Choosing a career within the military has many positive and negative factors associated with it. For instance, many recruits join as young adults when they are beginning to shape their own values, beliefs and attitudes about their self, world and others. The armed forces (AF) culture socialises these young adults, leading them to adopt military values and ideals as their own which they will pro...

The paper explains the concept of Regional Innovation Systems. It argues that global economic forces have raised the profile of regions and regional governance not least because of the rise to prominence of regional and local business clusters as vehicles for

“We are without allies amongst the Iraqi populace, including those who have benefited from the ouster of Saddam. . . . Across Baghdad, Latifiyah, Mahmudiyah, Salman Pak, Baqubah, Balad, Taji, Baiji, Ramadi, and just about everywhere else you can name, the people absolutely hate us. . . . The Iraqi people have not bought into what the Americans are selling, and no amount of military activity is ...

I attempt to advance the research on globalization and regional development in China through a study of Kunshan City. I investigate the restructuring process, the structure of foreign direct investment, and the nature of global ^ local networks to understand trajectories and models of regional development in the context of globalization. I highlight the interactions of the Chinese state, transn...

since 2011, the region has been a profound socio-economic changes originated from n tunisia, & spread to middle eastern and the former power structures affected. the management and direction to these uprisings is the key question of this paper. the key question, is the foreign policy of the islamic republic of iran how answer to these middle east public uprisings in the years 2011-2014?the answ...

This is a small pattern language for running online trainings. The language starts with an entry pattern ONLINE TRAINING. All other patterns are supporting this pattern and help to make online trainings more alive. Some of the patterns are not exclusive for online uses, for instance PREPARED EXAMPLE or TEST RUN. These patterns could be part of a pattern language for trainings as well. They are ...

A detail field and microscopic characteristics of Malayer Plutonic Rocks (162-187Ma), west of Iran, are discussed in details to evaluate relationships between deformation and pluton emplacement. The studied rocks were injected into the slate, phyllite and schists of so called "Hamadan phyllites and slates" in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone. Studies have shown that there is a continuity from magmatic ...

Long-range regional projections of the changes in forest type areas are important in public and private forest resources planning. The combination of natural forces and human activities, which are shaped by socioeconomic forces such as population and income trends, has led to striking changes in forest cover types for the three major types of private owners. A model for the U.S. Southeast is pr...