We propose a robust programming model for dense ensembles of ultra miniaturized computing nodes which are deployed in bulk fashion, e.g. embedded into building materials. We sketch a hardware reference model as an initial guide to the application domain, then we describe a programming model based on mobile code fragments which self assemble into larger structures. We outline a simple representa...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE To apply Rodger's (1989) evolutionary view of concept analysis to the term "cancer survivorship" with a heightened focus on breast cancer and African American women. DESIGN Qualitative, concept analysis. DATA SOURCES 50 references from the disciplines of nursing and medicine. DATA SYNTHESIS This analysis revealed that the concept of cancer survivorship is unique, evolvin...

Native speakers of English use idioms such as put your foot down and spill the beans to label events that are not described literally by the words that compose the idioms. For many such expressions, the idiomatic meanings are transparent; that is, the connection between the literal expression and its figurative meaning makes sense to native speakers. We tested Keysar and Bly's (1995) hypothesis...

This study investigated whether verbs in figurative language activate different types of associations than do verbs in literal language. In a sentence-priming experiment, we compared sentences featuring verbs in idiomatic phrases with control sentences in which the same verbs were meant literally. Participants made lexical decisions about nouns that were associated with either the verb’s litera...

This phenomenological study aimed at understanding the meaning of sexual abuse in the manifestation of corporeity. It was performed at an outpatient clinic for victims of sexual abuse from a teaching hospital in Curitiba/ Brazil, from February to May of year 2007. The statements were obtained by means of recorded open interviews performed with nine women. The analysis resulted in the following ...

The NCI evaluated 247 women with Stage I or II breast cancer. After agreeing to participate, women were randomly allocated to have either mastectomy or lumpectomy/radiation. Diseasefree survival as well as overall survival in the two groups of women was similar. Seventy-five percent of women having mastectomy were alive at ten years compared to 77% having lumpectomy and radiation. Disease-free ...

This phenomenological study aimed at understanding the meaning of sexual abuse in the manifestation of corporeity. It was performed at an outpatient clinic for victims of sexual abuse from a teaching hospital in Curitiba/Brazil, from February to May of year 2007. The statements were obtained by means of recorded open interviews performed with nine women. The analysis resulted in the following t...

futuwwa is an arabic word meaning ‘javanmard’ in persian and ‘fata’ is literally a young man. from its meaning we envisage him as a person who has reached to the apogee of him life or the perfection in his life. according to the available evidences and in comparison to mihr creed, it is considered that chivalry was prevalent in the pre- islamic iran. drinking a cup of saltwater is similar to mi...