Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi

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Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has a high mortality rate and geographic differences in incidence. Previous studies of comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) showed that chromosomal 5p is frequently amplified in cell lines and primary ESCC of Hong Kong Chinese origin. In this report, attempt was made to study two novel genes, named as JS-1 and JS-2, which are located in chromosome 5p...

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Dialectics of the Veil

W.E.B. Du Bois's concept of "the veil," first fully articulated in The Souls of Black Folk (1903), contains the most nuanced and powerful theory of race and racism ever developed. Du Bois understands the veil dialectically. This philosophical term "dialectic" refers to a relationship that simultaneously embodies both antagonism and interdependence, that develops over historical time, and that l...

Looking beyond the veil - what makes the micro organisation end-user developers tick?

Information and communication technology offers the opportunity to make current work more effective and enable new developments. This is in particular needed in micro-organisations, who have to cope with very limited resources. End-user development could be a solution for these problems. However, supporting the heterogeneous user population is problematic. On-line sources could possibly bridge ...

Lifting the veil.

J.J. Reilly documented in 2001 that a significant number of complex infrastructure projects substantially exceeded their budgets. He presented his findings at the March 2001 American Underground Construction Conference. Fryvbjerg published his results in “Underestimating Costs in Public Works, Error or Lie?” in the summer 2002 American Planning Association Journal. Flyvbjerg reported on the cos...