When asked which of our concepts are normative concepts, metaethicists would be quick to list such as good, ought, and reason. why belong on the list, much slower respond. Eklund (2017) is a notable exception. He argues by elimination for “the Normative Role view” that in virtue having “normative role” or being “used normatively” (2017, p. 79). One view aims eliminate Metaphysical referring pro...

This study examines the impact of legitimacy on the dynamics of interorganizational networks within the nongovernmental organizations’ children’s rights community. The 27-year period of analysis included a critical community event: the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Building on theories of organizational evolution, hypotheses proposed that (1) ...

Normative dimensions constitute one of the important elements in the Theory of Reasoned Action (TORA) model. However, the changes of lifestyle over period and different societies have spurred the TORA model constitution and also to vary interpretation of the model itself towards intention to purchase the green food product.Therefore, this paper aims to explorethe underlying dimensionsof normati...

The authors look at online tip exchanges as parts of gift economies created by the players and designers of console and online role-playing games in Taiwan. A group of experienced players and tip contributors agreed to be interviewed about the mechanisms and processes of providing free strategy guides on the Internet. Their comments reveal needs for social approval and networking in addition to...

In the realm of philosophy and other theoretical discourses, there are many different paths to the turn from the modern to the postmodern, representing a complex genealogy of diverse and often divergent trails through different disciplines and cultural terrains. One pathway moves through an irrationalist tradition from romanticism to existentialism to French postmodernism via the figures of Nie...

background and aim: the video head-impulse test (vhit) measures the vestibulo-ocular reflex (vor) driven by each semicircular canal, follo­wing high-acceleration head rotations. the main measurable response is the ratio of eye mov­ement velocity to the angular head velocity, which reflects canal function. although norma­tive data is available for vor gain, most studies only report horizontal vo...

Objective. A modern and well-developed chemosensory nasal test in Europe is the “Sniffin’Sticks” with normative data collected from various countries. The test contains penlike odor devices for testing the olfactory threshold, discrimination and identification. The final result of the test consists in a composite thresholddiscrimination-identification (SDI) score. The study aims to obtain norma...

CONCLUSIONS: Normative values provide an important reference point for interpreting BREAST-Q data. Normative values will improve the quantification of the health burden of surgical breast conditions. Normative values will additionally provide clinical context for interpreting the changes in satisfaction and well-being associated with breast reduction, augmentation, and breast cancer resection a...