the current research examines the role of postcolonial anddecolonization theories in the study of susan glaspell’s trifles, which hasalways been interpreted through feminism. application of postcolonial theoriesto this work is controversial; since neither the subject of the play, nor thesetting, nor the characters can be regarded as an instance of postcolonialliterature. this paper proves that ...

The proponents of cyberspace promise that online discourse will increase political participation and pave the road for a democratic utopia. This article explores the potential for civil discourse in cyberspace by examining the level of civility in 287 discussion threads in political newsgroups. While scholars often use civility and politeness interchangeably, this study argues that this conflat...

Purpose – This research describes the development and validation of the Civility Norms Questionnaire-Brief (CNQ-B), a 4-item measure designed to assess workgroup climate for civility. Climate for civility is defined as employee perceptions of norms supporting respectful treatment among workgroup members. Design/methodology/approach – Five samples (N = 2,711) of adult employees, including two fr...

Implementation of a model of care requires partnering among members of the health care team and patients and their families. Each participant must have clarity about each person’s role and how the system is used to implement and/or utilize a model of care delivery. A community hospital in the Midwest implemented Relationship-Based Care (RBC), a model based on concepts of partnering with self an...

AIM The purpose of this exploratory, mixed-methods study was to test an intervention to build social capital and civility among nursing students. BACKGROUND Incivility impacts nurses and nursing students, and can negatively influence patient care and the quality of nursing education. The Institute of Medicine and the Joint Commission recommended implementation of strategies to manage incivili...

Nekrotizan enterokolit (NEK), prematüre bebeklerde en sık görülen gastrointestinal problemdir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, NEK modeli oluşturulan yenidoğan sıçanlarda silimarin (SLY)'nin koruyucu ve antioksidan etkilerini değerlendirmektir. Yirmi sekiz Sprague-Dawley sıçanı çalışmaya dahil edildi. Sıçanlar rastgele dört gruba ayrıldı: kontrol (C), C+SLY, NEK+SLY. NEK, hiperosmolar enteral formül besle...

Suilysin is a cholesterol-binding cytolysin encoded by sly in Streptococcus suis. DNA sequence determination of the sly locus in a strain lacking sly revealed the presence of another gene, designated orf102, in the place of sly. No transposable element or long-repeat sequence was found in the close vicinity. Except for six strains whose corresponding loci have been rearranged, all of the remain...

We design DNS-sly, a counter-censorship system which enables a covert channel between a DNS client and server. To achieve covertness and deniability in the upstream direction, DNS-sly applies user personalization, adapting to individual behaviors. In the downstream direction, it utilizes CDN-related DNS responses to embed data, while retaining statistical covertness. We show DNS-sly achieves do...

Streptococcus suis is an economically important pathogen of pigs responsible for a variety of diseases including meningitis, septicemia, arthritis, and pneumonia, although little is known about the mechanisms of pathogenesis or virulence factors associated with this organism. Here, we report on the distribution and genetic diversity of the putative virulence factor suilysin, a member of the thi...