nasir khosrow embarks upon a seven year journey in order to come to terms with his spiritual crisis. the quest was the inevitable outcome of the tensions and conflicts between nasir and the institutionalized forms of power and knowledge. the tensions lead to the formation of a series of binary oppositions—verbal and nonverbal—within the text of his travelogue. the researchers have analyzed the ...

nasir khosrow embarks upon a seven year journey in order to come to terms with his spiritual crisis. the quest was the inevitable outcome of the tensions and conflicts between nasir and the institutionalized forms of power and knowledge. the tensions lead to the formation of a series of binary oppositions—verbal and nonverbal—within the text of his travelogue. the researchers have analyzed the ...

Background Recently, awareness has raised regarding JAK inhibitor safety in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), particular with tofacitinib. Indeed, a trial involving more than 4,000 patients (ORAL Surveillance), numerically higher number of major cardiovascular events (MACEs) treated tofacitinib compared to anti-TNF (1), and risk venous thromboembolic (VTE) 10mg twice day 5mg or was observed. This incr...

There are 3 different pharynxes (Figure 1). The nasopharynx, or velopharynx, is the airspace posterior to all of the soft palate; the oropharynx is the airspace posterior to the tip of the uvula to the tip of the epiglottis; and the laryngopharynx, or hypopharynx, is the airspace posterior to the tip of the epiglottis to the vocal cords. The adult human is one of only a few animals to have a sp...

In this study, the role of salicylic acid pre-treatment (0.01, 0.1 mM was investigated)in inducing salt tolerance in sweet basil. Results showed germination percentage, length of shoot and root, fresh and dry weight of leaf, and photosynthetic pigments were decreased in response to high salinity but the lipid peroxidation, coefficient allometry, and soluble sugars increased. In plants pre-treat...

This chapter explores some important and contemporary issues concerning the knowledge-based view of the firm. Law firms represent an industry that seems very well suited to knowledge management investigation. Law firms are knowledge intensive, and the use of advanced technology may well transform these organizations in the future. This chapter reports empirical results from Norwegian and Austra...

The revolutionary development of network technologies launched electronic commerce as a global phenomenon. Consequently, the policy issues that arise from its use create new responsibilities for policy makers worldwide. Apart from the technical (e.g., fast and reliable networks) and regulatory (e.g., legal frameworks and standardization) challenges that need to be tackled, there are a number of...

In Australia, popular discussion of the growing market in outsourcing information technology (IT) has been spurred by decisions of several large companies and the Australian government to outsource IT operations, but there has been little academic research into outsourcing in Australia. This chapter reports research into Australian IT outsourcing based on data collected in 1999. The research ob...