This article discusses the theoretical foundations of Internet-mediated communities (IMCs), i.e., groups of people who share interests and make use at some time of the same Internet tools (for instance, a web site-the special concern of this study) in order to exchange information about the shared interests. From November 1999 to February 2001 a rationale was developed and validated for such co...

An examination of rural policy requires an understanding of the unique conditions in rural places that justify separate national policies. The great differences among rural people and places in America make it hard to fashion national policies that fit all of these places. The analytical problem also is complicated by this diversity as well as the absence of a common statistical definition of r...

This is an Erratum to BMC Medicine 2015, 13:59, highlighting previously undeclared competing interests and including more information in the acknowledgements section.Please see related article: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/13/59. The statement in the competing interests should read as follows: This study is funded by unrestricted research fund from NutraSource. Susan Cho is founder an...

1. The BHA is the principal organisation representing the interests of the large and growing population of ethically concerned but non-religious people living in the UK. It exists to support and represent people who seek to live good and responsible lives without religious or superstitious beliefs. It is committed to human rights and democracy, and has a long history of active engagement in wor...

when there is a title retention clause, the seller is the owner of the subject of sale. the buyer, might yet, sell the same chattel to a third bona fide person. in the conflicts of the interests of the owner and bona fide purchaser, the right of one of them should prevail. iranian law and its religious background always prefers the right of the owner and neglects the right of the bona fide purc...

The use of national consensus standards will be of increased importance to this country as the U.S. economy moves toward more of a global perspective. National consensus standards reflect the opinions of professionals who work at all levels of the public and private sectors in technology development, manufacturing, training, financial analysis, personnel, academia as well as insight from the fi...

In an earlier paper in this journal we presented data on the social characteristics of participants in the Laetrile movement [1]. In this note we present data on the health attitudes and practices of these people. A description of the symposium at which the data were collected and details of the methodological procedures are contained in the earlier paper. It should be emphasized that the data ...