Saint Dymphna, whose memory is celebrated on the 15th May, is one of the least familiar of all the saints; and yet the scene ?f her martyrdom is known by name to psychiatrists all over the world. On this day in Gheel, a small village in the moorland district called the Kampenland, some 25 miles from Antwerp, there are processions and public festivities; special services are held in the church w...

Patron-clientelism and corruption were traditionally viewed as problems endemic to underdeveloped marginal countries with weak states, powerful self-serving elites, widespread civic disengagement. However, recent decades have seen a dramatic increase in scandals the Global North, particularly its more developed banking financial sectors. Paradoxically, this has occurred despite massive expansio...

The first aim of this paper is to make a modeling framework of the interest area of a library patron by utilizing library’s loan records. In other words, to profile a person with his/her interest field. Interest area profiling is not only interesting of itself but also useful for library when it chooses the books to be purchased, for professors when they give lectures, and for other people. The...