This article discusses the challenges British Muslim writers and publishers face in a largely secular literary marketplace society marked by Islamophobia. It explores these authors’ publication experiences, analysing examples from industry diversity initiatives conducting interviews with authors. Arguing that distorted representations strip Muslims of their complex humanity, while more nuanced ...

BACKGROUND Ergonomic factors predispose nurses to low back pain (LBP). Few studies have clarified the role of workplace violence in LBP occurrence. OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to investigate acute and chronic LBP in Iranian nurses and its association with exposure to physical violence as well as its personal and ergonomic risk factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this analytic cr...

Obesity in children is a significant public health concern. The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Jordanian children, and adolescents has increased in the last decade. The consequences of obesity to health in childhood and adulthood have both medical, and economic cost to individuals and society. This paper reviews the factors that contribute to adolescent obesity and emphasizes behaviora...

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Introduction Endurance of the back muscles is considered as an important contributing factor in the development of low back pain. Currently, researchers are looking at reliable methods for measuring the back muscle’s fatigue rate by surface electromyogram (EMG). Many of these studies are still at the experimental stage and the feasibility of using EMG as a clinical tool for such purpose remains...

since 1980s, credit policy has been promoted as an important mechanism in job creation, especially for women. however, some researchers have showed that although microfinance programs have significant potential for contributing to women’s wellbeing, yet, many women borrowers have limited control over loans and/or resulted income. in such cases credit policy may not change women status. women’s ...

Recent work shows that the range of morphology of anode streamers in liquid dielectric breakdown is predicted when it is represented as stochastic growth of a branching fractal tree. This model may be analogous to the critical volume model of breakdown used in gases. Assuming there is a relationship, leads to a concept of how affecting the electron production and recombination rates in a fluid ...