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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52495#.VJog_cCAM4 Author(s)    Alejandro Vera Affiliation(s) Music Institute, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile . ABSTRACT During the past century, Edmundo O’Gorman, Tzvetan Todorov, Enrique Dussel and other scholars pointed out the Eurocentric perspective implied in traditional narratives about the discovery of America, most of which intended to confirm Europe as the center of world history and culture. At the same time, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Hayden White and others argued for the mythical character of history. According to them, even though historians attempted to assemble documentary evidence obje...

Read full paper at: Music Education, Aesthetics, and the Measure of Academic Achievement Author(s) Karl Madden , David Orenstein , David Orenstein , Alexei Oulanov , Yelena Novitskaya , Ida Bazan , Thomas Ostrowski , Min Hyung Ahn Affiliation(s) Academic Department of the Library, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, New York, USA . ABSTRACT Grades and test scores are the traditional measurement of academic achievement. Quantitative improvements on standardized scores in Math/Science/Language are highly-coveted outcomes for meeting accreditation standards required for institutional program funding. Music and the Fine Arts, difficult to assess by traditional academic achievement measurement, and often dev...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50372#.VDs181fHRK0 Author(s)    Samitha Siritunga 1* , Kumudu Wijewardena 2 , Ruwan Ekanayaka 3 , Premadasa Mudunkotuwa 4 Affiliation(s) 1 Non Communicable Disease Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka . 2 Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka . 3 Institute of Cardiology, National Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka . 4 Department of Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka . ABSTRACT Introduction: Ischaemic heart disease is the number one cause of deaths in the world. As these patients experience severe distress due to a number o...