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thermal-vapours/TAS-Transmission-Atom-Surface: TAS-Transmission-Atom-Surface release ver 0.0.3
No full text<p>TAS - Transmission spectra with Atom-Surface interactions see <a href="https://github.com/thermal-vapours/TAS-Transmission-Atom-Surface">GitHub repository main page</a> for more information.</p>
Excavations at Tas-Silg, Malta : a preliminary report on the 1996-1998 campaigns conducted by the Department of Classics and Archaeology of the University of Malta
No full textThe area known as Tas-Silg is situated in the south-eastern part of the island of Malta, close to
Marsaxlokk harbour. In reality the place name refers to the small church
dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows (hence Tas-Silg) situated at the point where the narrow ·
road from Zejtun forks out in two directions: to Delimara and Xrobb il-Ghagin due south-east
and to Marsaxlokk village due south-west. A British-period fort occupying the highest point
of the elongated hill further south along· the first road also carries the same place name. The
lower and more compact hill on which the excavations have been conducted is called 'Ta'
Berikka' , but since it is so close to the above-mentioned church (only 50 m to the north) the
tradition of calling it Tas-Silg is now well established and there is no sense in changing it.
The site has a commanding view of the Marsaxlokk harbour to the south and overlooks two
other bays, Marsascala and St Thomas's bay, to the north-east. On all sides the slope is broken
up by man-made terraced fields
There is no doubt that the topography of the site must have been a determining factor in its
choice for the establishment of a religious centre in the Temple period of Maltese pehistory
(3000--2500 BC), though one must keep in mind that close to Tas-Silg there are three other
prehistoric temple sites. each one with a completely different topography. The Temple people
were quite introverted in their cultural isolation and do not seem to have been much interested
in seafaring and in the outside world. The situation changed radically in the following age, the
Bronze Age. when the island was occupied by people who set up villages on naturally defensible hilltops, occasionally fortifying them with artificial ramparts. The Tas-Silg hill
with its temple ruins was occupied by these people, but it is not as yet clear for what purpose.
The scenario changed again in historical times when the central and western Mediterranean
started to be parcelled out among the commercial powers originating in the eastern
Mediterranean. The Greeks do not seem to have even tried 10 colonize Malta as they did in
neighbouring Sicily. The Phoenicians, however, did occupy the island, apparently through a
slow process of peaceful penetration and eventual political and cultural assimi lation. It was in
this period that the ruins of the megalithic temple were transformed into a Phoenician extraurban
shrine dedicated to Astarte, which in time expanded into a full y-fledged sanctuary with
an international reputation. The last chapter in the millennia- long history of the site was
written when the colonnaded courtyard in front of the old temple was transformed into an
early Christian church. Any use made of the site in the following Arab period is, once again,
poorly understood.peer-reviewe
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No full textComparison of the Effects of Abdominal Massage and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Home Program on Constipation in Children with Cerebral PalsyThe aim of this study is to compare the effects of osteopathic manipulative therapy home program (OMT-H) versus abdominal massage home program (AMHP) in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) that had constipation in treating constipation. Twenty-nine children with CP with a mean age of 12.2±3.76 years, who were constipated and were not on medication, were divided into 3 groups: a) control group (n=10), b) AMHP (n=10), and c) OMT-H (n=9). In AMHP and OMT-H groups, treatment was applied as 20-minute sessions every other day for 10 sessions for 3 weeks. Modified Constipation Assessment Scale (MCAS), Rome III criteria and the Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS) were used for evaluation before treatment and once a week during treatment.While there was no change in constipation symptoms in the control group, there was an improvement in constipation symptoms after treatment in the AMHP and OMT-H groups (AMHP, p=0.003; OMT-H, p=0.000014). While the treatment showed to be effective from the first week in the OMT-H group, the change in BSFS (p=0.026) and MCAS sub-parameters was found to be superior.AMHP and OMT-H are effective and beneficial in treating constipation. In children with CP, OMT-H was found to be quicker and more effective compared to AMHP. The OMT-H can be effectively used in clinical practice in relieving constipation in CP
Non-participation rates observed in TAS-1 and TAS-2.
No full text<p>Non-participation rates observed in TAS-1 and TAS-2.</p
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The development and validation of a Televisitation Attitude Scale (TAS).
No full textThe 12 item Televisitation Attitude Scale (TAS) was developed in this study using the method of factor analysis. The prototype Televisitation Attitude Scale (TAS) was administered to UNBC students (N=204) in an on-line format. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin’s (KMO) test was .900 and Barlett’s test was χ² (66) = 1198.500, p<.001, confirming the validity of the obtained data. The Chronbach’s alpha test reliability for the final TAS was .91. It was found that the students’ attitudes toward televisitation were one-dimensional (Evaluation dimension) and had a positive tendency (M = 1.29 on -3 +3 scale). Independent sample t-tests (p ≲ .05) found significant differences in attitudes toward televisitation among subpopulations of UNBC students distinguished by gender, presence of children, and place of birth. TAS and its methodology can help researchers and televisitation investors to predict with some degree of accuracy whether a support person would televisit a patient in a hospital or a nursing home.The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b175483
TAS-Paths
No full text<p><strong>TAS-Paths</strong></p>
<p>Pathfinding software for neutron triple-axis spectrometers, part of the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4117437">Takin</a> software package.</p>
<p>The software's website can be found <a href="http://www.ill.eu/tas-paths">here</a>, its development repository is available <a href="https://code.ill.fr/scientific-software/takin/paths">here</a>.<br>
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