similar to any poetic genre, eulogy of the prophet (pbuh) has progressed through various stages and experienced vicissitudes of history. the genre was first developed by such great poets as ka’b bin zuhayr and hassan ibn th?bit, and continued to survive inspired by the holy qur’an and the prophet’s tradition. the period of decadence (the mongol, mam?l?k, and ottoman empires) was the heyday of t...

OBJECTIVES The Sami people constitute the indigenous people in northern Norway. The objective of this study was to clarify whether they have a similar supply of somatic specialist health care (SHC) as others. METHODS The referrals from general practitioners (GPs) in the primary health care (PHC) in the administration area of the Sami language law (8 municipalities) were matched with a control...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to analyze the birth and induced abortion on demand (IAD) rate among women in Sami-speaking communities and a control group in Finnmark County, Norway. METHODS The 6 northern municipalities included in the administration area of the Sami language law (study group) were matched with a control group of 9 municipalities. Population data (numbers, sex an...

OBJECTIVES To examine whether enculturation factors, like cultural activities, ethnic pride and native language competence, are related to decreased internalizing and externalizing symptoms in Indigenous Sami youth from Arctic Norway. The impact of self-efficacy on the relationship between enculturation factors and mental health problems was also examined. STUDY DESIGN Population-based, cross...

The role of the financial sector in the UK economy: evidence from a seasonal cointegration analysis Sami Fethi & Salih Katircioglu To cite this article: Sami Fethi & Salih Katircioglu (2015) The role of the financial sector in the UK economy: evidence from a seasonal cointegration analysis, Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 28:1, 717-737, DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2015.1084476 To link to th...

In this paper, we describe a Bio-SAmI system, which is a Biomedical learning system that is context-aware and responsive to mobile learners sharing information on a social network. Bio-SAmI is a Web 2.0 enabled system which employees Social Ambient Intelligence techniques. The Bio-SAmI infrastructure is based on the Actor model that treats mobile users or “actors" as the universal primitives of...

BACKGROUND The Arctic area is a part of the globe where the increase in global temperature has had the earliest noticeable effect and indigenous peoples, including the Swedish reindeer herding Sami, are amongst the first to be affected by these changes. OBJECTIVE To explore the experiences and perceptions of climate change among Swedish reindeer herding Sami. STUDY DESIGN In-depth interview...