a wireless sensor network consists of many inexpensive sensor nodes that can be used toconfidently extract data from the environment .nodes are organized into clusters and in each cluster all non-cluster nodes transmit their data only to the cluster-head .the cluster-head transmits all received data to the base station .because of energy limitation in sensor nodes and energy reduction in each d...

Verifiability is an important component of elections. It is related to aspects like trust in the correctness of the election results, transparency of the election processes, and preparation for a possible contestation of the election. In particular the last aspect is of crucial importance in legally regulated elections. Verifiability in this context means that voting systems must be designed co...

Abstract As a democratic latecomer, Switzerland enfranchised women in 1971. In 2019, the Swiss elected 42% to lower chamber (Nationalrat) with no legal quota force and only few parties list quota. How did this happen? its crosscutting cleavages, several institutionalized mechanisms cope divisive aspects of diversity have been developed, among others, informal proportional representation. They s...

Objective: This study aimed to assess deficits of cognitive and emotional aspects of theory of mind in patients with bipolar disorder type 1 within a remission period. Methods: In this case- control study, 30 bipolar patients and 30 normal individuals were selected through Purposive sampling method for the purpose of the study. Then, they were matched based on their educational ...

During election campaigns political parties compete to inform voters about their leaders, the issues, and where they stand on these issues. In that sense, election campaigns can be viewed as a particular kind of information campaign. Democratic theory supposes that participatory democracies are better served by an informed electorate rather than an uninformed one. But do all voters make equal i...

BACKGROUND Lifetime co-occurrence of violence victimisation is common. A large proportion of victims report being exposed to multiple forms of violence (physical, sexual, emotional violence) and/or violence by multiple kinds of perpetrators (family members, intimate partners, acquaintances/strangers). Yet much research focuses on only one kind of victimisation. The aim of this study was to inve...

language and meaning are among the most important subjects which scholars have discussed since the earliest times and sometimes they have presented contradictory viewpoints about it. undoubtedly, language and meanings have a life for themselves; some of them extinguish in their lifespan and others will survive. some others undergo transformation and present themselves in new shapes. similar to ...