In seeking a path to mediating feminist and anti-feminist narratives, one must begin with a framework of the method of narrative analysis being used.Using the works of such thinkers as Paul Ricoeur and Richard Kearney, I argue that human self-understanding and therefore sense of identity is narrative dependent.While this idea has its critics, in th
Seed masting and production of empty seeds have often been considered independently as different strategies to reduce seed predation by animals.Here, we integrate both phenomena within the whole assemblage of seed predators (both pre and post-dispersal) and in two contrasting microsites (open vs.sheltered) to improve our Ice Maker Condensers unders
Automating administrative decision-making through the use of algorithms integrated into administrative procedures constitutes a major goal of both SmartRest the Polish government and the EU.Notwithstanding the undeniable benefits of automated administrative decision-making, the tentative development of the law regulating administrative procedures i
The present study sought to compare the effect of seed priming by hydropriming, ascorbate and calcium chloride (CaCl2) versus different concentrations of silver nanoparticles on two Iranian rice cultivars (Hashemi and Shiroodi) under drought stress.The experimental design, which was factorial, was completely randomized.The first factor was control
The Arab Spring uprisings have released a flood of land and property conflicts, brought about by decades of autocratic rule.Expropriations, corruption, poor performance of the rule of law, patronage and sectarian discrimination built up a wide variety of land and property transgressions over approximately 30 years.The result has been the creation o