conclusions the findings suggest that the development of preventive programs will contribute to increases in the child-mother closeness relationship and will help to prevent the onset of substance use in children. background considering the fundamental role that parents play in a family dynamic, it is important to explore the parent-child relationship and examine what protective behaviors or ri...

a review of damages caused by landslide shows the need for studying effective parameters in landslide occurrence and prediction. this study aims to improve landslide prediction results for tutkabon region in gilan province. to this end, shannon entropy theory was employed for modeling and considering data uncertainty. slope, height, geomorphologic conditions, earth’s curve, closeness to river, ...

Immediately after the independence of South Sudan in 2011, a nationality law was passed that defined citizenship by membership to clearly and bounded ethnic groups. To acquire citizenship, testimony ‘next kin’, taken be an ‘older blood relative from father’s line’, supposed verify ethnicity and, thus, belonging new nation. Citizenship offices were tasked with checking names assessing life histo...

In this paper I present and defend a definition of vagueness, and draw out some consequences of accepting this definition. §1 asks what we should properly expect of a definition of vagueness, and §2 reviews existing definitions. §3 explains a key background notion necessary to an understanding of the definition to be presented here. §4 presents this definition, and §5 explains its advantages. §...