Despite the widespread use of prenatal screening, women’s perceptions and experiences of prenatal care have only recently been addressed in scientifi c research.1 Several studies show that perceptions of and participation in prenatal testing can be quite different among women of different ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.2 3 Especially little is known about how Muslim women experience pr...

One of the most efficient methods to control high infection rate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is have a coverage COVID-19 vaccination worldwide. Therefore, it important understand individuals’ intention get vaccinated. The present study applied Theory Planned Behavior (TPB) explain vaccinated among representative sample in Qazvin, Iran. TPB uses psychological constructs attitude, subject...

the military domination of russia on transoxiana imported, for the first time, the title of russian turkestan in political geography in 19 century. what belongs to this territory includes the khanate of khoqand and some regions of bukhara, and khiva. the main difference between turkestan and two other khanates  was their relationship with russia. while turkestan was incorporated to russia the t...

In February 2010, a group of American missionaries went to Haiti to assist children orphaned in the January earthquake. The group had plans to set up an orphanage in the Dominican Republic and to transport orphaned children across the border, eventually arranging adoptions into American families. The group was arrested during this process when government agencies discovered the missionaries had...

This study examines the insertion of Biblical sources as references in Tafsir Soerat Wal-’Asri by Siti Chayati, a Javanese Quranic exegete who interprets chapter 103 (al-Asr) Quran using Script. The Chayati’s work some verses Barnabas, Matthew, and John its references, is unique thought-provoking to understand motives historical background. finds that use Bible her was aimed strengthen claims o...

Missionaries are no strangers to students and researchers of the British Empire. The hackneyed image of the rough-hewn Anglican vicar preaching salvation, Christ, and colonialism to legions of natives is one of the enduring archetypes of British colonialism. This image, like so many similar ones, is not without basis in historical fact. Missionaries played a notable role in British imperial exp...

— This essay focuses on two questions: How do the current economic systems and institutions of Muslim countries differ from those of other countries at the same stage of economic development? What is the impact of Islam on the economic and social performance of these countries? Employing a cluster analysis I find that there is no special Muslim economic system; moreover, few economic institutio...

The seroprevalence and incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection were determined among 312 North American missionaries who were serving in developing countries between 1967 and 1984. The majority (81%) resided in sub-Saharan Africa. When initially evaluated, the missionaries had a mean age of 40 years, 65% were female, and all were of white race/ethnicity. An ELISA showed that the initial prev...

In December 1996, TIME magazine published an article titled ‘‘Finding God on the Web,’’ which projected how the Internet would shape information seeking on faith and religion. A decade later, the Web has become a popular tool for gathering religious information as well as information and imagery related to religious travel. Yet there is little research on religious destination imagery online. I...