america’s invasion to iraq in march 2003 led to the collapsed of the baathist regimewas the beginning of a new era in relationship with iran. the demise of the baathistregime, created a unique opportunity for the islamic republic until expansion thepolitical and cultural power in iraq. iran's influence was evident in officialdiplomatic and cordial relations with the new iraqi government al...

The main goals of the Linked Heritage project (sponsored by Europeana)are to provide qualified content to Europeana from the public and private sector. Tothis aim is created WP4 (Work Group 4) in which the organization EDItEUR takespart. The ’content’ are metadata for the cultural heritage. Starting by addressingthe issue of the “copyright gap”, which can involve metadata, the a...

Why do some immigrant minorities in the developing world integrate into their host societies while others face rejection and hostility? Half of all immigrants settle in developing countries, yet we know little about this immigrant experience. This paper introduces the variation in immigrant-host relations in sub-Saharan Africa. It then explains this variation as the result of immigrant leaders’...

it has been tried to compare the “price payment method” in iranian law with “principles of international commercial contracts” and “convention on contracts for international sale of goods vienna, 1980” in this study. different law regulations in various countries should be unified in order to extend rapid and insured trusted law relations among the nations and people all over the world because ...

The US older population is growing in ethnic diversity. Persistent ethnic disparities in service use among seniors are linked to structural barriers to access, and also to family processes such as cultural preferences and intergenerational relations. There is sparse information on the latter issue for immigrant ethnic minority seniors. Information on the Asian group (the fastest growing senior ...

This survey investigated the cultural identity of Iranian English language teachers. Accordingly, a cultural identity model was proposed a priori, based on which a questionnaire was developed and piloted on 50 Iranian English language teachers (α = 0.87). The developed questionnaire was then administered to 636 male and female Iranian En...

An observational, cross-cultural study and an experimental study assessed behaviors indicative of a moral code that condones, and even values, hostility toward outgroups. The cross-cultural study, which used data from the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample (Murdock & White, 1969), found that for preindustrial societies, as loyalty to the ingroup increased the tendency to value outgroup violence mor...