The interpretation of the separation of federal judicial power derived from Chapter III of the Constitution is as hotly debated as it is fundamentally important. Two key viewpoints have emerged in this debate, formalism and functionalism. A formalist test focusing on defi nitional characteristics governs the permissible powers of federal courts. A functionalist test looking to whether a power i...

the purpose of this study was to analyze those factors affecting volunteering in sport associations of universities in tehran. the research was a descriptive, survey and field study and was categorized as an applied research based on its aim as well. in order to collect the data, a questionnaire (andam, 2007) was used and distributed among target population which consisted of all boys and girls...

The study aimed to assess the integration of 21st century skills in Purposive Communication, specifically communication, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration or 4Cs. used a descriptive correlational research design which respondents were chosen using stratified probability sampling design. A total 480 became final number based on data retrieved from online survey. collected tabulate...

“Serendipity” has both a classical origin in literature and a more modern manifestation where it is found in the descriptions of the problem-solving and knowledge acquisition of humanities and science scholars. Studies of information retrieval and information seeking have also discussed the utility of the notion of serendipity. Some have implied that it may be stimulated, or that certain people...

This paper addresses serial verb constructions (SVCs) in English and Mandarin. Although Mandarin and English is different in the total number of SVC types, three so-called SVC types are found to be common across English and Mandarin: purposive SVCs (e.g. go eat); causative SVCs (e.g. I made him laugh); perceptive SVCs (e.g. I saw him laugh). This paper has demonstrated typical SVCs have unique ...

Some schizophrenic patients have been known to have frontal cortical dysfunction. In view of the evidence that voluntary purposive eye movements and rapid head movements involve areas of the frontal cortex, investigations of saccade performance have been carried out on schizophrenics in various laboratories. We have compared performance of schizophrenic patients in tasks involving inhibition of...

This study proposes and tests a research model which was developed based on the uses-and-gratifications theory. The aim of this study was to investigate if selected factors have differential predicting power on the use of Facebook and Google service in Taiwan. This study employed seven constructs: purposive value, hedonic value, social identity, social support, interpersonal relationship, perso...

Understanding the motivations for people to volunteer with the management and execution of major sporting events is important for the recruitment and retention of the volunteers. This research investigated volunteer motivations at the first National Special Olympics held in Ames, Iowa, USA in July 2006. A total of 289 participants completed the 28 item Special Event Volunteer Motivation Scale. ...