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Governmentality, Social Policy and the Social Construction of Old Age in England
Authors: Powell Jason L.
Published: May 2015

This article looks in more detail at the incidence and consequence of social policies for older people through the distinctly French post-structuralist lens of governmentality (Foucault, 1977). This will enable us to consider the implications of the re-figuring of the relationship between the state, older people and social work. This re-figuring constructs an ambiguous place for older people: they feature either as a resource - captured in the idea of the „active citizen‟, as affluent consumers, volunteers or providers of child care - or as a problem in the context of poverty, vulnerability and risk. In many ways, policy provides three trajectories for older people: first, as independent self-managing consumers with private means and resources; second, as people in need of some support to enable them to continue to self-manage; and third, as dependent and unable to commit to self-management. Governmentality provides the theoretical framework through which to view policy and practice that is largely governed by discourses of personalisation, safeguarding, capability and risk.
Comparing the Efficiency of the Family among Successful and Unsuccessful Students
Authors: Husseini Raouf , Gharibi Hasan , Khaledian Mohamad
Published: May 2015

The current research was done to compare the efficiency of the family among successful and unsuccessful students. The statistical population of the research was high school students of Saghez. The method of the current research was causative – comparative. The research sample was 300 high school students (150 students with an average of more than 17 and students with an average of under 12) chosen through cluster sampling. Data were analyzed by using the family assessment questionnaire (FAD) and t test, multivariate regression, phi, Kendall’s tau, and variance analysis. Findings, showed that there is a positive relationship with (0/001) alpha with respect to the efficiency of the family (except for the subscale of problem – solving) among successful and unsuccessful students. The relationship of each of the demographic variables (parents’ education levels, educational major, and age) was a significant relationship on the effectiveness of the family. Family is a good predictor for the success of the students and one can enhance their success rate by strengthening the family effectiveness.
A Sociology of Trust
Authors: Powell Jason L.
Published: May 2015

The paper is a critical review of the problems and implications of trust and in managing diversity in the British community care system. It is a system in need of strong diversity management in the light of the world economic downturn in recent years. Despite raft of policies on leadership in social care in the UK, the structural issues for why the needs of diverse groups are not met are difficult to understand at particular levels of analysis. The central problem has been lack of ‘trust’. The paper detangles the implications of different forms of trust in order to understand care relations.
Human Capital Development, Economic Rejuvenation and Stable Long-Term Growth: The Case of Nigeria
Authors: Iyoboyi Martins
Published: May 2015

The paper investigates the relative impact of human capital development on economic rejuvenation and growth in Nigeria form 1981 to 2010, using the bounds testing approach to cointegration. The study utilized a combined proxy of education and health to capture the influence of human capital on growing and consequently rejuvenating an economy. Fixed capital and human capital were found to be positively associated with economic growth in both the short and long run, while Granger-causing economic growth in the period of study, implying the imperatives of using them to rejuvenate an economy. The stability of the coefficients of the estimated model is confirmed by the CUSUM and CUSUMSQ tests. The paper showed that for Nigeria’s economic rejuvenation and long-term stable growth, emphasis should be placed on deliberately developing the country’s vast human resources.
Engaging Students through ICT: Strategies and Challenges for Using Website in Teaching and Learning
Authors: Nawi Aliff , Mohamed Yusoff Ahmad Fkrudin , Ajmain Hafit Hidayah , Ghalil Abbas Mohamad Raffe
Published: May 2015

The existence of website made the world without borders and all the information is just a few clicks away. In the education field, the usage of internet and websites in teaching and learning (T&L) will facilitate access to information for reference purposes regardless of time and place. This study discusses the use of web application in T&L as an attraction to students. The study utilizes the qualitative methods which are literature reviews and document analysis. In conclusion, teachers should be innovative and creative in diversifying their teaching methods, including the use of websites to make T&L more interesting and thus, enhance their professional skills.
Internal Articulation of the Open Work Concept
Authors: Bitoleanu Iulian
Published: May 2015

Study shows multiple valences of aesthetic concept opening in artwork, whose notoriety was due to Umberto Eco. It was mentioned honest rivalry between France and Italy, in terms of pioneering art. Comparative method and the exhibition referencing the music, literature, sculpture, architecture, painting, cinema, applying a single criterion - the opening, leading to equivalence of open work exceptional work, moving, unpredictable, indeterminate, asymmetric but bizarre work, unfinished, unfinished, ambiguous, discontinuous. Anchoring the French cultural space, European (J. P. Sartre, M. Merleau-Ponty, E. Husserl) deepened the theme set forth and conferred substantiality, sense.
From the Individual's Fault to the Construct of Power (Development and Changes of Crime Theories)
Authors: Mohamadi Mohamad Seddigh , Babaee Hasan , Khaledian Mohamad
Published: May 2015

The present paper aims to explain crime by investigating various theoretical approaches and to show that from the classic era to the recent postmodern theories, a slow but steady cycle of discourse concerning crime has been occurring. In the classic times, the criminal is assumed to be a sane person with sound will who commits crime with an individualistic choice and due to incorrect decisions; In the positivism approach, the theorists' concern is directed at recognizing criminals and clarifying more fundamental biological aspects and psychological performance and they seek to explain the phenomenon of crime by dividing the people of the society into normal and abnormal people; In the modern theories the social factors causing the appearance of crime are at the focal point while critical theories greatly emphasize on the role of the society in the criminal phenomenon and its definition, finally postmodern theories consider crime totally as constructed by mindset, language and power and question its existential reality.
Globalization and Modernity
Authors: Powell Jason L.
Published: May 2015

As we move into the global century, several aspects of social and economic life are changing and post-industrial shifts are unparalleled by virtue of the interconnectedness that brings together the corners of the globe. New technologies, new economic relationships, new social processes, and new political developments are all characteristics of globalization (Hudson and Lowe, 2004: 22) in a post-industrial age featured by information, innovation, finance and services. As the world has contracted, people‟s quality of life has changed regardless of where they live. In fact, the propagation of free market mindsets in emerging economies has created collective network connections with considerable good but pervasive inequalities as well. A fundamental aim of this book is to argue that these changes are part of a economic transition to post-industrialism associated with risks and inequalities that shape human experience in the midst of a formidable global financial climate. There is an obvious tension with this. On the one hand, life expectancy, health statuses and per capital incomes are at an all-time high and many feudal practices have been relegated to the past (Phillipson, 2006). On the other hand, vast numbers of people struggle with poverty and significant pockets of poverty portend more than lack of income. Those living on the bottom of the socio-economic ladder labor under the burden of avoidable, lifestyle diseases, hunger and related maladies, not to mention myriad social risks (Turner, 2008). Those on the upper reaches of the same ladder garner disproportionate shares of the resources and are able to support comfortable lifestyles.
Participation and Performance of Women Candidates in the General Elections of India: An Analytical Study (1951-2009)
Authors: Pandita Ramesh
Published: May 2015

Participation of women in the electoral process of India as contestants has been very abysmal since the inception of the electoral process of the country. Present study has been conceived in view of the demands raised by various political parties and different women organizations about introducing and passing of women’s reservation bill in the parliament so as to secure at least 33 % seats for women candidates across the country. In the present study attempt has been made to see how far women candidates have been given representation by national and state level political parties during all the general elections held in India since independence. The other areas covered in the study include the distribution of political parties during all the general elections held, female candidate fielded by parties in proportion to male candidates, their success rate, votes secured, forfeited deposits etc. the study is purely based on secondary data, retrieved from the official website of the Election Commission of India on October 21, 2013. The multiparty system in India has somewhere become the areas of concern, which in fact has heralded an era of coalition politics in country, where the number has grown exponentially and as of now more than 2000 political parties stand registered with the Election commission of India. On average mere 6.90 % women candidates have been chosen to parliament during each general election, while as on average 4.49 % women contestants have been fielded in each general election. Scenario of state political parties is more worrisome and in case of independent contestants the situation is quite displeasing.
Design of a Stable System by Lean Manufacturing
Authors: Gîfu Daniela , Teodorescu Mirela , Ionescu Dan
Published: May 2015

Markets are organized so that buyers and sellers have a choice of participating in production-to-stock or production-to-order auctions. A production-to-stock (PTS) institution requires the seller to hold inventory before trading. Data from computerized double auctions are analyzed. Inventory cost diminishes trading activity. When the choice of institution is endogenous, sales from stock are about 15 percent of the total. When there is only a PTS market, econometric estimates show sellers as a group seek higher prices and seller surplus is relatively high. A production-to-order choice increases buyer surplus and market efficiency: doing more with less by employing 'lean thinking.' Lean manufacturing involves never ending efforts to eliminate or reduce 'waste' in design, manufacturing, distribution, and customer service processes. Developed by the Toyota executive Taiichi Ohno during post-Second World War reconstruction period in Japan, and popularized by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones in their 1996 book 'Lean Thinking.' Also is called lean production. The core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Simply, lean means creating more value for customers with fewer resources. A lean organization understands customer value and focuses its key processes to continuously increase it. The ultimate goal is to provide perfect value to the customer through a perfect value creation process that has zero waste. To accomplish this, lean thinking changes the focus of management from optimizing separate technologies, assets, and vertical departments to optimizing the flow of products and services through entire value streams that flow horizontally across technologies, assets, and departments to customers. Lean thinking involves: specify what creates value from the customers perspective, identify all steps across the whole value stream, making those actions that create value flow, making what is pulled by the customer just-in-time, strive for perfection by continually removing successive layers of waste.
Contemporary Challenges in Social Work
Authors: Gębora Agnieszka Katarzyna
Published: May 2015

The welfare is an area of social policy which is aimed at supporting persons and families aiming at satisfying the needs, as well as enabling persons and families living in conditions suiting the human dignity, preventing difficult life situations of humans. The development of modern societies and the progressing democratization of social relations cause the civilization hazards which make existing social issues deep. The social work face with the challenge of developing new strategies of bringing help in incessantly changing reality.
“Brand Building through Corporate Social Responsibility” - A Case Study of SBI Life Insurance
Authors: Yadav Rajesh K. , Jain Richa
Published: May 2015

CSR activities refer to the initiatives an individual corporate entity undertakes as an extra effort for the welfare of the society, environment as a whole. This initiative is a kind of gratitude shown by the corporates towards the society from whom they earn wholesome profits. This study aims in finding out how significant CSR activities are in building a brand name and making one a good employer and an employee. This study also intends to seek how Indian companies can face the competition by widening the CSR actions of their firms. Interview of Human Resource senior official of SBI Life Insurance was undertaken to complete this study. The findings of the study suggest that there is a significant rise in the business performances of SBI Life Insurance through the conduction of CSR activities. With the boom of international trade and outsourcing business, their CSR conduct is the sine quo non for building a more powerful brand name.
Images of the Female Countenance in Renaissance Literature
Authors: Zadeh Mohammad Reza Modarres
Published: May 2015

In her article ―The politics of gender‖ Elaine Hobby gives a clear image of the confusion evoked in modern mentality by the juxtaposition of Renaissance literature and history. The romantic scenes portrayed in the wonderland of Renaissance poetry seem uncompromisable with the bare facts of historical record. As we contemplate the shadows obscuring the male permeated poetic language of the age however, we do discern spots of light illuminating the overall picture. The age has its own logic and its own language and although neither may be wholly appealing to the modern palate, both are, within their own historical framework, unequivocal and self-consciously assertive.
Politics and the Humanistic Pose: David Hare’s Wall
Authors: Azad Bahareh , Pirnajmuddin Hossein
Published: May 2015

David Hare has tried his hand at „writing history‟ for the East in a number of plays. In Wall he is keen on conferring an aura of historicity on his personal account, one thinly masked by the manipulation of documentary drama or verbatim theater as theatrical medium. Having promised to deliver an objective, impartial, and „liberal‟ study of the Middle East, and aware of the accusations his „First World‟ position before the Eastern subject (object) may bring against him, Hare arduously strives to avoid hackneyed representations of the unprivileged. Yet, he turns out to have fallen prey to that same old trap of polarizing and stereotyping. However, this “historigraphic metadrama” is often treated as having „authenticity.‟ Hence, the writers in this paper aim at exploring the Western unilateral fixations of the East behind the façade of humanistic treatment in the playwright‟s historiographic approach
Analysis on Principle of Sovereign Judicial Immunity in Municipal Courts in International Laws
Authors: Jalalian Askar , Moradi Zohreh
Published: May 2015

In this article principle of sovereign judicial immunity, developments and changes on this principle and change of principle of immunity from absolute to limited have been studied. Judicial immunity of foreign state in municipal courts is of the most important issues in international and national law. Judicial immunity in national law is a special situation which immunes holders from prosecution and exercising legal punishments and disturbance of government officials and international judicial immunity contains mentioned characteristics in international arena. Immunity isone of the principles of general international law which prevents summoning of a foreign state to municipal state courts. Absolute immunity which was considered as a dominant method in early 20th century gradually changed to limited immunity doctrine according which, acknowledger state has nocommitment about granting immunity to exercise incumbency of state and exercising limitedimmunity would lead to sovereignty exercise.
Critical Analysis of Mulk Raj Anand’s Novel Untouchable
Authors: Yadav Shashi
Published: May 2015

Problem of untouchabilty is still prevalent in the society and Mulk Raj Anand through his novel Untouchable brings to light the sorrows and sufferings that high caste Hindus inflicted on the untouchables. Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable, is more compact than his other novels. The novel Untouchable, published in 1935, centres around a sweeper boy, Bakha. The eighteen year boy Bakha, son of Lakha, the jamadar of sweepers is a child of the twentieth century, and the impact of new influences reverberates within him.
Factors Associated with Maternal Health Problems and Strategies for Promoting Safe Motherhood amongst Pregnant Married Women in Kanke LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria
Authors: Jatau Andrew Audu
Published: May 2015

This study determined the factors associated with maternal health problems and strategies for promoting safe motherhood amongst pregnant married women in Kanke LGA. Survey research design was employed for the study. The population of the study consisted of pregnant married women. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The findings of the study revealed that factors associated with maternal health problems of semi-urban and rural pregnant married women were: pelvic inflammatory diseases, cultural beliefs and traditional practices, maternal mortality and vesico-vaginal fistulae. The factors associated with maternal health problems among age 15 – 30 and 31+ pregnant married women were: poverty, hypertension in pregnancy and prolonged labour. The perceived strategies for promoting safe motherhood were: improving the skills of community health workers, screening of high risk pregnant mothers, even distribution of health care personnel and elimination of cultural beliefs and traditional practices. There was significant difference in the factors associated with maternal health problems amongst semi-urban and rural pregnant married women. There was significant difference in the perceived strategies for promoting safe motherhood between semi-urban and rural pregnant married women. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations on how to curtail the maternal health problems of pregnant women were proffered.
Some Problems in Erik Olin Wright’s Theory of Class
Authors: Tittenbrun Jacek
Published: May 2015

Nowadays, Erik Olin Wright‘s class theory is one of the most influential approaches to social differentiation, although in the mainstream social science the popularity of the so-called EGP class scheme is perhaps greater, Wright‘s framework has virtually no rivals amongst Marxists and neo-Marxists. Both those considerations add to the relevance of the present paper, which is a critical analysis of some of the most salient issues present in the aforementioned framework. Indeed, it turns out that Wright‘s flaws are more often than not shared by the remaining theorists dealing with social class or stratification. Nomen omen, one of those problems consists in failing to adequately distinguish between those two axes of differentiation. Perhaps the pivotal problem plaguing Wright‘s framework concerns his flawed understanding of ownership that cannot but reflect on his definition of class and exploitation.
Need of Restructuring Teacher Education Programmes in India: An Essence for Globalization
Authors: Jena Prakash Chandra
Published: May 2015

For inculcating quality education the role of teacher is vital. In other words, quality of teaching largely depends on the quality of training received by the teachers. For this, designing curriculum and supportive resources occupies significant role. National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE 1998) identified ten competencies for making teachers professionally competent. These are contextual, conceptual, content, transitional competencies, competencies related to educational activities, developing teaching learning materials, evaluation, management, competencies related to working with parents and with community and other agencies. For fulfilling these competencies, curriculum of the teacher education program need to be reconstructed according to the changing aspects and needs of the society. But the task may face many challenges at the grass root level of the teacher education program in India. Present paper focus on how to redesign teacher education curriculum in India and identifying major difficulties in the light of teacher education programs.
The Specific of the Power Relationship
Authors: Buşu Oprea Valentin
Published: May 2015

The study emphasizes that political power is the generalized social function of making decisions for the whole global society in accordance with the interests of those who dominate the power system, and to ensure the fulfillment by the sovereign authority and by means of public force. The exercise of power is the central dynamic in the process of social organization, we should note, in the same time, that the power does not characterize all the social relations and that, conversely, there are types and forms of such relationships that are established and manifested in the absence of power.
Twelve Communicational Principles of Propaganda
Authors: Vlăduţescu Ştefan
Published: May 2015

This study examines how is structured the propaganda (pyramid of propaganda) and the steps of development of propaganda, in order to detach operating principles of propaganda. Investigative approach is meta-analytical. It assumes that propaganda is a type of persuasive communication. It examines, first, the ontological elements of communication and it is found that critical elements are the target-group, the propagandistic message and the planning. It is a tangible element (target-group) and two ideational and intangible elements (propagandistic message and planning). Then, starting from the 6 propaganda techniques and rules set by Jean-Marie Domenach (1965, 2004), we identify 12 communicational principles of propaganda. The 12 principles are not regarded as principles of existence, but as principles of efficiency of propaganda.
Effect of Dividend Announcement on Stock Prices in Banking Industry of Pakistan
Authors: Iqbal Nadeem , Ahmad Naveed , Ullah Hafeez , Abbas Aun
Published: May 2015

This paper proves the result of change in dividend on the stock price. The sample of the population depends on the three banking sector of Pakistan which is Bank Al-Falah, UBL and MCB. In this paper descriptive data was gathered of the five years (2008-2012) related the Banking sectors of the payment of dividend and stock price. The descriptive statistics and regression analysis represent that there is positive or negative relationship has been found between the dividend and stock price. It is proved that the dividend has positive regression with the earning per share and negative regression dividend with the stock price.
Claim Settlement Process of Life Insurance Services - A Case Study of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company
Authors: Yadav Rajesh K. , Mohania Sarvesh
Published: May 2015

Life insurance is mainly taken to cover up risk of death/disability in term of monetary terms and secondary for the purpose of better return as investment option. Claims are filed at the time of maturity or in case of death/disability. The study focuses on the claim settlement process of life insurance services of ICICI prudential life insurance company. With the increasing numbers of policies, numbers of claims are also increasing in ICICI prudential life insurance company. Therefore it is very much essential to have simple and clear claim settlement process. The study is based on the secondary data collected from IRDA and research papers from various journals. The study concluded that in ICICI prudential life insurance company with their “Customer First” approach efficiently perform their claim settlement process.
Persuasion and the Hygiene of Communication
Authors: Vlăduţescu Ştefan
Published: May 2015

The study starts from the observation that in everyday life persuasion is inevitable. Under this premise is investigating the negative effects of persuasion through seduction and deceit. To eradicate diseases induced by persuasion would be needed a medicine of communication. As is inevitable, persuasion should be accepted: people have to get used to live with persuasion. As such, it must be taken into account if not eradicate, at least mitigate the negative effects of persuasion. The best tool for such an approach would be “hygiene of communication” in which to assess rationally persuasive elements of communication.
“Love” in Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi's (Rumi) Works
Authors: Ahmadi Zahra
Published: May 2015

In this article we want to survey effect of love in Mawlana ,s life and his works. We want to understand what love is in his idea and his look. For earning this purpose we used his works like Mathnawi2, Ghazalyate Shams1, Rubais, Majalise Saabe, Fihi Mafih, and at The end of this article we earned these results that the love that Mawlana could find is very different with today ,s loves. He could find love by shams e Tabrizi and by this way he found his God. In fact love took some things and give him holy things. His love can change the universe and makes and destroys everything. He cannot define love but he experienced it. In his life, he was eager to understand God. In fact the purpose of love is knowing to God well.
Communication Law - A Soft Axis of Communication Discipline
Authors: Vlăduţescu Ştefan
Published: May 2015

The study is circumscribed to Communication Science Fundamentals specialty. It aims to highlight the place of Communication Law in the communication system as an academic discipline. For this is taken as reference system The Theory and Standard of Communication Axis previously developed by Ştefan Vlăduţescu (2013): communication universe is organized, at the moment, compared to 15 fields of communication; these differ by the central axis, the type and consistency of structure and the cords that generate the movement, the internal development in field. The Communication Law is the field of knowledge organized around the law axis. This is a soft axis of Communication discipline.
Demographic Pattern of Economic Elder Abuse among Retired Army Officers and Men in Bauchi South Senatorial District, Bauchi State - Nigeria
Authors: Dangbin Joseph Philip , Kyamru James
Published: May 2015

The study investigated the demographic pattern of economic elder abuse - DPEEA amongretired army officers and men (RAOM) in Bauchi South Senatorial District-BSSD, Bauchi State-Nigeria. One research question and a corresponding null hypothesis guided the study. The crosssectionalresearch design was used for the study. The population for the study was 2024 RAOM,while the sample for the study consisted of 204 RAOM. Researchers designed questionnaire validatedby five experts was used for data collection. a reliability index of .85 was obtained through theoutcome of pilot testing using split half method. Percentages was used to answer research questionwhile chi-square statistic was used in testing hypothesis at .05 level of significance (p-value = .05).The results of the study showed that DPEEA of RAOM of Christianity was more with cluster mean of91.9 % as against their Islamic counterpart of 89.9%. Furthermore, that of the two religions of theRAOM, the RAOM of Christian fate were subjected to economic elder abuse - EEA more than theirMuslims counterpart in delayed pension or periodic financial assistance (Christians’ RAOM = 97.7 %> Muslim RAOM = 91.2 %). The study further showed that a significant difference was found in theDPEEA of RAOM according to religion (Cal Χ2 = 68.91 > Χ2 tab = 3.84, df = 1, p < .05). In linewith the findings of the study, recommendations were proffered among which was that the Clergiesand relevant agencies should endeavour to ensure that their congregations and people are encouragedto treat the elderly appropriately especially in the restoration of their dignity by appropriate treatment.This can be done when the elderly are taken care of by their people as they cater for their most fragileneeds and demands; such as the need to be provided appropriate adequate meals, paying the elderlytheir entitlement of pension promptly, not compelling them to do poorly remunerated jobs amongmany others.
Iranian EFL Learners' Self-Concepts and Beliefs as Language Learners
Authors: Heidari-Shahreza Mohammad Ali
Published: May 2015

The present study expolred English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' self-concepts and beliefs as language learners. Through a mixed-methods research design and using descriptive statistics, 146 Iranian adult EFL learners were investigated on different dimensions of their self-concepts as language learners. In addition, their objectives as language learners were investigated to discern how their perceptions and beliefs could be related to the learning goals they aimed at. The findings revealed that the participants probably had some hindering feelings which negatively meddled with their linguistic performance. As a result, it might be the case that the inability of a learner to answer a question was not due to his/her lack of knowledge or inability to acquire the language but it was an aftermath of his/her feelings. Concerning the relation between EFL learners' beliefs and their learning objectives, the findings indicated that communicative, occupational and academic objectives for male participants and communicative, cultural and academic objectives for female participants were the three most important learning goals they had. Therefore, it seems quite reasonable to alter the teaching methods in a way that English students learn English in a more communicative, cooperative environment. Hence, the activities which are carried out in pairs or groups are preferable. Such learning environment may also serve as a solution to the learners' affective barriers and their perception of language class as a boring place.
The Relationship between Spot and Futures Prices in Brent Oil Crude Market
Authors: Mehrara Mohsen , Hamldar Monire
Published: May 2015

This paper investigates the relationship between spot and futures prices in Brent Crude Oil Market using daily data over the period 1990/17/8-2014/11/3. The results of unit root test indicate that both of the spot and futures prices variables are non-stationary. The results of the Johansen cointegration test suggest that there is a long-run relationship between these variables. The dynamic Granger causality captured from the vector error correction model indicates strong bidirectional effects between the spot and futures price of Brent Crude Oil. The coefficient of the ECT and lagged explanatory variables are significant in both equations which indicates that long-run as well as short-run bidirectional causalities between log of spot and futures price.
“Persuasion Elements Used in Logistical Negotiation” - Book Review
Authors: Buşu Oprea Valentin , Teodorescu Mirela
Published: May 2015

“Persuasion Elements Used in Logistical Negotiation” (2012), published by Saarbrucken, LAP Lambert, Professor Ioan Constantin Dima from University Valachia Targoviste and by Professor Ştefan Vlăduţescu from University of Craiova, is a book of intellectual elevation and high expression of ideas. The study is interdisciplinary and lays on the intersection of persuasive communication with the negotiation of logistic type. The research was supported by two approaches: it valorized discursive and ideationally an extensive bibliography; it pointed out to give a purely and direct scientific feature to the research and to provide a working and training tool for interested and “co-interested” ones, under conditions of efficiently and autonomy reading. The zetetic core is one of the communication theory and logistic negotiation by experimental methods, combined with methods of accepting the approved arguments and with the method of conceptual hermeneutics, on a large space of research. The book is comprehensive, cohesive and consistency.
Investigating the Relation of Value Inclinations and Social Identity-Adoption (Among the Male High School Students of the City of Myandoab in the Educational Year of 2012-2013)
Authors: Fazlalipourmiyandoab Masoud , Nazari Babak
Published: May 2015

The aim of the present research was to investigate the relation of value inclinations and social identity-adoption (among the male high school students of the city of Myandoab in the educational year of 2012-2013). The research method was a survey type method and the statistical population included all the high school students of the city of Myandoab for as many as 2423 people. The number of the statistical sample of the present t research with the Cochran formula is 292 where it increased to 300 for improving the accuracy. The sampling was done by simple random method. The tools for collecting data is the researcher made standard Finney questionnaire in two areas of social identity-adoption and value inclinations in the Likert scale where its face validity was reaffirmed by professors and the reliability was reported by using the Cronbach's alpha. The social identity – adoption was considered in two national and ethnic levels while the value inclinations were examined based on the Allport's six fold classification. The results findings revealed that other than economic values, there is a significant, direct and positive relation between the value inclinations and social identity-adoption of the students. The relation of value inclinations in artistic, scientific, and religious aspects is higher than the other relations.
The Effect of L1-L2 Lexicalization Mismatch on Incidental Acquisition of Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge
Authors: Heidari-Shahreza Mohammad Ali
Published: May 2015

The researcher was interested to explore the possible effects of L1-L2 lexicalization mismatch on the acquisition and retention of receptive vocabulary knowledge by 90 Persian-speaking EFL learners. Lexicalization mismatch was defined in the context of this study as the lack of a lexically equivalent translation in learners’ L1 (i.e. Persian) for an L2 word (i.e. English). Thus, non-lexicalized words referred to those L2 words that required a longer string of L1 words to cover their essential semantic features. The findings indicated that there were significant differences between lexicalized and non-lexicalized target words in the receptive knowledge of meaning and form and receptive knowledge of associations. Thus, it seems non-lexicalized words are most likely to cause extra difficulty for EFL learners in the semantic aspects of vocabulary knowledge. Using enhanced input within a systematic vocabulary recycling program is recommended to deal with such words.
Social Welfare Houses as a Total Institution
Authors: Borowski Andrzej
Published: May 2015

House of social welfare is a place, people live in which from different respects in families strip capability of life. Determination of house of social equipment functioned as a closed total institution in sociology , which is place of stay of number of certain person isolated on longest period from the rest of society. Each self-governed unit leading stationary institution of social welfare should process program of serviceman of gradual liquidation or limitation of meaning of physical barrier and symbolic barrier on direct enclosing this institution.
Visions of the Daughters of Albion: The Influence of Mary Wollstonecraft’s Life and Career on William Blake
Authors: Keshavarzian Ramin , Abbasi Pyeaam
Published: May 2015

The present study discussed the influence of one of the eighteenth-century British women of color, the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, on William Blake. By adopting a biographical and also a comparative approach, the authors tried to highlight the influences of Wollstonecraft‟s personal life, character, and career, chiefly her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), on one of William Blake‟s less-referred-to poems Visions of the Daughters of Albion (1793). The study will help readers to both know Wollstonecraft‟s prominence and also to grasp more of William Blake and his poetry. The authors also attempted to show that William Blake was part of the early feminism of the late eighteenth century.
Review of Accounting and Economic Standards in Predicting Stock Returns in Tehran Stock Exchange
Authors: Amini Sasan , Nazaripour Mohammad , Poya Mohamad Karimi
Published: May 2015

Share return is one of those complicated abstraction which is interested by investors and decision makers the share return prediction is a vital issue which has involved the financial analyzers mind to itself. Various theories include capital assets pricing model (CAPM), factorial models (FM), Arbitrage model, Technical model (TM), and fundamental analyses (FA) for purpose of share return prediction and recognition have been discussed. The share return fundamental analyze is a function of massive economical condition, Industry position, and particular conditions of the firm. The particular conditions of the firm are consist of financial position and performance which presented in the essential financial statement from. The accounting science acclaims it prepares useful information for decision makers, so one of the information usefulness criteria of accounting and economical information usefulness through return share choice for prediction. Communication creation between economical and accounting criteria is the other goal, thus in the case of this result obtaining it can use of economical and accounting analyses for economical return and value extraction. The research location zone includes of accepted firms in Tehran exchange market, the temporality zone is the gap between 1386 and 1390, too. The research is consist of two independent varieties (economical criteria and accounting criteria), dependent variety (share return). This research is consisting of a direct hypothesis and 6 indirect ones. in the consideration of presented statistical analyses and total summery of research hypothesis assessment, stood over research independent varieties meaningful relation with share return prediction in existing firm performance measurement in Tehran capital exchange market during 2007 and 2011 is existed, between this research proportion is return of assets, earning per share, economical add value ratio, retained earning ratio with positive quantity market add value with negative quantity which statistically shows a meaningful relation with active firms share return in Tehran market. The economical add value ratio has the biggest relation with the share return prediction. So the first hypothesis in this research is (return of assets ratio), secondly (earning per share), thirdly (economical add value), fourthly (market add value) and sixthly (retained earnings) being emphasized.
Investigating the Effects of Islamic Banking Contracts on Economic Growth of Iran
Authors: Mohagheghniya Mohammad Javad , Khalighi Faramarz , Bakhtiyari Ahmad
Published: May 2015

This paper has aimed to investigate the effects of Islamic banking loans thereby different contracts which are permitted by sharia on GDP of Iran during (2000 to 2010) with seasonal data. In this research for estimating the function of long run relation, we use ARDL1 and VAR2 approach .Result in the former case reveals that there is a meaningful and positive effect of contracts on GDP. It also shows that the Qard Hasan (beneficence loans) elasticity of GDP is significantly different from other contracts. As in long run Qard Hasanhas the most effect on GDP afterward participating contracts and direct investment (financing) and finally trading contracts has the least effect on GDP.While in the latter case results show that the impacts of a permanent shock to the growth rate of loans on economic growth are or so positive for all contracts. And that shock will be wasted after ten periods (seasons). The impact of structural shock to the loan on liquidity is positive but decreasing. According to the results we can declare that an increment in participating contracts and Qard Hasan would enhance the GDP and influence it positively. If we decrease the dependency of trading contracts and increase the participating contracts and Qard Hasan, economic growth won't necessarily decrease.
The Effect of Fiscal Shock on Inflation and Economic Growth in Developing Countries
Authors: Mehrara Mohsen , Masoumib Mohammadreza , Barkhi Fatemeh
Published: May 2015

This paper examines the effect of fiscal policy on economic growth and inflation by using government expenditure and taxes. For this purpose, selected data from developing countries is used for the period 1990-2011. PVAR approach has been applied to study the effect of shocks on macro variables. The results of impulse response function and variance decomposition implies that economic growth will increase through government expenditure shock in short term, but in long term it is the opposite. The government expenditure shock decrease inflation. Shock of taxes, in short run, promotes slightly economic growth and in long term have no effect on growth. Moreover, at the beginning of the period, inflation is reduced following total tax shocks, but it slightly is increased in subsequent periods.
The Effectiveness of Online and On-to-One Tutoring in the Writing Center on the Students’ Achievement: A Multiple Case Study
Authors: Al Chibani Wessam
Published: May 2015

The Writing Center at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) is a place where students can improve and develop their writing skills by working one-on-one with tutors. This study compares between the progress performance of students who come regularly to the Writing Center to work one-to-one with the same tutor and use the online tutorial services to students who don’t visit the Writing Center, but only depend on the traditional classroom instructions and direct instructor’s comments and feedback on the writing. This study is divided into two parts. As a start, 80 students were asked to write two in-class essays on two different days. Each of these essays was considered as draft one. Then, in the first part of the study, 58 students sat twice per week one-on-one with the same tutor in order to seek help before writing draft two for the two essays. 29 students met face-to-face with the tutors and the other 29 students worked on-line with the tutors. Whereas, the other 22 students were asked to write the second draft of the same two essays without any one-on-one or on-line tutoring sessions. Both qualitative and quantitative data analyses were conducted. Main results showed that the students who worked one-on-one and on-line with the same tutors in the Writing Center exhibited noticeable improvement than the students who relied only on the traditional classroom instruction and direct instructor’s feedback on draft one. Moreover, the students who worked on-line with their tutors got the highest scores. The study concluded with recommendations addressed to universities, instructors, and students in order to enhance and motivate students to attend the Writing Center on regular basis.
Tracing Tradition: A Case Study of Child Sacrifice in Uganda
Authors: McCrary Abigail
Published: May 2015

In the past decade, there has been an emergence in the practice of child ritual murders, which have surged in prevalence since 2006. An issue which effects both urban and rural areas of the country, there are numerous variables which are understood to be attributing factors and reasons which motivate people to participate in the practice, despite efforts of inhibition put in place by communities from both governmental and non-governmental angles.
Impact of CNG Load Shedding on Daily Routine: A Study of Pakistan
Authors: Arslan Muhammad , Zaman Rashid , Malik R.K.
Published: May 2015

People of Pakistan are facing a number of problems due to CNG load shedding. This study investigated the consequences of energy on routines of people and also on social and economic performance of people. Primary data has been collected by conducting video recorded interviews and comment based interviews from twin cities i.e. Islamabad and Rawalpindi of Pakistan. The sample of study includes students, housewives, businessmen and professional workers who are affecting by this CNG shortage. This study focuses on relationship between CNG shortage and its effect on daily routine life and performance of people. It also focuses on psychological issues as well as the economic issues that are caused due to this shortage. This study utilizes in depth semi structured interviews to conduct the qualitative study. N-Vivo 10 is used as tool of data analysis. The CNG shortage in Pakistan caused many critical issues like unemployment, decrease in export contracts and commodities prices are increasing due to this shortage. Less working hours, lack of social and family gathering, increase in work load, depression and anxiety are results caused by CNG shortage. It is concluded that CNG shortage has bad impact on people’s lives and on their overall performance.
Oil Economy and Female Prostitution in Port Harcourt
Authors: Poroma C. , David U.J. , Jackson Onome Robinson
Published: May 2015

The research directs attention to the relationship between oil economy and increase in female prostitution. Specifically, we x-ray the historical and dialectical origin of prostitution from the colonial to the post colonial era. We contend that, prostitution is a condition imposed on females from low income background by poverty and that oil exploration and exploitation activities which are a manifest consequence of the expanded reproduction of capital (ERC) accentuate the rate of prostitution particularly in Port Harcourt. It is against this backdrop that, we attempt to demystify the social processes and the dynamic relations that produce prostitution with a view to recommending theoretical and practical measures of curbing prostitution as a social problem.
Communicational and Message Theory Concepts and Notions
Authors: Iorgulescu Alexandra , Teodorescu Mirela
Published: May 2015

Communicational and Message Theory Concepts and Notions is a book of high intellectual elevation and high expression of ideas of Professor Stefan Vlăduţescu from University of Craiova-Romania, published by Editura Sitech, Craiova, Romania. Communication sciences refers to the schools of scientific research of human communication. This perspective follows the logical positivist tradition of inquiry; most modern communication science falls into a tradition of post-positivism. Thus, communication scientists believe that there is an objective and independent reality that can be accessed through the method of scientific enquiry. A scientist researcher following the zetetic method formulates the question then immediately sets to work making observations and performing experiments to answer that question. Communicational and Message Theory Concepts and Notions is a book about communication sciences in which professor Vlăduţescu approaches the subjects by zetetic method. The research was also combined with empirically traditional method to get both quantitative and qualitative results.