Inspection problems of rural stone churches

Rosetta Stone Linguistic Problems

This paper describes the process of composing problems that are suitable for competitions in linguistics. The type of problems described is “Rosetta Stone”—a bilingual problem where typically one of the languages is unknown, and the other is the native language of the person solving the problem. The process includes selecting phenomena, composing and arranging the data and assignments in order ...

Optical inspection for quantification of decay on stone surfaces

This paper examines a novel approach of corrosion damage analysis based on image processing for quantitative and qualitative evaluation of degradation effects on stone surfaces. This methodology can be applied in situ in association with a variety of nondestructive monitoring schemes, and on images acquired from several imaging modalities, capturing from microto macro-scale characteristics. Our...

Problems of rural social studies in khozestan iran

A theory of liberal churches

There is a counterintuitive gap in the club theory of religion. While it elegantly accounts for the notable success of strict sectarian religious groups in recruiting members and maintaining commitment, it exhibits less satisfactory properties when used to account for groups requiring neither extreme nor zero sacrifice. Such corner solutions, compared to the moderate middle, are rarely observed...

The Assessment of Rural African-American Churches’ Capacity to Promote Health Prevention Activities

William Torrence, MS Health Science, is a research associate at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University Mall, 300 S. University Ave., Little Rock, AR 72205; E-mail: [email protected]. Danielle S. Phillips, B.S., is with the Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843. Jeffrey J. Guidry is associate professor, Department of Health &...