this paper presents a different explanation and perception of essence and function of the “national security strategy document”, based on general framework of practical and interpretive approaches to the philosophy of politics and social science. then based on the already concept, it is explained that, “national security strategizing” , and shaping of an integrated and unitary reading and inter...

purpose: institutional repositories provide a new infrastructure for the scientific information management in universities. they can fulfill the internal and external needs if set optimally. many universities in iran have decided to develop their institutional repository but they have not applied a systematic planning for it yet. these attempts are based on unorganized frameworks and structures...

A strong research emphasis is being given towards regulating interoperable multi-agent environments through norms and institutions. We are concerned with environments in which agents form together virtual organizations leading to cooperation agreements that can be enforced. An electronic institution provides a coordination framework facilitating automatic contract establishment and providing an...

introduction natural hazards as recurring phenomenon have always existed in human life and will in the future, too. nowadays natural hazards occur throughout the world, but their impacts have been increasing and are generally much greater in developing countries than in developed ones. earthquake is a kind of natural hazard that has the most damages for humankind. earthquakes pose inevitable ri...

Universal access and generous coverage are important goals of the Dutch long-term care (LTC) system. It is a legal requirement that everyone eligible for LTC should be able to receive it. Institutional care (IC) made up for 90% of Dutch LTC spending. To investigate whether access to IC is as equitable as the Dutch government aspires, we explored practice variation in entitlements to IC across D...