extended abstract 1. introduction khuzestan province, as the gate way for the entrance of shia faith into iran, in addition to boasting indigenous people and sub-cultures, has been a huge embodiment of the unity, sympathy and patriotism of various people, languages and dialects. in this respect, arabic poetry of khuzestan is among the original forms of poetry among arab people in iran and has a...

In this paper a plea is made for an unprincipled approach to biomedical ethics, unprincipled of course just in the sense that the four principles are neither the start nor the end of the process of ethical reflection. While the four principles constitute a useful "checklist" approach to bioethics for those new to the field, and possibly for ethics committees without substantial ethical expertis...

I n a letter published in Computer's December 2005 issue, Michael Hobbs took me to task for seeming " to prefer structure and organized taxonomies " (Letters, p. 5). He noted that I advocate " that we need more precise, prescriptive definitions for our technical terms. " By contrast, Hobbs described himself as " more of a laissez–faire kind of guy— let a thousand flowers bloom, and so forth. " ...

A Introduction or inclusio (v. 1a): “Bless the Lord, O my soul” B Day One (vv. 1b– 2a): praise and theophany; “Y , my God” C Day Two (vv. 2b– 4): emphasis upon the wind, spirit, or breath (Heb. rûaḥ, two times) D Day Three (vv. 5– 18): emphasis upon the deep, sea waters, and the springs E Day Four (vv. 19– 24): moon, sun, and climactic exultation90 D’ Day Five (vv. 25, 26): emphasis upon the se...

Using a cross-lagged panel design, we investigated the impact of positive family processes on change in autism symptoms and behaviors. A sample of 149 co-residing mothers and their adolescent or adult child with autism was drawn from a large, longitudinal study. Maternal warmth and praise were measured using coded speech samples in which mothers talked about their son or daughter. A high level ...