In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the development of Liberia’s educational system. Although the educational system was designed to accommodate everyone, Liberia’s illiteracy rate is still estimated at fifty-three percent (53%) as of 2015 [1]. With a current population of approximately 4.6 million [2], 33.2% of Liberians have had no education, 31.1% have had only primary ...

Civil engineers operate with such notions as tree–structured cost frames and graph–structured project plans. We show how a cost frame denotes a possibly infinite set of project plans and, vice–versa, how a project plan denotes a possibly infinite set of cost frames. The civil engineer, we claim, operates freely in a domain where cost frames determine project plans, namely the project plans whic...

This paper takes Lebanon as a case study to examine the relationship between human development and immigration. It examines this issue from both ends: the sending and the receiving countries. The author suggests that by developing the concept of a diasporic civil society and a diasporic public sphere, a significant aspect of the relationship between human development and immigration is illumina...

The author argues that in democracies a strong state and strong civil society are not mutually exclusive. Only a democratic, legitimate, and strong state can provide the environment for civil society activities to flourish; in return, only a strong and a participatory civil society can outline the reach of state strength vis-à-vis the society. The author discusses the need for civil society org...

Z. Popović, L. Lazarević, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia V. Radović, University of Montenegro, Faculty of Civil Engineering in Podgorica, Montenegro V. Vukadinović, Serbian Railways, Belgrade, Serbia G. Tepić, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia Rail defects due to rolling contact fatigue (RCF) threaten the traffi c saf...

Capitalism has emerged as a force for peace in studies of interstate conflict. Is capitalism also a force for peace within nations? This article shows how a market-capitalist economy—one where most citizens normally obtain their livelihoods contracting in the market—creates citizen-wide preferences for universal freedom, peace, and the democratic rule of law. Prior research has corroborated the...

Children and adolescents with chronic diseases and disabling conditions often need related services. As medical home professionals, pediatricians can assist children, adolescents, and their families with the complex federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and systems associated with these services. Expanded roles for pediatricians in Individual Family Service Plan, Individualized Education...

In Access to Health Care in America, 1993, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defined access to health care as “the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible outcomes” (Institute of Medicine, 1993). In this context, personal health services are defined as one-on-one interaction of provider and patient. The Health Care Authority (HCA) for purposes of developing the State H...