this study aimsto investigate an aspect of marital interactions, distance. by applying aqualitative method and conducting 43 in-depth semi-structured interviews, including 22women and 21 men, women and men experiences of distance were investigated based on theirown narratives.the results of the study suggested different forms of distance in couples' relationships,which can be classified to...

Any two-party cryptographic primitive can be implemented using quantum communication under the assumption that it is difficult to store a large number of quantum states perfectly. However, achieving reliable quantum communication over long distances remains a difficult problem. Here, we consider a large network of nodes with only neighboring quantum links. We exploit properties of this cloud of...

We prove two existence theorems for the integrodifferential equation of mixed type: x′(t) = f (t,x(t), t0k1(t,s)g(s,x(s))ds, ∫ a 0k2(t,s)h(s,x(s))ds), x(0) = x0, where in the first part of this paper f , g, h, x are functions with values in a Banach space E and integrals are taken in the sense of Henstock-Kurzweil (HK). In the second part f , g, h, x are weakly-weakly sequentially continuous fu...

When faced with Esther Sahle's, Edmond Smith's, and Dane A. Morrison's recent books on English American merchants, their activities, communities, a reader any level of exposure to the field early modern republic business history might legitimately ask, do we really need more? Historians have so completely associated economic activity merchant that many deemed period an era “merchant capitalism....

1. BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION The growth of Internet has led to new avenues for distance education. A crucial factor for the success of distance education is effective mechanisms for distance evaluation (DE). Existing Internet evaluation mechanisms, such as web based testing [1], rely principally on the client-server model. Such mechanisms usually do not scale well and also do not fully support ...

The Rho-associated coiled-coil containing kinases (ROCK) were first identified as effectors of the small GTPase RhoA, hence their nomenclature. Since their discovery, two decades ago, scientists have sought to unravel the structure, regulation, and function of these essential kinases. During that time, a consensus model has formed, in which ROCK activity is regulated via both Rho-dependent and ...