An essential part of a multidatabase system is a model which is able to incorporate diier-ent database schemas. This model must be capable of relating the concepts within the shared local data. The relationships which may be included may be as straightforward as a syntax conversion or as complex as conditional attribute equivalence. Moreover, the model should allow queries to be done at the loc...

The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the relationship between multidimensional perfectionism and athlete burnout. The target population of research consisted of 168 elite handball players who participate in National Junior Championships. 123 athletes were selected randomly as the sample. We used a multi-section inventory to collect data, contained measures of multidimensional...

This paper investigates determinants of the probability of preferring to work less hours among parttime and full-time working women aged 16 to 59 in England and Scotland in 2005-2006, against the background of the ongoing discussion about the role of preferences and orientations to work in women!s participation in the labour market. Theoretically rooted in a Bourdieusian tradition, it investiga...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played an important role in restructuring the Korean economy over the past three years. Relying upon survey data collected in 1998 and 1999, this paper explores the role of the IMF in Korea, as perceived by its citizens. In the eyes of the Korean people, the IMF helped their economy to recover from the crisis. However, those Koreans who experience a dec...

The concept of Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) is becoming increasingly important not only in research, but also in practice. SOA has emerged as a major topic, especially in regards to the banking industry as it is one of the cutting-edge industries concerning service-orientation. SOA implementation in the German banking industry varies, with some still in the adoption phase and others alre...

Research on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has mainly addressed outcomes of EO at the level of the firm. However, few studies have examined how EO affects employees. Using a multi-level analysis of 343 employees nested in 25 SMEs, revealed that EO will increase the degree of role ambiguity among employees. Social support from management was not found to have any effect on the relationship bet...

4. Spatial Point Processes with Dependent Marks for Fingerprint Minutiae. Let xn ≡ { xi, i = 1, 2, · · · , n } denote the collection of n minutiae locations, and for each x ∈ xn, the minutiae orientation wx denotes the corresponding mark, which takes values in (0, π]. The distribution of minutiae in a fingerprint image is best described in terms of a hierarchical model involving all random enti...

This study looked at the influence of a Sport Education intervention program on students’ motivational responses in a high school physical education setting. Two intact groups were assigned curricular interventions: the Sport Education group (n = 25), which received eight 60-min lessons, and the comparison group (n = 26), which received a traditional teaching approach to sportbased activity. Pr...

Iran's apparel market is currently filled with foreign brands that are generally ranked as high quality goods with high prices. With a surface examination of the apparel market and customers’ opinions, it can be concluded that Iranian apparel, despite having lower prices, is not in a suitable status in comparison with its foreign counterparts. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to ...