Academic Articles & Research Papers

C no more: a prospective single-arm study to evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse and peer-led mobile model of hepatitis C testing and treatment at community corrections offices

Abstract Background The community corrections population in Australia shares similar risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with people incarcerated in prisons, but without access to prison-based testing and treatment. While hep...

Social and Cultural Predicaments of Female-Headed Households Related to Charitable Institutions in Behbahan

Introduction The number of female-headed households has significantly increased worldwide. In Iran as well, these households now account for more than 14% of all families. Female heads of households are women who, due to reasons such as div...

Book review: Dibs: In search of self by Virginia M. Axline

In response to James Anglin’s challenge in this journal’s previous issue, to take an old book off the shelf and reread it, I immediately thought of Virginia Axline’s Dibs: In Search of Self. When I became an undergraduate psychology major o...

Perception among medical students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, regarding alcohol and substance abuse in the community: a cross-sectional survey

Abstract Background This study was conducted to examine the perception and views of medical students regarding the extent of alcohol and substance abuse in the community and the possible predisposing factors for this problem. Methods It is ...

Legalisation of non-medical cannabis in Canada: will supply regulations effectively serve public health?

Partners in crime: Convenience case study of Norwegian publishing cartel

The theory of convenience addresses white-collar and corporate crime. The theory is applied in this article to a case study of Norwegian publishing houses having to pay infringement fees because of competition act violation. Cartel members ...

Mujeres con pena privativa de libertad: ¿quiénes son y cómo viven en una cárcel de Ecuador?/ Women's imprisonment: Who they are and how they live in a prison in Ecuador?

Los estudios acerca de personas con pena privativa de libertad tradicionalmente han excluido en el análisis al grupo de mujeres presas bajo el argumento de su escaso número. Esta ausencia en el conocimiento motivó la realización del present...

Mini-AFTERc: a controlled pilot trial of a nurse-led psychological intervention for fear of breast cancer recurrence

Abstract Objectives To determine the feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Mini-AFTERc intervention. Design Non-randomised cluster-controlled pilot trial. Setting Four NHS out-patient breast cancer centres in Scotland. Participa...

Recent Applications of Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffold in Tissue Engineering

Tissue engineering is a relatively new area of research that combines medical, biological, and engineering fundamentals to create tissue-engineered constructs that regenerate, preserve, or slightly increase the functions of tissues. To crea...

ITRI Biofilm Prevented Thoracic Adhesion in Pigs That Received Myocardial Ischemic Induction Treated by Myocardial Implantation of EPCs and ECSW Treatment

This study tested the hypothesis that ITRI Biofilm prevents adhesion of the chest cavity. Combined extracorporeal shock wave (ECSW) + bone marrow-derived autologous endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) therapy was superior to monotherapy for i...

Sadness and tears in instructive literature of Christian East

The goal of the research. The article aims to comprehensively reconstruct the vision of sadness and tears presented in the instructive literature of Egyptian-Palestinian monasticism. Methodology. The research uses methods of analysis, synth...

INTERVIEW: An Interview with Professor Stephen Krashen

Łacińskie lōrum w świetle etymologii

Latin lōrum in the Light of Etymology The traditional etymology of Lat. lōrum n. ‘strap, girdle, rein’, according to which it is related to Arm. lar ‘strick, rope, band’ and Greek (Homeric) εὔληρα, Doric αὔληρα n. pl. ‘reins’, should be rej...

Tłumaczenie jako świadczenie usług tłumaczeniowych?

Translation as provision of translation services? At the crossroads between enhancing professional realism and serving the needs of the industry in translator education The paper seeks to analyze the current discourse in the field of tran...

Echoes of Haunted Memories and Nightmares: Understanding Trauma in Gurnah's Afterlives

This research paper investigates the exploration of trauma within Abdulrazak Gurnah's novel "Afterlives" (2020), examining the profound impact of historical and personal traumas on the characters, particularly the protagonist Hamza. The res...

Jean Genet devant le miroir de la destruction de l’identité

La vie et l’oeuvre de l’auteur français Jean Genet ont toujours été une quête de l’oeuvre d’art absolue. Dans cette quête, trois figures majeures le guideront : le sculpteur Giacometti, le peintre Rembrandt et le funambule Abdellah Bentaga....

Uses, benefits, comparisons

In this introduction to the volume “Benefits from comparison”, its editors, starting with the etymological meaning of ‘culture’ as ‘cultivation’, the apicultural metaphors of bee pastures and hive products, and both legal and everyday meani...

Getting Competitive Advantages for High-Tech Companies: Model Formation

Research objective — to create model of obtaining competitive advantages the hi-tech companies. The method of the qualitative and comparative analysis which allows to receive a set of successful and unsuccessful configurations – combination...

NEED ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH FOR TOUR AND TRAVEL DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BENGKULU CITY

This research aimed to investigate the English needs of Tour and Travel Department at Vocational High School Negeri 1 and Vocational High School Negeri 7 in Bengkulu City. The research used mixed method and convergent parallel design. The s...

The multiple roles and functions of English in South Korea

In the field of language and identity, the subcategory of gender has been an area of growing interest (Pavlenko, 2001; Norton & Pavlenko, 2004; Menard-Warwick, 2008; and Higgins, 2010). Adopting the view of gender as “a system of social rel...