this study aims to have a sociological explanation of the different forms of participation among khalkhal citizens and the factors affecting it. in this study, the important issue is attention to dimensions of participation. the theoretical framework and model were presented by using the theory of talcott parsons, lipset, habermas, de tocqueville, lerner, and rostow. this research was a survey ...

DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20130002 The management of neutropenia is a challenge in the clinical practice. It is known since the 1960s that risk of infection is associated with the intensity and duration of neutropenia(1). Neutropenic patients with an infection usually present incomplete signs and symptoms considering the severity of the condition. Thus, rubor, erythema and pustules may not be seen...

The current financial and economic crisis has, in the meantime, generated an abundance of economic literature. " Animal Spirit " by Akerlof and Shiller stands out from this crowd. This book is not intended to provide new or revamped familiar economic recipes for coping with the crisis, nor has it been written by authors who have converted to Keynesianism in light of recent events. Naturally, Ak...

Research in software architecture has emphasized compositional development, where the computational aspects of a system are modularly separated from communication and coordination aspects. Typically, software architectures are factored into a set of components, which encapsulate computation, and connectors, which encapsulate interactions. In terms of design, development and debugging, this sepa...

What have we achieved? From a representational point of view, we have a simple model of each state and in each s-context we have only those facts which are \relevant" for the state being modeled (with clear computational advantages). We have a clear distinction between the (FOL) model of the states and the metatheoretic principles allowing us to derive the evolution. In PSC we have a complete k...

a r t i c l e i n f o This study analyzes data on cigarette purchasing using an extensive panel dataset. Major findings are: (1) cigarette purchasing in this market exhibits a reverse-J, or NBD (Negative Binomial Distribution)-like shape: many infrequent buyers and fewer frequent buyers; (2) Cigarette brands do exhibit high loyalty compared to other consumer categories, and show a trend to high...

C about public education, specifically in the area of teaching literacy, are growing. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that up to 60% of local children may fail their third-grade reading proficiency test. Millions of American students who are not learning disabled but enter school with weak English skills are not learning to read and are ending up in special education classes with lowere...

Purpose – Cross tables are omnipresent in management, academia and popular culture. The Matrix has us, despite all criticism, opposition and desire for a way out. This paper draws on the works of three agents of the matrix. The paper shows that Niklas Luhmann criticised Talcott Parsons’ traditional matrix model of society and proceeded to update systems theory, the latest version of which is co...

Patellar luxation is the result of progressive structural abnormalities in the soft and/or skeletal tissues of the dog’s pelvic limbs. There is an alteration of the patella-trochlear groove interaction with negative effects on the stifle stability and extensor mechanism integrity, on the trochlear articular cartilage nutrition and the adequate trochlear depth and length development and maintena...

Research in software architecture has emphasized compositional development, where the computational aspects of a system are modularly separated from communication and coordination aspects. Typically, software architectures are factored into a set of components, which encapsulate computation, and connectors, which encapsulate interactions. In terms of design, development and debugging, this sepa...