Large-lot exurban landscapes could incorporate ecological design in order to contribute ecosystem services. In our study, we use a survey of 126 Southeast Michigan homeowners to examine respondents’ stated preferences for residential yard images, and compare those with reported current use and management of their actual yards. We found that stated preferences are not necessarily related to actu...

This study investigated the proposition of relaxation offered by performing the Muslim prayers by measuring the alpha brain activity in the frontal (F3-F4), central (C3-C4), parietal (P3-P4), and occipital (O1-O2) electrode placements using the International 10-20 System. Nine Muslim subjects were asked to perform the four required cycles of movements of Dhuha prayer, and the EEG were subsequen...

I am writing to express my concern over a statement made in your editorial in the October issue of the Journal. I disagree with the categorical statement that “hand wringing, prayer, and expressions of concern don’t work.” In my opinion, any statement that one’s personal efforts in advocacy are more effective that another’s prayers indicates either a considerable degree of arrogance or a disbel...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the effects of spirituality on the sense of well-being of people with lung cancer. DESIGN Descriptive, correlational study. SETTING Urban and rural oncology and radiation centers. SAMPLE 60 adults ranging from 33-83 years of age. Most participants had non-small cell lung cancer and were female, Caucasian, and older than 50. METHODS Participants completed a ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the effects of spirituality (meaning in life and prayer) on a sense of well-being among women who have had breast cancer. DESIGN Descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional. SETTING Rural and urban communities in central Texas. SAMPLE Convenience sample of 84 women, 34-80 years of age diagnosed less than one year previously (36%), within the previous one to f...

Babylone achemenide est en general jugee peu importante au regard de la cite neo-babylonienne. Pourtant les archives privees temoignent l’activite cette ville, meme que nombreuses tombes epoque, un tresor d’objets d’argent, des figurines, sceaux. Les signes l’interet rois perses eux-memes pour ont ete tres sous-estimes. A part fragments d’une stele reprenant le relief d Bisutun et Perserbau, pe...

In a modern rail–rail transshipment yard huge gantry cranes transship containers between different freight trains, so that hub-and-spoke railway systems are enabled. In this context, we consider the transshipment yard scheduling problem (TYSP) where trains have to be assigned to bundles, which jointly enter and leave the yard. The objective is to minimize split moves and revisits. Split moves a...

This paper reports the findings of using multi-agent based simulation model to evaluate the sawmill yard operations within a large privately owned sawmill in Sweden, Bergkvist Insjön AB in the current case. Conventional working routines within sawmill yard threaten the overall efficiency and thereby limit the profit margin of sawmill. Deploying dynamic work routines within the sawmill yard is n...