AIM To assist the researcher in understanding the similarities and differences between the Husserlian and Heideggerian philosophies of phenomenology, and how that philosophy can inform nursing research as a useful methodology. BACKGROUND Nurse researchers using phenomenology as a methodology need to understand the philosophy of phenomenology to produce a research design that is philosophicall...

what follows is an attempt to see otto the phenomenologist within wider developments in the field, and to take account of some recent criticisms. everything that is said falls under the general headingof 'introduction to the study of religion'(or 'meta-religionswissenschaft') within this wide field, we shall be specifically concerned with the possibility of a systematic phen...

abstract background: the experience of labor and birth, referred to as childbirth, is complex, multidimensional, and subjective, relating to both the outcome and the process that is experienced by an individual woman. the aim of this study was to describe the experience of childbirth among kurdish women giving birth at besat hospital in sanandaj, iran. materials and methods: a qualitative study...

Architectural patterns(styles) are important artifacts containing specialized design knowledge to build good-quality systems. Complex systems often exhibit several architectural patterns in their design which leads to the need of architectural pattern composition. Unfortunately, information about the composition of patterns tend to be vaporized right after the composition process which causes p...

An important way that the reliability of a software system is enhanced is through the implementation of specific run-time measures called runtime tactics. Because reliability is a system-wide property, tactic implementations affect the software structure and behavior at the system, or architectural level. For a given architecture, different tactics may be a better or worse fit for the architect...