This article explores the role and implications of reference group theory in relation to the field of library and information science.Reference group theory is based upon the principle that people take the standards of significant others as a basis for making self-appraisals, comparisons, and choices regarding need and use of information.Research t
This paper focuses on an analysis of the sovereignty of two territorial entities that have unique relations with the United Kingdom: the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories (BOTs).Each of these entities includes very different territories, with different legal statuses and varying forms of self-administration and constitutional
Pediatric sarcomas are rare entities.Bone sarcomas and rhabdomyosarcoma are most common, whereas primary sarcoma of the lung is extremely uncommon.Pneumonectomy click here is only very infrequently performed in the pediatric population.We report on a 16-year-old girl with an undifferentiated high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma of the left lung.There was
Current calculation methods for the vertical bearing capacity of steel pipe piles are predominantly designed for smaller diameters and do not account for the soil inside the pile.This necessitates an evaluation of their click here applicability to piles with diameters exceeding 2.0 m.This study aims to refine the existing formula for calculating ve
African horse sickness is a devastating disease that causes great suffering and many fatalities amongst horses in sub-Saharan Africa.It is caused by nine different serotypes of the orbivirus African horse sickness virus (AHSV) and it is spread by Culicoid midges.The disease has significant economic consequences for the equine industry both in light