This article contributes to the conceptual and technical development of cross-national measurement analysis gender gap in scope parenting related leave entitlements. That there is a benefits widely acknowledged, but it rarely quantified. The nomenclature use around policies diverse so first step standardise categories develop unit leave. There considerable variation configuration policies. As s...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to investigate the individual and cross influences of age, gender, and severity on recovery of patients with brain injury. METHODS For the purpose of the study, traumatic or spontaneous brain injury patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) were conveniently selected. The data regarding outcomes were collected 3 months after admission. RESULTS Indiv...

In his article, "How is a Genre Created? Five Combinatory Hypotheses," Johan F. Hoorn discusses that in genre theory, the creation of a genre is usually envisioned as a complex selection procedure in which several factors play an equivocal role. First, he advances that genre usually is investigated at the level of the phenomenon. For instance, questions may drawn on the effects of social status...

This paper describes the development of a systematic method for creating domain ontologies. We have chosen to explicitly recognise the differing needs of the human domain expert and the machine in our representation of ontologies in two forms: a conceptual and a logical ontology. The conceptual ontology is intended for human understanding and the logical ontology, expressed in description logic...

OBJECTIVE Our aim is to evaluate the validity of exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) and of a newly-created score as markers of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). MATERIALS AND METHODS The CO level was measured in a derivation subsample of a cross-sectional study and linked to COPD diagnosis; its predictors were evaluated, and a scale was constructed. It was evaluated in a validation subs...