The U.S. Army Reserve struggles with retention and faces difficulties with soldier turnover. The intent of the study was to assess key psychological variables such as optimism and hope to establish how those traits might impact soldiers' level of organizational commitment and turnover intention in the Army. The sample consisted of 124 U.S. soldiers selected from an Army Reserve unit in Houston,...

It has been proved earlier that the existence of bit commitment schema (blobs) implies the existence of sereknowledge proofs of information possession, which are MA-protocols (i.e. the verifier sends only independent random bits) [BrChCr], [GoMiWi]. In this paper we prove the converse result in a slightly modified form: We define a concept called veoHy zero-knowledge, which is like ordinary zer...

background and aim: nurses are among the main contributors to patient care and are in direct contact with patients. nurses’ professional commitment can affect their job satisfaction and retention in nursing and enhance patient safety and care quality. therefore, identifying factors behind their professional commitment is crucial. one of the factors which may affect professional commitment is or...

for kant, it is impossible for theoretical reason to prove human autonomy and freedom. he, therefore, tries to prove it as an axiom by practical reason or ethics. kant believes freedom as the quality of human will. he has known free will to be the same as autonomous will; that is, human will would be considered free in such a case that it causes some effects while being itself not caused by the...

Introduction: Curriculum has a major impact on education. The faculty members are the most important element in the success of the curriculum. The aim of this study was to determine the viewpoints of university of medical science faculty in relation to factors affecting their participation in the academic curricula. Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional study which included 66 membe...

Background: Attitudes toward commitment and standards of an intimate relationship can change from one generation to another. In the present study, we aimed to investigate intergenerational differences in commitment between two generations of Iranian married couples. Methods: This study is descriptive cross-sectional research. A total of 240 individuals were recruited out of married men and wom...

In this essay, I affirm the univocity thesis while discussing some alternative positions that avoid problem of evil by rejecting thesis. reject Sterba’s assumption God’s governance creation is adequately understood as an analogy to good a politically liberal democracy. suggest commitment Pauline principle forces dilemma between significant human freedom and meticulous divine intervention. Final...