OBJECTIVE To delineate the psychological profile of individuals with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). METHOD A triple questionnaire of 614 items (including psychological and medical ones) was given to 10192 respondents and the results were analyzed by means of Cronbach alpha and Chi square test, together with an ad-hoc designed method that implied ranking and outliers detecting. RESULTS AND ...

This paper aims to investigate the challenges civil society organizations are facing in Algeria, with a special focus on tourism development. On basis of stakeholder approach and Gramscian notion as field ideological competition, study investigates main features associations along obstacles hindering their proper performance. The backbone is formed by detailed qualitative investigation that inc...

Abstract This article queries the sociopolitical implications of a wave popular interest in legacy Mamluk dynasty (1250–1517) post-2013 Egypt. Although era’s sultans have traditionally been derided mainstream culture as tyrannical ‘foreign’ leaders, they recently reframed last nationalist rulers before Ottoman invasion. revised characterization underpins newfound fascination with their socio-po...

A stuffed leopard more than a century old named Mayanja was destroyed on the 16th of March 2010 during fire that raked Kasubi (Kampala, Uganda)—the royal tombs Kings Buganda—listed among Unesco World heritage sites. leopard, god, river with execution sites running through heart kingdom Buganda, spirit, prince and twin born from incest. In history is layered, successive myths overlaid to erase o...

Pliny the Younger is a statesman, writer and lawyer, author of only correspondence between governor province emperor that has survived to this day. The relevance research topic due stereotyped idea formed in historiography as an apologist for Emperor Trajan indecisive manager who, any reason, asked authoritative opinion his august patron. purpose study reveal those aspects multifaceted personal...

A trend towards evidence-based practice has developed in policy and the United Kingdom, States, Australia recent years, evolving to become a powerful hegemonic force. This paper considers this latest impetus teach according mandates of narrow evidence base as symptom post-truth condition, one that elevates limited body an infallible position. Drawing on interviews with practicing teachers criti...

Maurice Gross (1934-2001) was both a great linguist and a pioneer in natural language processing. This article is written in homage to his memory. Maurice Gross is remembered as a vital man surrounded by a lively group, constituted by his laboratory, the LADL, and by his international network, RELEX. He and his group always resolutely steered away from any kind of abstemiousness or abstinence. ...

This study delineates the use of cultural hegemony in Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities (1859) through the vantage points of Italian critic Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) who clarifies domination of the ruling class over ruled class. Cultural hegemony is the mastery of the middle class and governing groups among the lower divisions. Antonio Gramsci declares that the only means of keeping cult...

Abstract In the mid-sixteenth century, there were many parallels between political cultures of Poland-Lithuania and kingdoms British Isles, as thinkers inspired by ideals Renaissance civic humanism challenged traditional currents thought. Across Isles strong native traditions asserting liberties communities realm need to check unbridled royal authority through parliamentary assemblies. As Refor...