PURPOSE In this study, the authors examined the influences of selected social (gender, employment status, educational achievement level) and style variables (race of examiner, interview topic) on the production of African American English (AAE) by adults. METHOD Participants were 50 African American men and women, ages 20-30 years. The authors used Rapid and Anonymous Survey (RAS) methods to ...

Cigarette smuggling reduces the price of cigarettes, thwarts youth access restrictions, reduces government revenue, and undercuts the ability of taxes to reduce consumption. The tobacco industry often opposes increases to tobacco taxes on the claim that greater taxes induce more smuggling. To date, little is known about the magnitude of smuggling in the Philippines. his information is necessary...

purpose: the main objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between information literacy skills and effectiveness of primary school teachers in sari city. methodology: due to the nature of the study, descriptive-correlational survey method has been used. for data collection two researcher-made questionnaires have been employed. the population of the study was all the primary sc...

shortage of water is one the main factors limiting the development of agricultural activities and farmer participation is critical to improve on-farm water management and crop productivity. this research was done with aim to identify impeding and facilitating factors influencing on using new irrigation methods by farmers in west boshroyeh township in southern khorasan. the methodological approa...

purpose: having a clinical information system is a good solution for monitoring medical problems. this system is designed to improve the speed and accuracy of data management. the goal is to replace medical records with a clinical information system to support storing, processing and distributing data in all the sections of a healthcare center. the purpose of this research was to determine the ...