background and aim: function-based inter­vention have been shown to have positive increase in social skills of children with behavi­oral problems. the same findings can be potentially applied to the deaf and hard of hearing (d/hh) children. the present study examined the efficacy of differential reinforce­ment of alternative behavior (dra) on the on-task behaviors of deaf and hard of hearing st...

On Memorial Day 2020, a white woman, Amy Cooper, was walking her unleashed dog in New York City. After being apprised of the leash law that state by man bird watching, Ms. Cooper proceeded to call police stating an “African American man” “threatening life and dog” (Ransom, 2020). While this event may seem unconnected field social work, it is modern example way women, including those use emotion...

The purpose of this paper is to explore a new deontic operator for representing what an agent ought to do; the operator is cast against the background of a modal treatment of action developed by Nuel Belnap and Michael Perloff, which itself relies on Arthur Prior's indeterministic tense logic. The analysis developed here of what an agent ought to do is based on a dominance ordering adapted from...

We explore the view that coordinated behavior is driven by the social constraints (e.g. obligations and interdictions) that agents in organizations are subject to. In this framework, agents adopt those goals that are requested by their obligations, knowing that not ful lling obligations induces a price to pay or a loss of utility. Based on this idea we build an integrated agent coordination sys...

this paper will compare two of the most prominent mystics of islam and hinduism on what may be called the “end of the mystical journey,” or mokśa in hindu spirituality and fanā in islamic mysticism. the interpretations of these two mystics are naturally developed according to their own epistemological and ontological bases. thus, referring to their most significant principles of thought, the au...

the issue of “right” is an important subject in field of political, legal and moral thoughts to the extent that the modern age is called “the age of right”. modern man is rightful, providing his welfare is not his first priority. instead, access to and attaining his rights is what can bring him peace of mind. it is properly held that right is not confined to specific aspect of life but covers d...

The main policy instruments currently used in the EU Member States to achieve the targets set for electricity produced from renewable energy sources are: 1) the quota obligation system; 2) the feed-in tariff system; and 3) the tendering system. The current study aims to review the experience gained with the quota obligation system. The report provides an overview of the regions where obligation...

the concept of dhimma and ‘uhda (obligation and undertaking) comprises one of the very important subdivisions of commitments in shī‘a jurisprudence. the application of these two terms is very common in legal texts, both in discourses on devotional acts and the discourses concerning transactions (including transactions in specific sense and delictual liability - ḍimān). some contemporary jurispr...