Changes in foodways were an object of literary reflection on the Roman past in the early empire. They offered a rich set of ingredients with which to characterize social, economie, and cultural change. Varro is prominent in attesting and shaping this tradition, but it is an older, and more broadly based means of narrating Roman social history. Varro developed this material in his treatise, On t...

BACKGROUND Due to the enormous migration as the result of war and disasters during the last decades, health systems in Europe are faced with various cultural traditions and both healthcare systems and healthcare professionals are challenged by human rights and values. In order to minimize difficulties in providing healthcare services to patients with different cultural backgrounds, cultural com...

This paper discusses the potential problems due to cultural differences, which foreign companies may face in Malaysia concerning information security. Top five investing countries in Malaysia: Japan, US, Singapore, Germany and UK are examined. Potential problems concerning people management are developed by using Geert Hofstede’s and Edward Hall’s cultural frameworks. Analyzed are the problems ...

Child behavior problems and corresponding clinic referral patterns may be significantly influenced by cultural factors. Prevailing values and childrearing practices within a culture may discourage development of some child problems while fostering others. We explored this possibility, focusing on clinic referral problems of two different societies: (a) Jamaica, where the Afro-British culture di...

administrative corruption is one of the problems with which most societies are tackling with. nowadays, the approaches are emphasized most that try to prevent such phenomenon rather those exerting punishment to offenders. current research investigates the role of organizational culture as one of preventing factors in decreasing administrative corruption. current research is a practical research...

Many psychologists and philosophers have suggested that religious ideas emerge because they are motivationally attractive. This paper attempts to support a version of the motivational thesis by relying on religious creeds as a source of historical evidence. This simple source of evidence indicates that the cultural evolution of religious ideas is partly a function of the motivational attractive...