this research deals with the concept of uniqueness in creativity as one of the artist's concerns and her personal features differentiates her from her peers in literary approach and critical view horizon based on her learned knowledge and literature.the reflection of such concept can be found in the book teyf-e- al-khialwritten by sharif al-murtazain both poetry and its criticism. the poet...

Article history: Received 8 July 2015 Received in revised form 5 August 2016 Accepted 30 August 2016 Available online 8 September 2016 Stated preference studies eliciting welfare economic consequence of national policies, are often not considering the spatial variation in supply and demand. This spatial variation may however cause large distributional heterogeneity of policy changes. In this st...

This study assessed the determinants of intensity of improved rice varieties adoption using the Tobit model and also employed. The Heckman Two-stage model was used to identify the determinants of market participation and its potential impact on farming households’ welfare in three states selected from the three notable rice producing ecologies in Nigeria. A crosssectional data of 600 rice farme...

Created in 1935, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was a component of the Social Security Act, one which enabled states to provide assistance to needy children. Over the last sixty years, AFDC proliferated into an extensive set of programs designed to help needy families. As the program grew, complaints about its perceived problems also developed. Where some critics argued administ...

The dependency court and the child welfare agency are both responsible for protecting children and mending families. Yet, too often, the court and the agency work on their common goals independently of one another. This paper explores the ways in which juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies across the country are sharing data and information, and collaborating with one another ou...

Social services remain largely unresponsive to the values and needs of Latino families, who often need Spanish-language services. This article discusses access to linguistically appropriate services, not just as a culturally competent practice, but also as a civil rights issue. Spanish speakers have protection from discrimination in federally funded human services under Title VI of the Civil Ri...