The paper highlights that the secular and modernistic paradigm of development that lacks spiritual and ethical moorings is partly responsible for the 2009 global economic and financial crisis. Muslim policy-makers, intellectuals and scholars are duty-bound to promote the Tawḥīdic paradigm…

Siebers (2008) calls for a move beyond the social model of disability toward a "theory of complex embodiment" that allows for acknowledgment of the "negative" aspects of embodied disability and, in turn, allows for the adoption of a disabled identity.…

AbstractThis paper comprises a research developed in organizational learning in the management of knowledge research area. The design required a theoretical model, and a test of 180 surveys applied to Executives from large, medium and small companies of Dominican Republic…

A sound knowledge of variations of blood vessels is important during operative, diagnostic and endovascular procedures in the abdomen and pelvis. Three variations were found during routine dissection in an approximately 55yr old male cadaver.  Three arterial variations are described…

The author reviews Vincent Mosco and Catherine McKercher’s The Laboring of Communication which examines the past, present, and future of labor organization in the field of communications.

Human health risk assessment and management (HHRAM) is a systemic approach to characterize the nature and concentration of human health risks associated with any health hazard and the possible restoration of health by utilizing the scientific and technological knowledge. Computer…

It is an interesting conundrum wherein we find ourselves in this educational world. We can focus on being outstanding educators and teachers, we can work in developing extensive research agendas and lengthy publication and presentation lists, or we can strive…

Como educadores sabemos que  em educação nada é rápido, nada se dá de uma hora para outra, as mudanças são contínuas, mas lentas, pois trabalhar com pressupostos educativos exige de quem se envolve no processo, observação, estudo, reflexão, para  depois…

We present the procedures and preliminary results of archaeologicaland ethnoarchaeological research held in May 2010, with the objective of locating the Asurini do Xingu old settlements on the banks of the Ipiaçava river and verify the archaeological potential of this area of Kuatinemu…

Virtual reality techniques have proved their importance in almost every field of knowledge, particularly in medical and architecture. Convex hull is an application of virtual reality which is used to draw the boundary of some object inside an image. In…