A lack of professional leadership has left the district nursing workforce without an effective voice in policy making and planning, according to the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI).

Previous studies have established that the Snf2h-containing chromatin remodeling complex NoRC mediates epigenetic silencing of a subset of rRNA genes (rDNA) by recruiting enzymatic activities that modify histones and methylate DNA. Here we have analyzed nucleosome positions at the murine rDNA promoter and show that active and silent rDNA copies are characterized not only by specific epigenetic ...

ISIS has used language propaganda to further its sociopolitical objectives and defend harsh behavior through the miscontextualization of ḥadīth. This study uses linguistic stylistics demonstrate in ISIS's magazine “Dabīq,” which made piecemeal usage ḥadīth (Prophet Muhammad's sayings) justify actions. To do so, first thematizes ḥadīths that reported. It then points out silences (by “silences,” ...

This paper investigates whether inhalation noises are treated as silences in speech communication. A perception experiment revealed differences in pause detection thresholds for breathing pauses and silent pauses. This in turn indicates that breathing pauses are treated differently by the perceptual system, and could potentially carry a communicative function.