CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN: DISCIPLINE OR ABUSE?

Corporal punishment of children: discipline or abuse?

Introduction: Corporal punishment is a public health problem due to its impact on the 30" Swivel Barstool physical, psychological, and social interactions of children.Objectives: To determine the knowledge of pediatricians in Lebanon regarding corporal punishment, their preventive, educational, and legal role.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive

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The Cholesterol-Modulating Effect of Methanol Extract of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) Leaves on Regulating LDLR and PCSK9 Expression in HepG2 Cells

Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is a legume crop consumed as an indigenous vegetable in the human diet and a traditional medicinal plant with therapeutic properties.The current study highlights the cholesterol-modulating effect and underlying mechanisms of 30" Swivel Barstool the methanol extract of Cajanus cajan L.leaves (MECC) in HepG2 ce

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A Novel Parameter Estimation Method Based on a Tuneable Sigmoid in Alpha-Stable Distribution Noise Environments

In this paper, a novel method, that employs a fractional Fourier transform and a tuneable Sigmoid transform, is proposed, in order to estimate the Doppler stretch and time delay of wideband echoes for a linear frequency modulation (LFM) pulse radar in Throw Pillow an alpha-stable distribution noise environment.Two novel functions, a tuneable Sigmoi

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Consumption, liquidity constraint and welfare in Brazil

This paper investigates empirically Ankle Support what are the welfare gains of cycle smoothing in Brazil.We follow Lucas (1987) decomposing logarithmic aggregate consumption in a trend and a cycle, and then calculating what are the welfare gains of eliminating cyclical variability.Differently from Lucas, the trend component here is not determinist

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