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Obama and the Middle East, round two
(2013)
After years of diplomatic inertia, the seemingly endless Palestinian-Israeli "peace process" was given a new lease on life by the Obama Administration in the summer of 2013. Despite Washington's expressed desire during ...
Religion as a factor influencing turkish women's decisions to work
(2013)
This article uses survey data collected from more than 500 women in Istanbul to examine whether or not religion exerts an influence on women's decisions to work or not. Our work revealed that religion does not appear to ...
An inverse coefficient problem for a quasilinear parabolic equation with nonlocal boundary conditions
(Springer International Publishing Ag, 2013)
In this paper the inverse problem of finding the time-dependent coefficient of heat capacity together with the nonlocal boundary conditions is considered. Under some natural regularity and consistency conditions on the ...
Women's Shelters in Turkey: A Qualitative Study on Shortcomings of Policy Making and Implementation
(Sage Publications Inc, 2013)
Despite a long history of women's movements and policy-making efforts to ameliorate women's status in Turkey, the number and quality of women's shelters are far from sufficient. This article aims to reveal the shortcomings ...
A MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CRITICAL POINT IN PHASE TRANSITIONS
(World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd, 2013)
Let y(x) be a smooth sigmoidal curve, y((n)) be its nth derivative and {x(m,i)} and {x(a,i)}, i = 1, 2, ... , be the set of points where respectively the derivatives of odd and even order reach their extreme values. We ...
Technology is Our Friend: Using Technology to Teach English Learning Strategies
(Nesibe Aydin Education Inst, 2013)
This paper examines the implementation of technology enhanced learning which is based on digital resources and its benefits specifically in a reading course at an English prep school. The paper describes the findings that ...
Design Science Perspective on NFC Research: Review and Research Agenda
(Slovensko Drustvo Informatika, 2013)
Near Field Communication (NFC), as one of the emerging and promising technological developments, provides means to short range contactless communication for mobile phones and other devices alike. NFC has become an attractive ...
Nation, Genre and Female Performance in Canadian Cinema
(Univ Pittsburgh, Univ Library System, 2013)
This paper outlines a theory of style and performance in Canadian film based on geography, gender and genre. It is possible to form a theory of Canadian cinema based on theme-genre (strong women, nature as oppressor in ...
Reconstruction of which building? An evaluation for Taksim Barrack
(Yildiz Technical Univ, Fac Architecture, 2013)
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Defining Italian Neorealism: A Compulsory Movement
(Univ Pittsburgh, Univ Library System, 2013)
Being one of the most influential cinematic movements in film history, Italian neorealism has not been very easy to define. Although one can easily recognize a neorealist film, not all neorealist films share the exact same ...