Spirituality as an emerging area of academic study within health care has experienced rapid development over a 20year period with mounting evidence that spiritual support yields improvements in a variety of physical and psychological health outcomes (Koenig 2012). The scientific development in the field of health sciences and its ethical and moral foundations leave no space for doubt with regar...

Chamaecyparis are ornamental plants that are used extensively in temperate-zone landscapes worldwide. However, due to their low tolerance to environmental stresses Chamaecyparis often perform poorly in urban landscapes. The objective of this research was to evaluate rootstocks of selected Cupressaceae taxa to determine their adaptability to poor drainage and high temperatures found commonly in ...

Global warming is emerging as one of the biggest threats to earth in this century. It not only has deleterious effects on individuals’ health but could also trigger natural disasters such floods, famines, droughts and cyclones etc. Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change reported that industrial revolution mid-19th century caused a 1oC rise global temperature. further estimated by >1.10°C 6.4...

any 3d seismic survey can have an acquisition footprint. acquisition footprint is an expression of the surface geometry (most common on land data) that leaves an imprint on the stack of 3d seismic data. often we recognize it as amplitude and phase variations on time slices, which of course display the amplitudes within our data set at a specified two way time (cordsen, 2004). on the other hand,...

Ballast water discharge from ships has been the most important vector for introducing nonindigenous species to the Laurentian Great Lakes, and is responsible for many of the most ecologically and economically disruptive invasions in the basin (Mills et al. 1993, Ricciardi 2006). In an attempt to limit further invasions, ships entering the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River system with ballast water...

This guide accompanies the following article: Brown, C. & Shay, M. (2021) From resilience to wellbeing: Identity-building as an alternative framework for schools’ role in promoting children’s mental health, Review of Education, https://doi.org/10.1002/(ISSN)2049-6613. The health children and young people has been increasing concern many countries globally. schools addressing issue child youth i...

background: breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among the women worldwide. the risk of local and distant recurrence is the highest during the first two years following the initial treatment. very late relapse (after 12 years) is uncommon in breast cancer survivors. methods: herein, we report the characteristics and outcomes of 6 such cases of breast can...

s | 97 Specifically, we examined factors influencing female North Korean refugees’ quality of life. The sample was comprised 172 female North Korean refugees. Participants completed the checklist for Health Condition, the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-civilian version (PLC-C; Weathers et al., 1993), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Zimet et al., 1988), and the K...

While multicultural awareness in counseling has risen substantially in the last decade, little research has examined counseling utilization and outcomes for ethnic minorities on university campuses. A sample of 1,166 African American, Asian American, Caucasian, and Hispanic help-seeking university students from over 40 universities nationwide filled out the Outcome Questionnaire 45 at the first...

s | 97 Specifically, we examined factors influencing female North Korean refugees’ quality of life. The sample was comprised 172 female North Korean refugees. Participants completed the checklist for Health Condition, the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-civilian version (PLC-C; Weathers et al., 1993), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Zimet et al., 1988), and the K...