in modern world, there is a strong need and necessity for defending of religion in different ways. one of the defenses that nowadays is accepted by some people is pragmatic defense which is going to show the positive effects of religion in people's life. the present study is a pragmatic defense of religion which relies essentially on psychological function of religion. for this reason at t...

Many newly licensed nurses begin their careers with limited knowledge and experience in end-of-life care. Findings from a literature review and a learning needs assessment of newly licensed nurses at a comprehensive cancer center guided the development of an 8-hour educational program on end-of-life care. An experiential learning approach was used to foster confidence and develop knowledge and ...

The paper presents a variant of our generative probabilistic multimedia retrieval model that is suitable for information needs expressed as multiple examples. Results have been evaluated on the TRECVID 2003 collection.

A historical and theoretical analysis of the copyright environment demonstrates that both the economic rights associated with copyright and the moral rights often associated with copyright perform social functions. The latter have not been as universally embraced or adopted as the former. The lack of enthusiasm for moral rights is argued to be because the social utility of this aspect of the co...