Under what conditions will Islamist parties perform well in elections and happens to the political regime should they gain power? The canonical hypothesis—“one man, one vote, time”—argues that are likely whenever become free their electoral success is lead a democratic backslide. Others argue Islamists not as popular this hypothesis suggests or only moderate these unlikely deliberalize regime. ...

OBJECTIVE To survey the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and pre-diabetes mellitus (PDM) in the Muslim population in northwest China, and discuss the risk factor. MATERIALS AND METHODS According to the income and the population, we randomly selected 3 villages with stratified and cluster sampling. The subjects were residents ≥ 20 years of age, and were from families which have been local ...

The rule of law means the government must operate based on principles law. is significant for good governance and sustainable development. For this reason, all States need to improve aspect in their governments. Muslim may motivation from religion itself, order cater need, article discusses Islamic sources reference, including verses Qur’ān, practice saying Prophet Muḥammad (s.a.w.), his Rightl...

The sedimentary record documenting the northward drift of India (Late Cretaceous to late Early Eocene) has recently provided important clues to the evolution, radiation, and dispersal of mammals. Here, we report a definitive Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) archaic ungulate (Kharmerungulatum vanvaleni genus et species nova) from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary sequences exposed near Kisalpuri vil...

This paper shows that more than 80% of the E-Governments in the world are vulnerable to common Web-application attacks such as Cross Site Scripting and SQL injection. Industrialized countries were found to be more vulnerable than under-developed countries (90% vs. 50%). The paper also describes some malicious data mining possibilities on the Norwegian E-Government, and how information can be co...

The Governments Division of the U.S. Census Bureau publishes estimates of many aggregates. To achieve more accurate results with lower cost one goal of sampling is to minimize the number of smaller and non-contributory units in the overall design. Unfortunately, little research has been conducted to determine how to reduce smaller units. In this paper, we propose a numerical procedure based on ...

We provide a simple framework for comparing market allocations with government-regulated allocations. Governments can collect information about individuals’types and enforce transfers across individuals. Markets (without signi…cant government intervention) have to rely on transactions that are ex post bene…cial for individuals. Consequently, governments achieve better risk sharing and consumpti...

The role of township-owned enterprises in the rapid growth of the Chinese economy during reform is widely acknowledged. Beginning in the mid-1990s, however, these firms began to be privatized. Perhaps the most striking feature of this process is that it has not occurred uniformly across townships. This raises the simple question: When and why do government leaders privatize? Drawing on a unique...

An in-depth qualitative interview study is reported, with respondents (N=52; all female) from the following urban-dwelling religious groups: White Christian, Pakistani Muslim, Indian Hindu, Orthodox Jewish and Afro-Caribbean Christian. Qualitative thematic analysis of open-ended interview responses revealed that the degree to which religious coping strategies were perceived to be effective in t...