the arab literature undoubtedly was not a suitable position for the perfect philosophy in the past or in the contemporary era; but rays and glimmers of philosophy can be seen in their literature. except the philosophical sufism of hallaj and ibn arabi’s schools which were followed by jalal al din rumi and farid al din attar neishabouri in persian and arabic. the present article has studied the ...

This paper presents a conceptual analysis of inequalities in healthcare associated with the discussion of dimensions, indicators and data sources that are crucial for understanding major trends within the Brazilian context. From this standpoint, the text emphasizes the importance of in-depth discussions of social inequalities, identifying changes in healthcare conditions using the concept of di...

BACKGROUND Even a well-designed randomized control trial (RCT) study can produce ambiguous results. This article highlights a case in which full-sample results from a large-scale RCT in the United Kingdom differ from results for a subsample of survey respondents. OBJECTIVES Our objective is to ascertain the source of the discrepancy in inferences across data sources and, in doing so, to highl...

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Hispanics are the country's largest and fastest growing minority, representing about 14.4 percent of the population in 2005 (Census Bureau 2006b). By 2050, Hispanics will account for an estimated 24.4 percent of the population--or 1 in every 4 persons in the United States (Census Bureau 2004, Table 1 a). The Hispanic population tends to be younger than the ov...

Researchers interested in the relationships between place and health have been slow to incorporate a life course perspective, probably due to the lack of readily available historical environmental data. This hinders the identification of causal relationships. It also restricts our understanding as to whether there are accumulative effects over the life course and if there are critical periods i...

This paper looks into the overall energy pattern in rural China and the possible reasons behind based on an assessment of available data sources. Commercial energy consumption by rural residents is disproportionately lower than that by their urban counterparts. Moreover, biological matters are the dominant source of household fuels in rural areas. Variations in energy consumption are closely re...

BACKGROUND Marriage histories are a valuable data source for investigating nuptiality. While researchers typically acknowledge the problems associated with their use, it is unknown to what extent these problems occur and how marriage analyses are affected. OBJECTIVE This paper seeks to investigate the quality of marriage histories by measuring levels of misreporting, examining the characteris...