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A Conversation With David Bellhouse
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary David Richard Bellhouse was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 19 July 1948. He studied actuarial mathematics and statistics at the University of Manitoba (BA, 1970; MA, 1972) and completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, in 1975. After being an Assistant Professor for 1 year at his alma mater, he joined the University of Western ...
Christian Genest
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The Muslim Discovery of Europe
American Journal of Islam and Society, 1985 Bernard LEWIS, The Muslim Discovery of Europe (New York/London: W.W. Norton & Co., 1982), 350 pp., Index & Illustrations. Price $19.95. The Muslims have had a long history of relations with Western European peoples.
Sulayman S. Nyang
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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A “White Spot” in History of Linguistic Thought: the Jewish Grammatical Tradition
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsThe history of the Jewish grammatical tradition is represented very scantily in Russian linguistic historiography, because, due to objective causes, many Jewish linguistic sources, as well as publications by foreign colleagues on the topic, were ...
Georgy T. Khukhuni, Yulia D. Budman
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Mediterranean Studies, 2019 ABSTRACT:Throughout the twelfth century, a number of Arabic-speaking Muslims produced poetry in the court of the Normans of Sicily. This article examines literary figures active under Roger II in the context of their interlocutors, professional colleagues, and other contemporaries around the western Mediterranean and North Africa.
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim(s) To explore how primary care practitioners, including nurses, provide dietary diabetes management to migrants. Design The scoping review followed, a refined and structured methodological framework and adhered to the Joanna Briggs Institute Scoping Review guidelines.
Keycee Silang +3 more
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to assess the psychological outcomes of family members of patients who were resuscitated in the Emergency Department (ED) and analyse factors associated with these outcomes. Design This study utilised a cross‐sectional design Methods Data were collected using a self‐reported questionnaire sent to family members of ...
Ira Rahmawati +4 more
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The Role of Syrian Christians (Shuwām) in the Nahda Movement of the 19th Century
Hitit İlahiyat DergisiAfter his invasion of Egypt in 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte departed the country in 1802. In 1805, Kavalian Mehmet Ali Pasha, who later became the Khedive of Egypt, took significant measures to modernize Egypt through the Nahda ...
Turgay Gökgöz
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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems
Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg +3 more
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Privilege Versus Right: Vigilantism Against Israel's Palestinian Citizens
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article addresses three core questions: What is the social origin of vigilantism? How do vigilantes justify extra‐legal violence and intimidation? What are vigilantism's long‐term effects? The analysis focuses on a period in which Israel's Palestinian‐Arab citizens increased their access to legal rights, social mobility, spatial ...
Gershon Shafir, Beatrice Waterhouse
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