral outcomes. The objective of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of con...

wandering spleen, defined as a spleen without its usual peritoneal attachments, is a rare entity. we report a 34-year-old woman with acute abdomen due to torsion of the long vascular pedicle of a wandering spleen, displaced in the abdominal cavity, and infarction of the spleen. wandering spleen was diagnosed by ultrasound and computed tomography (ct) scan, and was managed by splenectomy in this...

the present study seeks to introduce and investigate an approach to teaching writing in the efl classroom which draws heavily on the use of formulaic expressions. in contrast to its predecessors, this approach includes both the application of process writing techniques and the teaching of grammar and vocabulary into its syllabus. two groups of 30 efl learners participated in this study. one gro...

My purpose in this article is not to offer any original insights into Hegel’s ethics, but merely to provide a brief overview that draws upon the most reliable secondary sources. In order to help organize the material, I compare Hegel’s views with the communitarian critique of liberalism. Following this, there is a brief account of the relation between Hegel’s ethical and religious thought. Hege...

manuscript no. 3447 in national library of tabriz is a persian treatise which covers arithmetic, geometry, algebra, hayʾa and the topic of “masses and distances. the redaction of the text has been finished in 670ah/1271ad but we don’t know anything about the author of the treatise. in the two first chapters of his treatise (on arithmetic) the unknown author draws upon ʿabd al-qāhir al-baghdādī’...

my purpose in this article is not to offer any original insights into hegel’s ethics, but merely to provide a brief overview that draws upon the most reliable secondary sources. in order to help organize the material, i compare hegel’s views with the communitarian critique of liberalism. following this, there is a brief account of the relation between hegel’s ethical and religious thought. hege...