The author concurs with Bola's conclusion that "a categorical prohibition of medication-free research in early episode schizophrenia on the ethical grounds of harm to human subjects should probably be reconsidered" on a case-by-case basis. The point that informed choice is rarely considered in the informed consent process is made. Several recommendations are made on how to augment the informed ...

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muwashshah is a poetic form which originated in andalus (the present-day spain) in the third century after hegira, and much has been said on its first composer, andalusian origin, and definition. while many researchers admit that they are uninformed concerning the causes or the justifying reasons for the emergence of muwashshah, they consider in both old and new books several factors as the maj...

One might logically ask, why measure creativity? Measuring creativity may be useful for hiring university faculty or corporate executives. For example, when admitting students to graduate research in Ph.D. programs academia should have some objective grounds that these students will be productive scholars. It may also be useful in research situations where one is attempting to determine what ca...

collapse of egyptian‘s old system and mubarak’s 30 years government, was making the hopes in the mind of revolutionaries that goals of revolution will be available.holding free election was one of these goals that with electing mohammed morsi from muslim brotherhoods for presidential office was accomplished. however, after a year, the elected president mohammed morsi was faced with the protests...

The addition of multimodal feedback during navigation in a virtual environment is fundamental when aiming at fully immersive and realistic simulations. Several visual, acoustic, haptic or vibrotactile perceptual cues can be generated when walking over a ground surface. Such sensory feedback can provide crucial and varied information regarding either the ground material itself, the properties of...

Sustainable development is a popular phrase often associated with environmental studies, but the phrase can serve as ecological metaphor through which to view environments associated with writing assessment and writing program development. Sustainable environments depend on symbiotic relationships. Writing assessment and writing program development constantly rely on the classroom environment a...

Recent studies have demonstrated that establishing figure-ground organization influences other perceptual processes. Specifically, figures undergo perceptual processing earlier than ground regions (Lester, Hecht, & Vecera, 2009), and they are processed for longer durations relative to ground regions (Hecht & Vecera, 2011). One potential consequence of figures' extended processing is degraded te...

Since the time of Hippocrates it has been the accepted tradition of the medical profession that the doctor's duty is to preserve, not to destroy, human life, even the life of the unborn child. This doctrine has been confirmed and strengthened throughout the Christian era until quite recent times. For the Catholic Church (and for many Christians outside its ranks), the prohibition is still absol...