This paper argues that land and resource rights are often essential in overcoming colonial inequality devaluation of indigenous populations cultures. It thereby criticizes global welfare egalitarians promote the abolition national sovereignty over resources name increased equality. The discusses two ways which contribute to decolonization eradication associated inequality. First, it proposes ha...

This article draws upon the first author’s dissertation, completed at the University of Washington and voted as one of the top four best dissertations at the Barry Richman Competition, Academy of Management (Cincinnati, August 1996). Funding from the Washington, Hawaii, and Ohio State CIBERs, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Fisher College of Business Research Committee is gratefully ac...

The new millennium has ushered in a new era of economy and development which is being referred as “Knowledge Economy”, in which knowledge is described as the critical competitive asset of any organization. In this era, it is the possession and application of scarce valuable knowledge that support long term superior organizational performance. Peter Drucker has recognized knowledge as a major re...

Life has been said to exist in virtually all habitats. Of great astonishment is existence of life in habitats that were considered to be lethal and from which viable organisms were found to survive and even proliferate. Organisms that are able to tolerate these environments are referred to as extremophiles. Examples among many others include thermophiles and hyperthermophiles (tolerant to high ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Firearm violence is a leading cause of death among youth. The objectives of this study were (1) determine firearm possession rates and associated correlates among youth seeking care for assault in an emergency department (ED); (2) understand differences in risk factors for youth with firearm possession; and (3) identify firearm possession characteristics in this popula...

The cross-cultural validity of dissociative possession and trance disorders is a matter of some debate, limiting research and meaningful interpretation of prevalence data. Intimate to these concerns is the status of spirit possession categories studied in the social sciences, particularly anthropology. These two categories are phenomenologically related and display similar epidemiological assoc...