The purpose of the present research program was to investigate IA children's language abilities during school age in order to see whether the difficulties reported in this population at younger ages persist (e.g., Gauthier & Genesee, 2011) or if they…

Flatworms of the genus Schistosoma are wide-spread and clinically significant parasites of humans in the tropics and sub-tropics. In evolutionary terms, they are representatives of the earliest metazoans to have evolved separate sexes, and to possess anatomically distinct central and…

Mine production scheduling may be long-term or short-term based on the time period considered and the final objective. The optimization goal of short-term production scheduling is to minimize the mining cost expected from a mine while satisfying operational constraints, such…

Self-definition and relatedness are fundamental personality developmental tasks that engage individuals across the entire lifespan (Blatt, 1974, Blatt & Luyten, 2009; Luyten & Blatt, 2013). Healthy psychological maturation requires the development of a sense of self that is differentiated, integrated,…

A mining complex is an integrated business that extracts materials from open pit or underground mines, treats extracted materials via a series of processing facilities that are interconnected by various material handling methods, and generates a set of products that…

Over the past few decades, advances in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy have greatly expanded our knowledge of the neutron-star family. One important recent discovery has been that of the "magnetars," isolated neutron stars whose radiation and occasional bursting activity is…

Due to land degradation, growing population pressures, and frequent drought, smallholder farmers in Kenya’s food insecure drylands are struggling to meet production objectives while maintaining a diverse set of crops to support health/nutrition. In the Eastern Province’s semi-arid region of…

Investigating the development of internationally-adopted (IA) children makes it possible to examine how early life experiences might affect later development and, in particular, the extent to which the language faculty is flexible and can adapt to a new language after…

Happiness (sa'a>dah) materializes as the ultimate goal of man in Abu> Nas}r Muh{ammad b. Muh{ammad b. T{arkha>n al- Fa>ra>bi>'s Maba>di' A' Ahl Al-Madi>na Al-Fa>d}ila (Principles of the Views of the Citizens of the Best State). But happiness, i.e., happiness in…

Collapse of transmission towers can occur due to accidental loads such as conductor breakages, failures of insulators or other components, either under every day conditions (components with marginal strengths) or under extreme conditions such as ice storms, thunderstorms, tornadoes, fires,…