A Physicsl Model of Electron According to the Basic Structures of Matter Hypothesis

A physical model of the electron is suggested according to the basic structures of matter (BSM) hypothesis. BSM is based on an alternative concept about the physical vacuum, assuming that space contains an underlying grid structure of nodes formed of superdense subelementary particles, which are also involved in the structure of the elementary particles. The proposed grid structure is formed of vibrating nodes that possess quantum features and energy well. It is admitted that this hypothetical structure could account for the missing “dark matter” in the universe. The signature of this dark matter is apparent in the galactic rotational curves and in the relation between masses of the supermassive black hole in the galactic center and the host galaxy. The suggested model of the electron possesses oscillation features with anomalous magnetic moment and embedded signatures of the Compton wavelength and the fine-structure constant. The analysis of the interactions between the oscillating electron and the nodes of the vacuum grid structure allows us to obtain physical meaning for some fundamental constants

A New method for Analysis of Biomolecules Using the BSM-SG Atomic Models

Biomolecules and particularly proteins and DNA exhibit some mysterious features that cannot find satisfactory explanation by quantum mechanical modes of atoms. One of them, known as a Levinthal’s paradox, is the ability to preserve their complex three-dimensional structure in appropriate environments. Another one is that they possess some unknown energy mechanism. The Basic Structures of Matter Supergravitation Unified Theory (BSM-SG) allows uncovering the real physical structures of the elementary particles and their spatial arrangement in atomic nuclei. The resulting physical models of the atoms are characterized by the same interaction energies as the quantum mechanical models, while the structure of the elementary particles influence their spatial arrangement in the nuclei. The resulting atomic models with fully identifiable parameters and angular positions of the quantum orbits permit studying the physical conditions behind the structural and bonding restrictions of the atoms connected in molecules. A new method for a theoretical analysis of biomolecules is proposed. The analysis of a DNA molecule leads to formulation of hypotheses about the energy storage mechanism in DNA and its role in the cell cycle synchronization. This permits shedding a light on the DNA feature known as a C-value paradox. The analysis of a tRNA molecule leads to formulation of a hypothesis about a binary decoding mechanism behind the 20 flavors of the complex aminoacyle-tRNA synthetases - tRNA, known as a paradox

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Media: A Survey Study of Bahraini Youth Preferences Toward Smart Applications in Social Networks (2025)

This study explores Bahraini youth preferences regarding artificial intelligence (AI) applications in social networks using a descriptive survey method. Results indicate strong user approval of AI-enhanced features such as interactivity, content personalization, and user experience. Attitudes were generally positive across demographic groups, suggesting widespread acceptance of AI integration. Nevertheless, concerns about data privacy and algorithmic bias were noted, underlining the need for ethical and regulatory safeguards. The findings emphasize the importance of balancing technological innovation with user trust and digital governance in AI-driven media environments. Keywords: Artificial intelligence, social networks, digital media, AI applications, content personalization, Bahrain. DOI: 10.7176/NMMC/107-09 Date of Publication: July 30th 202

Solutions Journalism and Sustainable Development: News Coverage in Arab Websites 2024

This descriptive study aimed to identify the extent to which Arab news websites benefited from solutions journalism in news coverage of the issue of sustainable development during the first half of 2024, based on the methodology of content analysis and solutions journalism. The research found that Arab websites were interested in news coverage of more than 25 sub-issues of sustainable development issues during this period, due to the interest in government policies in sustainability issues in both Egypt and the Emirates, which hosted two climate conferences for two consecutive years, the first Cop27 in Egypt and the second Cop28 in the Emirates. The research revealed that the points of agreement between the Egyptian Al-Ahram website and the Emirati Al-Bayan website were more than the points of disagreement, whether in news coverage of sustainable development issues or in solutions journalism. The study also revealed an agreement between the two websites in arranging the priorities of the three areas of sustainable development studied by the research, which are (economic development, social development, climate issues, and the environment), but a difference emerged between them in the most important issue for each of them, as the Al-Ahram website was interested in the issue of climate change, while the Al-Bayan website was interested in the issue of energy. The study recommended that Arab websites should focus on providing the possibility of audience interaction with news coverage of sustainable development issues that concern them. Keywords: Sustainable development - solutions journalism - news coverage - Arab websites - Al-Ahram website - Al-Bayan website. DOI: 10.7176/NMMC/106-10 Data of Publication: October 30th 202

Einflüsse des Alters auf ausgewählte Aspekte der Erstvaterschaft

Das Ziel dieser Arbeit liegt in der Beschreibung der aktuellen Situation von Erstvaterschaft sowie einer Darstellung von charakteristischen und fallweise differen-tiellen Erlebens- und Verhaltenskomponenten in diesem Zusammenhang. Die vorliegende Arbeit soll zudem auch eine Ergänzung zur Diplomarbeit „Späte Mutterschaft“ (Ranner, 2010) darstellen. Nach Aufnahme und Beschreibung der in der Literatur präsenten Belege historischer und aktueller Aspekte von Vaterschaft im theoretischen Teil, erfolgt im empirischen Teil die Beschreibung der – in Anlehnung an die Untersuchung „Späte Mutterschaft“ nach Ranner (2010) – durchgeführten Online-Fragebogenuntersuchung. Befragt wurden 108 Väter erstgeborener Kinder im Kindergartenalter, von ca. 2.5 Jahren, bis maximal Schuleintrittsalter (ca. 7 Jahre). Zusammenfassend lässt sich somit zu den gestellten Forschungsfragen feststellen, dass das Alter der Väter bei Geburt des ersten Kindes keine relevante Rolle bei der Erziehung und bei der Wahrnehmung des Kindes spielt, und auch keine altersbezogenen Unterschiede in Demographie, gesundheitlicher und finanzieller Situation sowie bei Inanspruchnahme von Karenz gefunden wurden. Für Teilaspekte des Verhaltens zum Kind und bei der Wahrnehmung der Vaterrolle gibt es allerdings Alterseffekte zu berichten: die älteren Väter binden das Kind bei Stress weniger ein und reagieren bei Misserfolg des Kindes weniger positiv, ausserdem sind sie insgesamt im Vergleich zu jüngeren Vätern unzufriedener mit ihrer Rolle als Vater

Protestantisme entre modernité et traditions

En ce qui concerne les us et coutumes lors des grandes étapes de la vie (naissance, mariage, enterrement), les protestants d’Alsace se sont facilement adaptés aux traditions léguées par les anciens. Néanmoins, ils ont été à l’origine d’innovations marquantes comme indirectement la création de l’École de Sages-femmes de Strasbourg en 1728 par le docteur Jean-Jacques Fried ; première école de sages-femmes au monde à ouvrir ses portes aux médecins et chirurgiens. À noter aussi la militance du pasteur Leblois de l’église protestante du Temple-Neuf à Strasbourg à la fin du XIXe siècle qui aboutit à l’inauguration d’un crématorium dans cette ville. (Freddy Sarg).Concerning the ceremonies celebrating the basic stages of life (birth, wedding, funeral) the Protestants of Alsace found it easy to adjust to the traditions transmitted by their founding members. Nevertheless they were the source of decisive innovations such as – at least as a side effect – the opening of a midwife training school in 1728 by Dr Jean-Jacques Fried, actually the first one in the world, accessible to doctors and surgeons. Equally noteworthy was the staunch support of Leblois, the minister of the Protestant Temple Neuf in the late 19th century, for the creation of a crematorium in Strasbourg. (trad. Pierre Boulay).Die Gewohnheiten und Bräuche betreffend (Geburt, Hochzeit, Begräbnis), haben sich die Protestanten des Elsass ohne Weiteres den Traditionen ihrer Vorfahren angepasst. Nichts desto trotz waren sie am Ursprung von bedeutenden Erneuerungen wie, indirekter Weise, der Gründung der Straßburger Hebammen-Schule durch den Doktor Jean-Jacques Fried, die auch die erste Hebammen-Schule sein sollte die ihre Türen für Ärzte und Chirurgen öffnete. Zu erwähnen ist auch noch der Einsatz von Pfarrer Leblois, von der protestantischen Kirche des Temple-Neuf, der Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zur Einweihung eines Krematoriums in der Stadt führte. (trad. René Siegrist)

The Bakken-An Unconventional Petroleum and Reservoir System

An integrated geologic and geophysical study of the Bakken Petroleum System, in the Williston basin of North Dakota and Montana indicates that: (1) dolomite is needed for good reservoir performance in the Middle Bakken; (2) regional and local fractures play a significant role in enhancing permeability and well production, and it is important to recognize both because local fractures will dominate in on-structure locations; and (3) the organic-rich Bakken shale serves as both a source and reservoir rock. The Middle Bakken Member of the Bakken Formation is the target for horizontal drilling. The mineralogy across all the Middle Bakken lithofacies is very similar and is dominated by dolomite, calcite, and quartz. This Member is comprised of six lithofacies: (A) muddy lime wackestone, (B) bioturbated, argillaceous, calcareous, very fine-grained siltstone/sandstone, (C) planar to symmetrically ripple to undulose laminated, shaly, very fine-grained siltstone/sandstone, (D) contorted to massive fine-grained sandstone, to low angle, planar cross-laminated sandstone with thin discontinuous shale laminations, (E) finely inter-laminated, bioturbated, dolomitic mudstone and dolomitic siltstone/sandstone to calcitic, whole fossil, dolomitic lime wackestone, and (F) bioturbated, shaly, dolomitic siltstone. Lithofacies B, C, D, and E can all be reservoirs, if quartz and dolomite-rich (facies D) or dolomitized (facies B, C, E). Porosity averages 4-8%, permeability averages 0.001-0.01 mD or less. Dolomitic facies porosity is intercrystalline and tends to be greater than 6%. Permeability may reach values of 0.15 mD or greater. This appears to be a determinant of high productive wells in Elm Coulee, Parshall, and Sanish fields. Lithofacies G is organic-rich, pyritic brown/black mudstone and comprises the Bakken shales. These shales are siliceous, which increases brittleness and enhances fracture potential. Mechanical properties of the Bakken reveal that the shales have similar effective stress as the Middle Bakken suggesting that the shale will not contain induced fractures, and will contribute hydrocarbons from interconnected micro-fractures. Organic-rich shale impedance increases with a reduction in porosity and an increase in kerogen stiffness during the burial maturation process. Maturation can be directly related to impedance, and should be seismically mappable. Fractures enhance permeability and production. Regional fractures form an orthogonal set with a dominant NE-SW trend parallel to Ï1, and a less prominent NW-SE trend. Many horizontal wells are drilled perpendicular to the Ï1 direction to intersect these fractures. Local structures formed by basement tectonics or salt dissolution generate both hinge parallel and hinge oblique fractures that may overprint and dominate the regional fracture signature. Horizontal microfractures formed by oil expulsion in the Bakken shales, and connected and opened by hydrofracturing provide permeability pathways for oil flow into wells that have been hydro-fractured in the Middle Bakken lithofacies. Results from the lithofacies, mineral, and fracture analyses of this study were used to construct a dual porosity Petrel geo-model for a portion of the Elm Coulee Field. In this field, dolomitization enhances reservoir porosity and permeability. First year cumulative production helps locate areas of high well productivity and in deriving fracture swarm distribution. A fracture model was developed based on high productivity well distribution, and regional fracture distribution, and was combined with favorable matrix properties to build a dual porosity geo-model

The Effects of Kangaroo Care on the Neurodevelopment of Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Preterm birth disrupts the development of the brain and other critical organs of the infant body. Since the brain is one of the last organs to finish developing during pregnancy, the risk for substantial neurological deficits increases as the gestational age decreases. One way to combat these deficits is to reconnect the preterm infant with the mother via skin-to-skin contact, also known as kangaroo care (KC). This intimate touch helps to replicate aspects of the environment that the preterm infant experienced in utero. The purpose of this literature review was to analyze the current literature to better understand the effects that KC may have on facilitating neurodevelopment of preterm infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). Emphasis was placed on neurophysiologic functioning, autonomic functioning, and neurobehavioral functioning. A database search of CINAHL Plus with Full Text, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition was conducted, and a total of six articles were reviewed based on their relevance and application towards this thesis. KC is a low-cost, relatively easy intervention to initiate that can have positive impacts on many aspects of preterm infant growth and maturation. There is limited research regarding the use of KC as an intervention to support neurodevelopment, especially with regards to long-term effects. Existing research supports the use of KC as an intervention to facilitate neurodevelopment in preterm infants in the NICU

Scottish-Jewish 'madness'?: An examination of Jewish admissions to the royal asylums of Edinburgh and Glasgow, c.1870-1939

This thesis sits at the junction of asylum history and Anglo-Jewish history, specifically Scottish Jewish history, and contributes new perspectives to scholarship on histories of both psychiatry and Anglo-Jewry. It explores the lived experiences of Jewish patients admitted to the royal asylums of Edinburgh and Glasgow between 1870 and 1939 using a range of both quantitative and qualitative archival sources. A discussion of the relevant literature that has focused on ‘Anglo’ asylums and Anglo-Jewry, particularly on Scottish asylums and Scottish Jewry, provides the historical context for the research questions being asked about how Jewish patients admitted to the royal asylums were understood, diagnosed and treated. The quantitative Jewish patient population is presented, discussing: demographic variables such as gender distribution, age at admission and the patient’s marital status at admission; social variables such as ‘class’ as regards a patient’s accommodation within the asylum and their occupation; diagnostic variables such as the mental disorders identified; and finally institutional variables such as a patient’s discharge status and the length of a patient’s stay within the asylum. This Jewish patient profile is compared to control samples of non-Jewish patients to detect similarities and differences between the two groups, providing scope for the qualitative accounts that follow. Qualitative sources are then used, pulling out a number of individual case histories as detailed exemplars of broader claims, spread across three substantial chapters. The first qualitative chapter draws on several of the themes presented in the discussion of relevant literature, such as matters of Jewish demography, migration, family dynamics, social standing, cultural experiences and the like, as these intersect with the ‘asylum lifecycle’, meaning periods spent in and outside of the asylum by these patients. This material opens a door to the Jewish patient experience through the discussion and analysis of several themes, such as: family, community, immigration status, social class, migration histories, big and small and the asylum lifecycle with respect to patients who experienced multiple admissions to asylums. The next chapter’s overarching theme is the Jewish body – all aspects of Jewish embodiment; of embodying Jewishness – in the asylum. This theme is further broken down into specific areas for discussion, such as: the male Jewish body; poisoning, because historically Jews have been associated with the act of poisoning; the diagnostic criteria as it was applied to Jews during the period under investigation; the role of language within the clinical encounter; and troublesome patients. The goal here is to illustrate how the Jewish body was often seen as inherently different from other (British) asylum patients and therefore pathologised because of those differences, such that in certain situations merely being Jewish suggested a likelihood of being mentally unstable and possessing a mental illness due to the Jewishness association. The final qualitative chapter concentrates on Jewish women and their experiences within Scottish asylums, highlighting some of the gendered differences within that experience when compared to the male Jewish experience of madness that was primarily tackled in the previous chapter. This chapter discuses Jewish women and their place within the Jewish community and wider Anglo-Scottish society, and further it addresses the perceived close relationship between Jewish women and mental illness, itself complicated by the extent to which the woman concerned sought to live up to a vision of the perfect Jewish mother while also being judged through an idealized version of domestically content British (middle-class) womanly reserve. Final conclusions are added which summarise the contributions made by the thesis, and speculate about further inquires that might be conducted in this field