This study investigates the impacts of entrepreneurs’ religiosity on their values and on the relationship between their values and entrepreneurial behaviours by examining the differences between practicing Muslim entrepreneurs and non-practicing Muslim entrepreneurs. Relationships between values and religiosity are examined within an integrative framework of Schwartz’s value theory. Findings suggest that religion plays a critical role in shaping individuals values and their entrepreneurial behaviours. Practicing Muslim entrepreneurs have more respect for, commitment to and acceptance of the religious and traditional customs and ideas compared with those non-practicing Muslim entrepreneurs. On the other hand, non-practicing Muslim entrepreneurs have more independent thoughts and actions when it comes to choosing, creating and exploring compared with those practicing Muslim entrepreneurs. Furthermore, non-practicing Muslim entrepreneurs are more likely to seek for worldly pleasures and sensuous gratification compared with those practicing Muslim entrepreneurs.
Pathological inflammatory syndromes of unknown etiology are commonly observed in ataxia telangiectasia (AT) and Artemis deficiency. Similar inflammatory manifestations also exist in patients with STING-associated vasculopathy in infancy (SAVI).
Monitoring the effects of different caries-preventive agents on initial caries lesions in orthodontic patients is important. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of different preventive methods in preventing occlusal and proximal incipient lesions (ILs) during fixed orthodontic treatment.
We study Matrix Quantum Mechanics on the Euclidean time orbifold$S_1/\mathbb{Z}_2$. Upon Wick rotation to Lorentzian time and taking thedouble-scaling limit this theory provides a toy model for a big-bang/big crunchuniverse in two dimensional non-critical string theory where the orbifold fixedpoints become cosmological singularities. We derive the MQM partition functionboth in the canonical and grand canonical ensemble in two differentformulations and demonstrate agreement between them. We pinpoint thecontribution of twisted states in both of these formulations either in terms ofbi-local operators acting at the end-points of time or branch-cuts on thecomplex plane. We calculate, in the matrix model, the contribution of thetwisted states to the torus level partition function explicitly and show thatit precisely matches the world-sheet result, providing a non-trivial test ofthe proposed duality. Finally we discuss some interesting features of thepartition function and the possibility of realising it as a $\tau$-function ofan integrable hierarchy.
Nesting positions are commonly used in procedural analgesic administration in premature neonates. The effectiveness of nesting positions is questioned. The aim of the this study was to assess the pain, stress, comfort and salivary cortisol and melatonin values in nesting positions during the heel lance procedure in premature infants at the NICU.