one of recent developments in modern societies is the evolution in the structure of power division in the family and changes in reciprocal actions between wife and husband. this research aims to study the factors affecting distribution of power in the family by using the theories of: social capital, valuable resources, and sociability of gender. the data has been collected through survey method...

protecting the environment is becoming one of the most important concerns of the developed and developing countries. reclamation of msw landfills, which are sources of many pollutants including leachate and greenhouse gases, would be very valuable in saving the resources and reducing the pollution scale. in the current article the potential for use of reclaimed waste in rdf production has been ...

In Nepal, spirit possession is a common phenomenon occurring both in individuals and in groups. To identify the cultural contexts and psychosocial correlates of spirit possession, we conducted a mixed-method study in a village in central Nepal experiencing a cluster of spirit possession events. The study was carried out in three stages: (1) a pilot study consisting of informal interviews with p...

the research conducted on “domestic violence on women” have paid little attention to the fact that this phenomenon is resulted from the disruption in healthy social and family relationships as well as lack of available valuable resources for women. therefore, this study attempts not only to contemplate on such elements as the shape of relationships in directed family, manner of gender socializa...

Possession by a spirit or demon or God is an age old phenomenon which is still being reported from many countries all over the world. Possession syndrome is defined as an episodic disruption of behavior dur ing which it is presumed tha t the subject 's personality has been replaced by that of a spirit or God (Wintrob, 1973 ; Wijesinghe et al., 1976). I ts manifestations, purpose and consequence...

Epistemic logic analyzes reasoning governing localized knowledge, and is thus fundamental to multiagent systems. Linear logic treats hypotheses as consumable resources, allowing us to model evolution of state. Combining principles from these two separate traditions into a single coherent logic allows us to represent localized consumable resources and their flow in a distributed system. The slog...