We describe our effort to evaluate the syntax and constraints of Promise Theory using a tool developed in theMaude framework. Through the development of a Maude module we are able to do searches and queries in all possible syntactically valid Promise expressions of an arbitrary initial state of participants and constraints. We use this approach to improve the set of grammatical rules that is al...

Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality by Joel F. Handler; Yeheskel Hasenfeld; The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the TwentyFirst Century by Keith M. Kilty; Elizabeth A. Segal; When Welfare Disappears: The Case for Economic Human Rights by Kenneth J. Neubeck; Welfare Discipline: Discourse, Governance, and Globalization by Sanford F. Schram Revi...

Objective: The purposes of this study were to examine the relationships between personality traits, cognitive emotion regulation strategies and impulsive behaviors of borderline personality disorder, and to explore which personality traits and cognitive emotion regulation strategies can better predict and explain the impulsive behaviors in borderline personality disorder. Methods: This study...

The delegation of governance tasks to third parties is generally assumed help governments avoid blame once policies become contested. International organizations, including the European Union (EU), are considered particularly opportune in this regard. literature lacks assessments avoidance effects delegation, let alone different designs. To address gap literature, we study public attributions m...

objective: the purposes of this study were to examine the relationships between personality traits, cognitive emotion regulation strategies and impulsive behaviors of borderline personality disorder, and to explore which personality traits and cognitive emotion regulation strategies can better predict and explain the impulsive behaviors in borderline personality disorder. methods: this study wa...

Background. The impact of stigma on adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been less studied in Tanzania. Recent studies indicate that people on ART still experience stigma. Qualitative information on the subject matter is especially insufficient. Objective. This paper reports on the dimensions of stigma and discrimination and their impact on adherence to ART as experienced by people liv...